Eco-facts and Eco-fiction Book

	List of figures
	List of tables
	Preface
	Acknowledgements
1	Introduction	1
2	The Three Es: earth, ecology, and environment	9
3	Science and the scientists	25
4	Chemistry, chemicals, and the chemists	42
5	How toxic is toxic?	62
6	Cancer everywhere?	87
7	Energy and the laws of nature	105
8	Air for breathing	124
9	Water for drinking	143
10	Food for eating	161
11	Waste not, want not	180
12	Organochlorines - killer chemicals?	199
13	Conclusion	224
	Notes	232
	Name index	256
	Subject index	259