The Dose Makes the Poison: A Plain-Language Guide to by Patricia Frank

By Patricia Frank

This new version of a widely-read and highly-acclaimed e-book broadens the scope of its predecessors from a heavy concentrate on business chemical compounds as toxicants to incorporate medicinal drugs, nutrition ingredients, cosmetics and different varieties of compounds that individuals are uncovered to day-by-day. additionally new to the 3rd version are more moderen issues-of-the-day resembling nanoparticulate toxicants, moment hand smoke, nutrients illness, lead in toys, and others. As such, the e-book presents the fundamentals of toxicology in easy-to-understand language in addition to a fuller figuring out of the day-by-day insults to which bodies are subjected.

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Let us examine each attribute individually to understand why this is true. Man-made Chemicals Are Made by Humans The first attribute—man-made chemicals are harmful because they are made by humans—is a commonly held opinion. ” Water is wet because it is water, man is human because he is man, and truth is good because it is truth are examples of circular reasoning. Such logic adds nothing to the argument that synthetic chemicals are biologically damaging. It returns us to the dichotomy of man-made (bad) versus natural (good) without adding anything to our knowledge of why the dichotomy exists or of its validity.

Let us examine each attribute individually to understand why this is true. Man-made Chemicals Are Made by Humans The first attribute—man-made chemicals are harmful because they are made by humans—is a commonly held opinion. ” Water is wet because it is water, man is human because he is man, and truth is good because it is truth are examples of circular reasoning. Such logic adds nothing to the argument that synthetic chemicals are biologically damaging. It returns us to the dichotomy of man-made (bad) versus natural (good) without adding anything to our knowledge of why the dichotomy exists or of its validity.

Swelling, blistering, burning, or itching sensation. Dilute solutions of corrosives, many solvents and polishes, liquids with a low or high pH (acidity or alkalinity), turpentine, pine oil, and spices such as nutmeg, cinnamon, pepper, mustard, and clove are examples of irritants. As a general rule, skin contact with irritant chemicals does not cause death or permanent injury as a result of irritant properties; however, their effects can be very discomforting, both physically and cosmetically. Inhalation of irritant gases such as nitrogen oxides, or irritant fumes such as cadmium oxide, can cause pulmonary edema, which can be fatal.

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