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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? |
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| Subject: | Air > Pollution > Health aspects. Air > Pollution > Prevention. Air > Pollution. Automobiles > Motors > Exhaust gas > Environmental aspects. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Lakeshore Branch | 363.7392 Ful | 31681010144715 | NONFIC | Available | - |
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