The Dose Makes the Poison

This new edition of a widely-read and highly-acclaimed book broadens the scope of its predecessors from a heavy focus on industrial chemicals as toxicants to include drugs, food additives, cosmetics and other types of compounds that people are exposed to daily. Also new to the 3^rd edition are newer issues-of-the-day <a id=”OLE_LINK2″ name=”OLE_LINK2″></a><a id=”OLE_LINK1″ name=”OLE_LINK1″>such as nanoparticulate toxicants, second hand smoke, food contamination, lead in toys</a>, and others. As such, the book provides the basics of toxicology in easy-to-understand language as well as a fuller understanding of the daily insults to which our bodies are subjected.