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ISBN: | 1642832367 9781642832365 1642832359 9781642832358
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 2, 2023).
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Summary: | "It's falling from the sky and is in the air we breathe. It's in our food, our clothes, and our homes. It's microplastic and it's everywhere--including our own bodies. Scientists are just beginning to discover how these tiny particles threaten health, but the studies are alarming. A Poison Like No Other is the first book to fully explore this new dimension of the plastic crisis. Matt Simon follows the intrepid scientists who travel to the ends of the earth and the bottom of the ocean to understand the consequences of our dependence on plastic. Unlike other pollutants that are single elements or simple chemical compounds, microplastics represent a cocktail of toxicity linked to diseases ranging from diabetes to cancer. There is no easy fix, Simon warns. But we will never curb our plastic addiction until we begin to recognize the invisible particles all around us"--
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Other form: | Simon, Matt. Poison like no other. Washington, DC : Island Press, [2022] 9781642832358
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