Venomous Earth

How Arsenic Caused The World's Worst Mass Poisoning

A. Meharg (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

194 Seiten

2004
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-4039-4499-3 (ISBN)

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Venomous Earth is the story of the worst chemical disaster in history. It starts in Ancient Greece, touches down in today's North America and takes in William Morris, alchemy, farming, medicine, mining and a cosmetic that killed two popes.

ANDREW MEHARG is Professor of Biogeochemistry at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland where he studies and teaches on the impact of pollutants on the environment. His particular interest is how arsenic interacts with plants, animals and humans. In this capacity he has advised national and international government and aid bodies. Andrew has published numerous academic papers, book chapters and popular press articles on his research.

The Devil's Water A Natural Disaster Fool's Gold The Verdant Assassin Healing Arsenic To Frustrate The Aim Of Justice Nothing Green Met The Eye The Extraordinarily Protracted Process Fighting Arsenic

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.10.2004
Reihe/Serie	Macmillan Science
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 194 p.
Verlagsort	Gordonsville
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Pharmakologie / Toxikologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	1-4039-4499-7 / 1403944997
ISBN-13	978-1-4039-4499-3 / 9781403944993
Zustand	Neuware