Green Intelligence Creating Environments That Protect Human
Health John Wargo - Publication date: - 27 Jul 2006 - 400 pages:
234 x 156 x 31mm - 17 black-&-white illustrations We live in a
world awash in manmade chemicals, from the pesticides on our
front lawns to the diesel exhaust in the air we breathe.
Although experts are beginning to understand the potential
dangers of these substances, there are still more than 80,000
synthetic compounds that have not been sufficiently tested to
interpret their effects on human health. Yale professor John
Wargo has spent much of his career researching the impact of
chemical exposures on women and children. In this book, he
explains the origins of society's profound misunderstanding of
everyday chemical hazards and offers a practical path toward
developing greater 'green intelligence'. Despite the rising
trend in environmental awareness, information about synthetic
substances is often unavailable, distorted, kept secret, or
presented in a way that prevents citizens from a