Toxin Toxout: Getting Harmful Chemicals Out of Our Bodies and Our World
By (Author) Bruce Lourie
By (author) Rick Smith
University of Queensland Press
University of Queensland Press
20th November 2013
Australia
Paperback
304
Width 154mm, Height 227mm, Spine 22mm
404g
Two of the world's leading environmental activists give practical and often surprising advice for removing toxic chemicals from our bodies and homes. There are over 80,000 synthetic chemicals in commerce today, including hormone-disrupting phthalates and parabens, cancer-causing pesticides, heavy metals and air pollutants. Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie use their outrageous experiments (on themselves and their brave volunteers) to prove how easily our bodies absorb these chemicals from the foods we eat, the air we breathe, and the products we smear on our skin - day after day. Then they give us the good news about what is in our control and the steps we can take for reducing our toxic burden. They investigate the truth behind organic foods, which detox methods actually work, if indoor air quality is improving, and how we dispose of waste (where do those chemicals go). The result is nothing short of a must-read prescription for a healthier life.
Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie are the authors of the bestselling Slow Death by Rubber Duck.