The consumer's good chemical guide : a jargon-free guide to the chemicals of everyday life / John Emsley.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : W.H. Freeman, [1994]Description: xi, 347 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0716745054 :
- 9780716745051 :
Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-330) and index.
Perfumes -- Sweetness and light -- Alcohol -- Cholesterol, fats and fibre -- Painkillers and painful decisions -- PVC -- Dioxins, the world's deadliest toxins -- Nitrate -- Carbon dioxide, CO₂ -- Chemical data.