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Risk : a practical guide for deciding what's really safe and what's dangerous in the world around you

eBook, English, 2002
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2002
Popular Work
1 online resource (viii, 485 pages) : illustrations
9780618304233, 9780618143726, 0618304231, 0618143726
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HOME, TRANSPORTATION, WORK
Accidents
Air Bags
Alcohol
Artificial Sweeteners
Bad Backs, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and Other Repetitive Task Injuries
Caffeine
Cellular Telephones and Driving
Cellular Telephones and Radiation
Electrical and Magnetic Fields
Firearms
Foodborne Illness
Food Irradiation
Genetically Modified Food
Mad Cow Disease
Microwave Ovens
Motor Vehicles
School Buses
Tobacco
THE ENVIRONMENT
Air Pollution (Indoor)
Air Pollution (Outdoor)
Asbestos
Biological Weapons
Carbon Monoxide
DDT
Diesel Emissions
Environmental Hormones
Hazardous Waste
Incinerators
Lead
Mercury
Nuclear Power
Ozone Depletion
Pesticides
Radiation
Radon
Solar Radiation
Water Pollution
MEDICINE
Antibiotic Resistance
Breast Implants
Cancer
Heart Disease
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Mammography
Medical Errors
Overweight and Obesity
Sexually Transmitted Disease
Vaccines
X Rays
Various Annual and Lifetime Risks
The Risk Meters
Includes index