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The invisible killer : the rising global threat of air pollution : and how we can fight back  Cover Image Book Book

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.

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?
Subject: Air > Pollution > Health aspects.
Air > Pollution > Prevention.
Air > Pollution.
Automobiles > Motors > Exhaust gas > Environmental aspects.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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