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The invisible killer : the rising global threat of air pollution : and how we can fight back / Gary Fuller.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781612197838 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xiii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: Brooklyn, NY : Melville House Publishing, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | First published in Great Britain in 2018. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Warning signs: from Medieval London to pea-soupers -- Early explorers -- Warning signs ignored -- The battle begins: twentieth-century damage -- The great smog -- The madness of lead in gasoline -- Ozone, the pollutant that rots rubber -- Acid rain and the particles that form in our air -- A tale of six cities -- The battle grounds of today: modern problems in a modern world -- A global tour in a polluted world -- Counting particles and the enigma of modern air pollution -- VW and the tricky problem with diesel -- Wood-burning-the most natural way to heat my home? -- The wrong transportation -- Cleaning the air -- Fighting back: the future of our air -- A conclusion: what happens next? |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Air > Pollution > Health aspects. Air > Pollution > Prevention. Air > Pollution. Automobiles > Motors > Exhaust gas > Environmental aspects. |
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- Random House, Inc.
An urgent examination of one of the biggest global crises facing us todayâair pollutionâlooking at the drastic worsening of the problem, and what we can do about it.
The air pollution that we breathe every day is largely invisibleâbut it is killing us. How did it get this bad, and how can we stop it?
Far from a modern-day problem, scientists were aware of the impact of air pollution as far back as the seventeenth century. Now, as more of us live in cities, we are closer than ever to pollution sources, and the detrimental impact on the environment and our health has reached crisis point.
The Invisible Killer will introduce you to the incredible individuals whose groundbreaking research paved the way to today's understanding of air pollution, often at their own detriment. Gary Fuller's global story examines devastating incidents from London's Great Smog to Norway's acid rain; Los Angeles' traffic problem to wood-burning damage in New Zealand.
Fuller argues that the only way to alter the future course of our planet and improve collective global health is for city and national governments to stop ignoring evidence and take action, persuading the public and making polluters bear the full cost of the harm that they do. The decisions that we make today will impact on our health for decades to come.
The Invisible Killer is an essential book for our times and a cautionary tale we need to take heed of. - Random House, Inc.
An urgent examination of one of the biggest global crises facing us todayâthe drastic worsening of air pollutionâand what we can do about it
The air pollution that we breathe every day is largely invisibleâbut it is killing us. How did it get this bad, and how can we stop it?
Far from a modern-day problem, scientists were aware of the impact of air pollution as far back as the seventeenth century. Now, as more of us live in cities, we are closer than ever to pollution sources, and the detrimental impact on the environment and our health has reached crisis point.
The Invisible Killer will introduce you to the incredible individuals whose groundbreaking research paved the way to today's understanding of air pollution, often at their own detriment. Gary Fuller's global story examines devastating incidents from London's Great Smog to Norway's acid rain; Los Angeles' traffic problem to wood-burning damage in New Zealand.
Fuller argues that the only way to alter the future course of our planet and improve collective global health is for city and national governments to stop ignoring evidence and take action, persuading the public and making polluters bear the full cost of the harm that they do. The decisions that we make today will impact on our health for decades to come.
The Invisible Killer is an essential book for our times and a cautionary tale we need to take heed of.
