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092			_a363.738 Simon
100	1		_aSimon, Matt,
245	1	2	_aA poison like no other : _bhow microplastics corrupted our planet and our bodies / _cMatt Simon.
246	3	0	_aHow microplastics corrupted our planet and our bodies.
260			_aWashington, DC : _bIsland Press, _c[2022]
260			_c©2022.
300			_a241 pages ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 173-231) and index.
505	0		_aWelcome to planet plastic -- A voyage on the synthetic seas -- A land corrupted -- Breathe deep the plastic air -- Turning down the plastic tap.
520			_a"It's falling from the sky and in the air we breathe. It's in our food, our clothes, and our homes. It's microplastic and it's everywhere-including our own bodies. Scientists are just beginning to discover how these tiny particles threaten health, but the studies are alarming. In A Poison Like No Other, Matt Simon reveals a whole new dimension to the plastic crisis, one even more disturbing than plastic bottles washing up on shores and grocery bags dumped in landfills. Dealing with discarded plastic is bad enough, but when it starts to break down, the real trouble begins. The very thing that makes plastic so useful and ubiquitous - its toughness - means it never really goes away. It just gets smaller and smaller: eventually small enough to enter your lungs or be absorbed by crops or penetrate a fish's muscle tissue before it becomes dinner. Unlike other pollutants that are single elements or simple chemical compounds, microplastics represent a cocktail of toxicity: plastics contain at least 10,000 different chemicals. Those chemicals are linked to diseases from diabetes to hormone disruption to cancers. A Poison Like No Other is the first book to fully explore this new dimension of the plastic crisis, following the intrepid scientists who travel to the ends of the earth and the bottom of the ocean to understand the consequences of our dependence on plastic. As Simon learns from these researchers, there is no easy fix. But we will never curb our plastic addiction until we begin to recognize the invisible particles all around us." --publisher's website.
650		0	_aAir _xPollution.
650		0	_aMicroplastics _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aMicroplastics _xHealth aspects.
650		0	_aMicroplastics _xToxicology.
650		0	_aPlastics _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aWater _xPollution.
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