Slow Death By Rubber Duck Review

Each chapter offers the history impact effects and possible future of an assortment of ubiquitous chemicals that have been introduced to an unwitting public not only in the u s canada but throughout the world.

Slow death by rubber duck review.

A shipping container filled with rubber duckies was lost at sea in 1992 and the bath toys are still washing ashore today. The secret danger of everyday things wild and crazy canadian science policy geeks smith and lourie write about the slightly horrific and sometimes hilarious experiment they conducted on themselves for one week they hung out in a rented apartment inhaling and ingesting a variety of toxic chemicals that are in everyday household products. The secret danger of everyday things. Slow death by rubber duck.

What i dislike about slow death by rubber duck. The book engaged in fear mongering and drama and took a long time to get to the point. The updated edition of slow death by rubber duck also includes experiments from smith and lourie s 2013 book toxin toxout and chronicles conversations with activists government officials and experts as well as people who have experienced health impacts to paint a picture of the average consumer s everyday exposure to chemicals. Follow the rubber duck to see how plastic travels the sea.

Are the font of this toxic rain that falls on the arctic 151 but that while the arctic is the most distant victim of these poisons we ourselves are the first 8221. Isn t just alarmist environmental shock and awe. Publishers weekly starred review slow death by rubber duck s real achievement is in documenting how chemical giants stay a step ahead of regulators and those revelations make the book a fascinating and frightening read the week slow death by rubber duck. For example in a rant about why triclosan was used in a garden hose one author quotes.

151 carl pope executive director sierra club br. At this moment in history the image conjured up by the word pollution is just as properly an innocent rubber duck as it is a giant smoke stack from the book slow death by rubber duck. Table of contents foreword by theo colborn co author of our stolen future acknowledgments introduction one. Slow death by rubber duck goes beyond scare tactics to solutions that we can all apply to our daily lives green living a fascinating and frightening read leavened by frequent references to pop culture everything from saturday night live episodes to quotes from miss marple as well as the authors brio in using their own bodies.

Rick smith s slow death by rubber duck is a very compelling read. Use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading slow death by rubber duck. The secret danger of everyday things kindle edition by smith rick lourie bruce. Slow death by rubber duck tells the other end of this story 151 how ordinary household products we consume here in the u s.