Earth Detox: How and Why we Must Clean Up Our Planet

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. Cover Half-title Reviews Title page Copyright information Dedication Contents Preface 1 Chemical Avalanche Chemical Flood Nutrient Cascade Mineral Landslide Energy Exposure Weaponised Chemicals Nuclear Legacy Eating Garbage Chemical Deluge 2 Poisoning a Planet Local or Global? Cancer from the Sky Every Breath You Take Polluted Poles Distant Domains Plastic Surgery Out of Sight, Out of Mind Stagnant Seas Six Rivers Toxic Blindfold 3 Are You a Contaminated Site? Polluted People BPA Babies Baneful Beauty Food Fears Toxic Tap Water, Dubious Drinks Ageing Accumulators Postmortem Pollution The Toxic Toll 4 Diabolic Cocktail Mixture Troubles Billions of Mixtures Mixtures and Health 'Environmental' Chemicals 5 Unseen Risks Nanopollution Nutrient Nightmare Novel Pesticides Chemical Intensification Megakillers Criminal Chemicals Seeing the Unseen 6 Sick Society A Dumber Race? Chemical Disruption The Poisoned Generation Not Paying Attention Asthma Attack Mystery Plagues Old Plagues Ascendant Cancerous Growth A Melancholy Tale Chemical Obesity Lethal Legacy Preventable Problem 7 Getting Away with Murder Bureaucratic Intervention Evading Responsibility Bitter Lessons Dirty Dozen Torn Safety Nets Seeking Standards When Rules Fail Who Is Responsible? 8 Clean Up Society 'And the Winner Is . . .' Safer Singapore Super Clean-Up Going Global Clean Rules Clean-Up Methods Professional Standards Gender Toxicity Can We Adapt? Reducing the Burden Taking Responsibility 9 Clean Up the Earth Global Democracy Thinking as a Species A Global Detox Alliance A Matter of Science A Matter of Ethics A Matter of Rights Detox the Earth: A Ten Point Plan 10 Preventing Catastrophe Postscript: A Cautionary Tale from Deep Time Notes Chapter 1: Chemical Avalanche Chapter 2: Poisoning a Planet Chapter 3: Are You a Contaminated Site? Chapter 4: Diabolic Cocktail Chapter 5: Unseen Risks Chapter 6: Sick Society Chapter 7: Getting Away with Murder Chapter 8: Clean Up Society Chapter 9: Clean Up the Earth Chapter 10: Preventing Catastrophe Postscript Index