Better Basics for the Home: Simple Solutions for Less Toxic Living

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Better Basics for the Home: Simple Solutions for Less Toxic Living

Better Basics for the Home: Simple Solutions for Less Toxic Living
Annie Berthold-Bond
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These days, more and more people are saying no to "better living through chemistry" and yes to a lifestyle that is less toxic and more environmentally friendly. This trend toward a more natural lifestyle has become something of a crusade for Annie Berthold-Bond, author of Better Basics for the Home. After developing hypersensitivity to even very low concentrations of chemicals, Berthold-Bond was forced to rid her life of as many toxins as possible. "It wasn't until I had to be away from chemicals that I began to realize how many we lived with. The extent of the contamination is startling--from hair spray and floor wax to dandelion killers and plastic shower curtains and other products that line our hardware stores and supermarket shelves."

This book represents the culmination of her search for a more sustainable lifestyle. Taking her cue from an earlier time, Berthold-Bond, former editor in chief of Green Alternatives for Health and Environment, offers more than 800 simple and practical alternatives to common household toxins, covering everything from skin care to gardening. And the good news is that adopting her suggestions and formulas isn't hard at all. "Mixing up face creams or wood stain isn't much different than cleaning the windows with vinegar, soap, and water instead of using Brand Name X, or making a cake with flour, eggs and milk instead of buying a mix," see asserts. "With a few simple staples we can clean our houses, wash our hair, rid the dog's bed of fleas, and do many other things as well." If you have your doubts, here is her formula for metal polish:

3 teaspoons salt, 1 tablespoon flour, and enough white distilled vinegar to make a paste. Scoop the paste onto a clean sponge, and polish the metal clean. Rinse with hot water and buff dry.

Sure, these days it's literally impossible to lead a life that is completely toxin-free. But you can significantly reduce your exposure, and picking up a copy Better Basics for the Home is a great way to get started.

Customer Reviews:

less toxic living.......2007-10-01

It's amazing all the products you can clean with that are already in your kitchen and, more importantly, not toxic.

Loved it!.......2007-07-26

This is an excellent guide for a less toxic living approach. It provides you with 868 easy to make natural and chemical free formulas for Household Cleaners, Skin & Hair Care, Lawn and Garden Care, Paint, Art Projects and so much more. It's a great resource to have around. I really liked how most of the recipes only call for a couple of ingredients and are really easy to make. And best of all they work too. One of my favorites is the Aloe Vera Moisturizer with Avocado Oil. It's the only Moisturizer I still use for my face and it works great!

Highly recommend this book!

Hard to find items..........2007-06-19

I really enjoyed many of the household cleaning products in this book but when it came to purchasing the products needed for the skin care I found it really disappointing. The websites that are given to purchase products (soap bark, plumeria flower essence, powdered Vit A) cannot be purchased anywhere. There are no suggestions as to what alternatives can be used. I am really frustrated at having to spend hours and hours of research time trying to track down these items.

Great.......2007-06-02

Thank's for all of the great reviews. Even though I read them I still checked it out at the library first. When it was time to return it, I knew I had to buy it. I love this book!

Better Basics for the Home: Simple Solutions for Less Toxic Living.......2007-05-12

It is a wonderful book with everything I was looking for!

Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet

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Transform Your Home into a Peaceful Sanctuary
Detox Your Life
Declutter, paint and detoxify
Life-changing ideas
Fantastic book with tons of information

Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet
Norma Lehmeier-Hartie
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Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify & Energize Your Life, Your Home & Your Planet, by Norma Lehmeier Hartie, is an indispensable reference book for anyone who cares about their health and well being and for the future of the planet. Hartie concisely covers a wide range of subjects and includes a comprehensive listing of advisory organizations, product and service resources. Part I of the book, Banish the Ugly from Your Life, is a blueprint for green, sustainable living. Discover how to replace toxic and unsustainable products from household cleaners to food (including recipes) to furniture to personal care products with safe, eco-friendly ones. Hartie is the tough but motivational Life Coach in her approach to cleaning, removing clutter and on organizing the home or office. Part II, Bring in the Beautiful to Create a Harmonious Environment and Self, includes a chapter on Earth-based spirituality and a fascinating look at the Four Elements (Earth, Fire, Air and Water) and the Medicine Wheel. The core of Hartie s philosophy blossoms in Chapter Seven, Applying Harmonious AdjustmentsTM: Using Feng Shui and Other Techniques for Powerful Results. Unlike other Feng Shui authors, Hartie has experience as a designer and her skills are apparent in this chapter and the following two. She has combined principles of Feng Shui, the Four Elements, color, energy, Vastu, and good design principles that create a unique and eclectic approach to home decorating. Finally, Hartie provides guidance on how to manifest personal or professional desires. In Part III, Putting the Pieces Together, Hartie skillfully integrates the many subjects of the book into a unified and cohesive whole. At its cover price of $19.95, Harmonious Environment is a value alone for the comprehensive green living product suppliers in the Resources section. What makes this book so truly ambitious, however, is what lies beneath the surface. In a sense, this book is only marginal

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Transform Your Home into a Peaceful Sanctuary.......2007-04-10

"The energy from flowers is so bright and strong that they can be put anywhere in the home and they will enhance your life." ~ pg. 217

Norma Lehmeier Hartie is a design consultant and Harmonious Adjustment practitioner who enjoys gardening and cooking. She created the practice of Harmonious Adjustments to give her clients the chance to reconnect with nature and to manifest their personal and professional dreams. Through her book she introduces ideas for detoxing and decluttering your home environment.

If you want a happier, healthier lifestyle that is more in harmony with nature, then Norma Lehmeier Hartie's book has a world of information to make this possible. She can help you:

Remove toxic products from your home and garage
Clean and organize your home
Buy environmentally friendly cleaning products
Organize your home for more peace and harmony
Find healthy personal care products
Grow plants that help to control pollution - A list of the Fifty Best Houseplants
Find the best choices in flooring
Figure out how to recycle larger items like a refrigerator
Cook more safely and use kitchen scraps for your garden
Formulate a plan to keep your house clean
Organize every room in the house
Decorate with Confidence

Reading through the list of harmful products gives you an idea of the ingredients to avoid in cleaners and how they can affect your health. For an antibacterial spray, the author suggests water and essential oils and for cleaning silver she also suggests more natural solutions like baking soda and vinegar. Using Borax and water is less dangerous than chlorine bleach fumes and you may want to try this in your shower. You may enjoy products by Seventh Generation.

Chapter three felt a little out of my personal range of expertise, although we know that thoughts can affect our environment and life and can move our life in a positive or negative direction. This chapter deals more with spiritual practices. Chapter 6 also delves into a deeper connection with nature, personality types and elemental powers. The list of Yin and Yang is helpful to create a balance of the two in your home. An entire chapter is also dedicated to plants, gemstones and crystals.

"If you are the average American woman, you expose yourself to over two hundred synthetic chemicals that are found in the products you use as you prepare yourself for the day. These products do not simply sit on your skin; approximately sixty percent of these ingredients get absorbed into your bloodstream." ~ pg. 91

Chapter four is especially informative and essential if you are trying to be healthier and want to find organic alternatives to products filled with synthetic chemicals. Why should you avoid petroleum and talc? Why is there lead in hair dye?

The section on an Eco-Friendly Kitchen is interesting and the chapter on natural and organic foods also gives ideas on how to save time in the kitchen. A few recipes are included:

Vegetarian Pasta Primavera
Fajitas
Risotto with Scallops or Shrimp
Lemon Rice
Grilled Vegetables

An extensive list of resources and a very handy index complete this well-researched and extremely helpful book. If you enjoy Feng Shui or decorating and organizing your home, there is a lot to enjoy and you may find the information in this book can also help with fatigue, anxiety and sleeping problems.

~The Rebecca Review

Detox Your Life.......2007-04-04

No matter what your goals are, this book has the starting point for you. Learn how to make your life less toxic and get a better relationship with Mother Earth.

Declutter, paint and detoxify.......2007-04-02

Using the principles of Feng Shui, you can create a harmonious home environment with this book as a guide.

Author Lehmeier-Hartie has you choose colors, elements and design based on your birthday. If you suffer from problems feeling disorganized or headachey at home, it could be your home is not organized properly or the flow of energy is impeded.

The author extends this tranquility to finding the right job and the right mate. Whether or not it is the alignment of elements in the home, focusing on clearing clutter in your life can only have positive effects. A very pretty book.

Life-changing ideas.......2007-02-02

Worried about what your family is being exposed to? Are you hoping to increase your wealth or find love this year? Trying to decide on the best color to paint your walls? If you answered "yes!" to any of these questions, then Harmonious Environment is a must read.

The goal of this book is to create positive energy both in your home and your life and to be kinder to the earth. Hertie is a design consultant, chef, gardener, and healer. She shares her professional and personal experiences with the readers, i.e., homemade earth-friendly cleaning products, tasty recipes for carnivores and vegetarians, etc. She recommends that after reading this book, you apply the process in the following order:

1. Remove toxic products from your home and garage
2. Clean, declutter, clear and organize your home
3. Buy/use environmentally friendly products
4. Learn how to use place objects (furniture, mirrors, etc.) to manifest change in your life

The relationship between people and the Earth is an important part of Harmonious Environments. To remind ourselves of this interconnection, Hertie recommends bringing the natural world into your home. Some ways to do this include displaying rocks and minerals and using houseplants as pollution busters.

Hertie uses Harmonious Adjustments (TM) that combines "the best principles of Feng Shui, the application of the Four Elements based on your birth date, color, Vastu, energy work and good design." I've read a few Feng Shui books in the past, but the author's clear instructions and enthusiasm has given me the confidence to actually try this at home.

I liked how the author reminded me to use this book as a guideline but to also trust my intuition. Do what looks and feels right for you. I also liked how the Resource section listed all the suppliers, organizations and further readings mentioned throughout the book.

Even if you aren't interested in Feng Shui, this book has valuable information about becoming an informed consumer and living a more eco-friendly life.

Armchair Interviews says read Harmonious Environment and get ready to change your life!

Fantastic book with tons of information.......2007-01-18

I got this wonderful book as we are moving our place of business, and wanted to make smart choices. From the first page, Ms. Lehmeier-Hartie shares her expertise in an organized, thoughtful way. The day after I got the book, I negotiated a much more logical and healthier ventilation system, and the section on colors was far and away the most organized and logical explanation I have ever seen.

Some aspects of our project are beyond our control, but I became a much more active participant. We anxiously await our new space, and know that the suggestions made here will add to the beauty and functionality of our space. I wish I could have rated this 10 stars!

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This book addresses air dispersion and deposition models, how to include population activity in an exposure assessment, how to derive and use ambient concentration limits, and how to use risk assessment with air toxics. Includes air toxics from mobile sources, the effects of various regulatory programs, and international controls.

Carpet Monsters and Killer Spores: A Natural History of Toxic Mold

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Carpet Monsters and Killer Spores: A Natural History of Toxic Mold
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Molds are everywhere: we inhale their microscopic spores from birth to death. But when an investigation in Ohio revealed that babies suffering from a serious lung illness had been exposed to a toxic black mold in their homes, millions of Americans became nervous about patches of mold in their own basements and bathrooms. Before long, lawsuits were filed by the residents of mold-contaminated homes in every state. By failing to address water damage, building contractors, plumbers, and insurance agents were held liable for exposing families to an unprecedented microbiological hazard. The mold crisis soon developed into a fully-fledged media circus. In Carpet Monsters and Killer Spores, Nicholas Money explores the science behind the headlines and courtroom dramas, and profiles the toxin-producing mold that is a common inhabitant of water-damaged buildings. Nicholas Money tells the most important mycological story since potato blight, with his inimitable style of scientific clarity and dark humor.

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Carpet Monters & Killer Spores review.......2007-02-12

Outstanding! This is the best and most interesting book on fungi. I highly recommend it to anyone with any interest in the subject. One of the best books I have ever read on any subject.

a sequel please.......2006-03-09

All things black and slimy. I loved your book Dr. Money. Lets add the nasty Chaetomium next time also neurogenic fungus.
How about the politics of the wood industry and Dr.Jeff Morrell who appears to be teaching that "mold and mildew do not cause wood rot". Is this related to the wood industry and building industry not wanting mold reported in inspections and promptly forgetting about soft rots while endangering occupant health? I have this in print from the State of Washington Department of Agriculture- what fun we could have with them.

Funny Fungi.......2004-06-21

If Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) were reincarnated as a mycologist, he would have written this book. Dr. Money's liberal dose of irreverent humor makes his very detailed, erudite book on toxic mold easy and enjoyable to read.

In the preface, Dr. Money says, "Widespread fears about black-mold toxins are a product of the new millennium and deserve a critical, balanced, scientific inquirty. Though I cannot promise anything that boring, I do hope I can dispel some of the media myths about these microorganisms while identifying the real threat that can be posed by a few of these fungi."

Stachybotrys plays a key role in this book. In Chapter 5, Dr. Money discusses the 1993 outbreak of pulmonary hemmorraging (bleeding lungs) in poor children living in Cleveland. When Dr. Money began his book, he first thought that stachybotrys might be an innocent victim of media hype. However, he discovered that stachybotrys chrtarum can produce highly toxic spores. Along with the Cleveland outbreak, he discusses an outbreak of stachybotryotoxicosis in the Soviet Union in the 1940's, and illnesses linked to Stachybotrys among horticulture workers in Europe. Dr. Money also talks about the science used to evaluate the links between Stachybotrys and illnesses, and some of the political issues at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that caused the CDC to soft-pedal Stachybotrys.

This book has a thorough, although daunting, discussion of how allergic reactions are triggered in individuals. The body's allergic reaction is, as Dr. Money points out in Chapter 3 -- Carpet Monsters, an intricate mechanism. Until I read this book, I didn't realize that four types of cells primarily respond to allergens - dendritic cells, T lymphocytes (T cells). B lymphocytes (B cells) and mast cells. Dr. Money talks about each cell type's responses to allergens, and the creation of immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies.

"Your Verdict, Please" (Chapter 6) is an overview of mold litigation. It has a very thorough discussion of what happened to Melinda Ballard's home, the resulting litigation, and a breakdown of what the jury awarded Ms. Ballard - and why. Dr. Money also discusses the reduction of the $32 million award to $4 million. This chapter also has a good discussion of how the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Daubert affected the Ballard case.

Dr. Money also discusses mycological warfare -- and he is not using the term as an analogy to what happens in a house with mold. He is discussing the development of mycotoxins as a weapon in armed conflicts.

A Great Book!.......2004-05-05

Nicholas Money is an amazing writer who manages to entertain and instruct at all times. I found myself learning and laughing from cover to cover. "Carpet Monsters and Killer Spores" is a book for everyone. Not only does it provide a wonderful introduction to the study of fungi; it explores the way our lives and destinies are inextricably linked to those of the fungi. Homeowners, attorneys, and people in the insurance industry will find much to enjoy (and fear!) in this book, as will biology enthusiasts, naturalists, and readers of all persuasions.

As Money explores the "black molds" that have received so much attention in our news media, he also explores the cultural event surrounding their reception. The book is fascinating not only as a biological work, but also as a sociological study. Thorough research and diligent attention to detail provide Money with a unique, scientifically grounded perspective, and his quirky humor will have you laughing out-loud all the way through.

Importantly, Money does not provide any easy answers to the pressing questions raised by black molds. Instead, responsibly, he shows us what science knows and what it does not know, giving us a sound, factual basis for interpretation of the many wild claims we see in the media. The only negative factor involved with this book is the fact that readers everywhere have had to spend many hours (and dollars) cleaning their bathrooms like maniacs and replacing moldy shower curtains after reading it!

This explains it all.......2004-04-03

A well written book .Vary interesting and easy to understand .Great picture of Hunter The Mold Dog .

Creating a Healthy Household : The Ultimate Guide for Healthier, Safer, Less-Toxic Living

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CREATING A HEALTHY HOUSEHOLD by Lynn Bower
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Everything you put inside your house should be as healthy as the structure itself. Creating a Healthy Household offers practical suggestions for improving virtually every aspect of your homes indoor living environment.

With chapters devoted to cleaning products, personal-care, clothing, linens, interior decorating, life-styles, housekeeping, air and water quality, and reducing electromagnetic radiation, no other book matches its thoroughness. Its an essential reference for anyone interested in their familys health and well-being.

Containing an impressive 704 pages, this book is the only one of its kind. It is a complete reference library all in one book. With hundreds of listings for new companies, products, catalogs, sources, web sites, and a comprehensive index, its simply indispensable.

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A great resource.......2001-07-23

I love this book. I had already read several books on the subject by other authors, but none of the other books gave the level of detail I was seeking. This book provided far more information than the others, and was concise and well-organized as well. I wish I had found this book first! By the way, this isn't just for people with MCS--everyone who values good health should read it.

CREATING A HEALTHY HOUSEHOLD by Lynn Bower.......2001-05-09

Ms. Bower's book is a must own reference manual for anyone concerned with making their personal environment healthier. Her comprehensive list of alternatives for common household chemicals, furnishings and textiles, lifestyle products (i.e. exercise equipment, cell phones, clothing, skin care, etc.) is fascinating because she also gives a brief history of most items while she offers safer alternatives.

This book has an extensive, easy to use, index so you can quickly look up topics and has a resource list with phone numbers and web sites that make quick work of finding places to purchase products or for further research. Bower's book is the most comprehensive tool, dealing with Indoor Air Quality (I.A.Q.) issues that our agency has come across. We use this book frequently to find solutions for I.A.Q. problems with our clients. We loan this book and have donated copies to some of the remote branch libraries in our area. Creating a Healthy Household has become an indispensable reference book for our program..."An I.A.Q. Resource Bible" as one of our clients stated.

very helpful sourcebook.......2000-11-26

Lists a vast number of resources. The introductions to the sections give good orientations to the issues involved in choosing products and processes. Would prefer a more thorough index, although in-depth table of contents serves as a type of index as well. Well worth the price.

Death in the Air: Globalism, Terrorism & Toxic Warfare

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Death In The Air
Death in the Air
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Death In The Air.......2006-08-05

This is an essential primer for those who question the powers that be. It clearly shows the bad intentions of the present corrupt regime that is in power and the unbounded evil that underlies it residing in "science", "industry", "religion" and "education".A wide view of the picture, and very factual.

Death in the Air.......2002-10-17

How many have a feeling that something is wrong? Something that you just can't put your finger on, but you know something is wrong.

Your sick, your spouse is sick, your kids have behavioral problems or they are sick, a close relative or friend is sick. Everyone knows someone with cancer and if your over 40 you cannot remember knowing anyone sick or having cancer when you were a kid.

What if someone was to offer proof that there is something wrong and there is a reason why we are all sick?

This book will stop you in your tracks and (if your not careful) make you think. Finally an explanation, so interesting and compelling I couldn't put it down. Didn't (and still don't) want to believe that something this sinister is occurring.

With the tenacity of a trained researcher, Dr. Horowitz has carefully constructed a framework of evidence, which, if only taken half seriously, provides plausible reasons surrounding the state of our world and health.

High Wheat-to-Chaff Ratio.......2002-08-06

I recommend this book only with these caveats. Regardless of Horowitz's qualifications and meticulous references, this is still conspiracy lit, backed up by a mixture of conspiracy and mainstream sources. The reader can glean a lot of truth from this book about the man-made health hazards out there, but to swallow it all as true would not be smart. Unless Horowitz takes critical thinking more seriously, he'll never reach a wider audience. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. One example: the chapter on Bible code numerology. That kind of flakiness is what keeps conspiracy theory on the fringes.

Strong Medicine by Dr. Horowitz.......2002-03-19

Writers who posit conspiracy theories are always fighting an
uphill battle, because at least in the US most people are satisfied
with their lives and don't really want to know the truth. After all,
it might make them question their reality, it might knock them a bit
out of their comfort zones. You can hear them saying, "why, that can't
be possible, these kinds of crimes couldn't be covered up." Thus
conspiracy researchers have to present an enormous amount of documentation
to be given any credibility at all. Yet once again, Dr.Horowitz is more
than up to this challenge.

Dr. Horowitz has contended for years that the main agenda of the
globalists, the New World Order crowd, is to reduce the population of
the planet by as much as 50%, and make money off of it at the same time.
Referring to fellow conspiracy researcher David Icke, Horowitz discusses
the NWO agenda in terms of the Hegelian dialectic, which is the
thesis/anti-thesis/synthesis accounting for history's evolution. In
today's world this is better termed "problem-reaction-solution." That is,
the people in power create a problem, which causes the public to demand
action, at which point the NWO rolls out their already conceived
"solution."

The sub-title of "Death In The Air" provides a good foundation
to summarize this long, but highly readable, incredibly well-documented
book: "Globalism, Terrorism, & Toxic Warfare." The globalists are of
course the money masters - Dr. Horowitz focuses on the Rockefellers,
who have clearly wielded enormous power, owning many of the largest
oil companies, but also either serving in government themselves, or
putting cronies like Henry Kissinger into the seats of power in both
government and business.

As for terrorism, Dr. Horowitz provides numerous examples of
intentional testing of chemical and biological substances on peoples
throughout the world. He always names names, and provides precise
dates and locations. For example, on p. 81 he discusses how the
CIA-funded Evergreen Helicopters sprayed millions of gallons of
chemicals both in the US and abroad. This form of government-sponsored
terrorism is often directed at minorities, and many Native Americans
in Arizona became seriously ill due to these intrusuions.

Another example of terrorism (and toxic warfare) thoroughly
documented in "Death In The Air" are the two infamous CIA mind-control
projects, MKULTRA and MKNAOMI. It is widely known that former Nazis were
brought to the US, having received no punishment for their heinous crimes,
to teach US intelligence officials the techniques they learned from their
torturings.

By far the bulk of "Death In The Air" is devoted to exposing the
NWO's toxic warfare campaign, ironically often termed "non-lethal"
only because that term actually means that "only" a smaller percentage
of death than "lethal" warfare occurs! Never mind the harm done. And
what Dr. Horowitz does better than any researcher I have ever read is
that he presents the best evidence of all when trying to prove that
viruses and diseases like AIDS are no accident at all: he prints the
actual contracts and other documents in black and white (you might need
some reading glasses though!), which show as clearly as possible
that companies have been paid to create diseases! While some might
claim that these contracts are only circumstantial evidence, it is
impossible, at least for me, to believe that contracts which precede
the outbreaks of diseases are just "accidents." As well Dr. Horowitz
often provides excellent links between documentation and the actual
onset of medical disasters.

I am only scratching the surface of the vast wealth of topics
discussed in "Death In The Air." Others worth mentioning are HAARP
and other electromagetic devices, Tesla technologies, West Nile Virus,
vaccinations, and DNA as a frequency generator itself. I do not totally
agree with Dr. Horowitz's tying the NWO to the Biblical apocalypse, but
I must admit that his discussion of vaccinations, Kissinger, and 666,
is credible.

I more than highly recommend this very clear, well-written,
amazing compilation!

AMERICA, stop waving the flag and wake up!.......2002-02-02

The author is a Harvard grad, not a lunatic and his references are complete and real. This book is extremely researched and documented, both necessary to be credible considering what is discussed. The material presented is not what we are used to but cannot be denied. Things made more sense to me after reading this book, such as chemtrails, the fly sprayings in CA and the way the current government is manipulating the U.S. media following 9/11. After reading this book, I joined the NRA! America, stop having your head burried in the sand and wake up to what your government is REALLY up to before you loose your freedom to the "New World Order"

Handbook Of Air Toxics: Sampling, Analysis, and Properties

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Handbook Of Air Toxics: Sampling, Analysis, and Properties
Lawrence,ed. Keith
Manufacturer: CRC
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ASIN: 1566701147

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The Handbook of Air Toxics compiles, defines, and clarifies several methods and concepts of airborne toxic substances found in the environment. This comprehensive reference helps regulators, consultants, and other environmental professionals meet the challenges of sampling and analysis, emissions reductions, and health and safety issues related to human exposure. It is an important reference addressing the ongoing concern about the consequences of air pollution, and the implementation and modification of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Air Act. Some of the methods described in the Handbook of Air Toxics include fluorescence, thermal desorption, selected ion monitoring, ion chromatography, light microscopy, specific electrode analysis, titration, colorimetry, atomic absorption, and spectrophotometry. It also covers the use of isokinetic sampling trains, midget impingers, carbon molecular sieves, and sampling canisters in the analysis of air toxics. The Handbook also contains recommendations from the EPA for analytical methods for those air toxics where methods do not already exist and provides advance information on future method development by the EPA.

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Toxic Organic Vapors In The Workplace
FRANK JONES
Manufacturer: CRC
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 087371900X

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Toxic Organic Vapors in the Workplace provides a review of the recent literature covering various methods, devices, and materials used to sample, analyze, and measure toxic organic vapors in the workplace. The book features a powerful chapter on environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) in the workplace, in addition to a unique chapter on airborne chemical warfare agents. It is an indispensable reference for industrial hygienists and specialists in air pollution, occupational health and safety, air quality, respiratory protection, toxicology, environmental pollution, ecology, environmental protection, and laboratory and industrial ventilation.

Contaminated Communities: Coping with Residential Toxic Exposure

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Contaminated Communities: Coping with Residential Toxic Exposure
Michael R. Edelstein
Manufacturer: Westview Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0813336473

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Investigates the social, psychological, and emotional impacts of toxic exposure for individuals, families, and communities.

In this wholly revised Second Edition, Michael Edelstein draws on his thirty years as a community activist to provide a much-expanded theoretical foundation for understanding the psychosocial impacts of toxic contamination. Informed by social psychological theory and an extensive survey of documented cases of toxic exposure, and enlivened by excerpts drawn from more than a thousand interviews with victims, Contaminated Communities presents a candid portrayal of the toxic victim's experience and the key stages in the course of toxic disaster. The Second Edition introduces dozens of new cases and provides expanded considerations of environmental justice, environmental racism, environmental turbulence, and environmental stigma, as well as a fully articulated theory of "lifescape." The new edition moves past the well-charted role of reactive environmentalism to explore issues for a proactivist approach that employs a "third path" of social learning, sustainable innovation, consensus building, and community empowerment.

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Dr. Edelstein is careful and methodical in his telling of the enormous psychological impact of water contamination. He is especially informative about the factor of "place" as it affects individuals and families whose wells are poisoned.

Air Toxics And Risk Assessment (TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERIES)

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Air Toxics And Risk Assessment (TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERIES)
EDWARD CALABRESE
Manufacturer: CRC
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ASIN: 0873711653

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Unlike most books, this one actually does risk assessments for you for over 110 chemicals that are confirmed or probable air toxics. All chemicals are analyzed with a scientifically sound methodology-outlined in the book-to assess public health risk associated with exposure to air toxics. Methodology will allow you to properly handle all air toxic health concerns within a practical decision-free framework. This permits the application of methodology to any new chemical. Each chemical or compound is organized by synonym, molecular weight, molecular formula, AALG, occupational limits, drinking water limits, toxicity profile and indexed by CAS number, and synonyms.

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