Plastic a toxic love story
Plastic built the modern world. Where would we be without bike helmets, baggies, toothbrushes, and pacemakers? But a century into our love affair with plastic, we're starting to realize it's not such a healthy relationship. Plastics draw on dwindling fossil fuels, leach harmful chemicals,...
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| Language: | English |
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Boston, New York
Houghton Mifflin
2011
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Add Tag | Summary: | Plastic built the modern world. Where would we be without bike helmets, baggies, toothbrushes, and pacemakers? But a century into our love affair with plastic, we're starting to realize it's not such a healthy relationship. Plastics draw on dwindling fossil fuels, leach harmful chemicals, litter landscapes, and destroy marine life. As journalist Susan Freinkel points out in this engaging and eye-opening book, we're nearing a crisis point. We've produced as much plastic in the past decade aswe did in the entire twentieth century. We're drowning in the stuff, and we need to start making some hard choices. |
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| Physical Description: | 324 pages illustration 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780547152400 |
An Introduction to Plastics