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Earth Detox How and Why we Must Clean Up Our Planet
Julian Cribb
Julian Cribb & Associates
Description Every person on our home planet is affected by a worldwide deluge of man-made chemicals and pollutants – most of which have never been tested for safety. Our chemical emissions are six times larger than our total greenhouse gas emissions. They are in our food, our water, the air we breathe, our homes and workplaces, the things we use each day. This universal poisoning affects our minds, our bodies, our genes, our grandkids, and all life on Earth. Julian Cribb describes the full scale of the chemical catastrophe we have unleashed. He proposes a new Human Right – not to be poisoned. He maps an empowering and hopeful way forward: to rid our planet of these toxins and return Earth to the clean, healthy condition which our forebears enjoyed, and our grandchildren should too.
Key Features • A terrifying yet hopeful account of the effects of man-made chemicals on us all • Quantifies the total global chemical impact on the planet and humanity, and shows what a major catastrophic risk this poses for the health and safety of individuals and society • Describes the Anthropogenic Chemical Circulation, a deadly phenomenon six times larger than our total greenhouse gas emissions • Links chemical emissions to the daily lived experience of the reader • Presents the arguments for combined global action • Maps a clear path forward to reduce the man-made toxic burden on the individual, society and the Earth, identifying opportunities, methods and strategies to detox the Earth
Contents Preface; 1. Chemical avalanche; 2. Poisoning a Planet; 3. Are you a contaminated site?; 4. Diabolic cocktail; 5. Unseen risks; 6. Sick society; 7. Getting away with murder; 8. Clean up Society; 9. Clean up the Earth; 10. Averting disaster; Postscript. A warning from deep time; Index.
Additional Information Level: General readers, undergraduate students, amateurs/enthusiasts July 2021 216 x 138 mm c.300pp 978-1-108-93108-3 Paperback £10.99 / US$14.95
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