Environmental pollution is one of the most serious threats to the future health of our planet. A wide and ever increasing range of chemicals from industry, agriculture, medicine and a host of other sources continue to contribute to the earth's chemical load. Governments have encountered great difficulties responding to the crucial and immediate need for effective management.
As a result, the new science of ecotoxicology has developed, which provides a broad conceptual framework for evaluating the effects of chemicals in natural ecosystems.
This book is aimed principally...
Environmental pollution is one of the most serious threats to the future health of our planet. A wide and ever increasing range of chemicals from indu...
B. Richardson Brenda Lane Richardson Dr Brenda Wade
In this provocative rethinking of the African American woman's experience, Brenda Lane Richardson and Dr. Brenda Wade ask their black American sisters to consider this question: "What lessons about love and intimacy were passed down from your foremothers to you?" By exploring the emotional legacy shared by all African American women whose ancestors were enslaved, the authors examine the impact of this history on romantic relationships between today's black women and men--and reveal how the power of inherited beliefs can both heal and strengthen these bonds.
This remarkably uplifting...
In this provocative rethinking of the African American woman's experience, Brenda Lane Richardson and Dr. Brenda Wade ask their black American sist...
Sleep is an absolute necessity for conscious beings. The following are the characteristic circumstances attending perfect sleep: 1. The power of volition is totally suspended. 2. The trains of ideas caused by sensation proceed with greater facility and vivacity; but become inconsistent with the usual order of nature. The muscular motions caused by sensation continue; as those concerned in our evacuations during infancy, and afterwards in digestion, and in priapismus. 3. The irritative muscular motions continue, as those concerned in the circulation, in secretion, in respiration. But the...
Sleep is an absolute necessity for conscious beings. The following are the characteristic circumstances attending perfect sleep: 1. The power of volit...
Sugar is a commonplace product with a complex background, mainly because of the high degree of protectionism given to the industry and the benefits of ensuring domestic producers stay in business. This book asks why there are such disagreements over trade policy, who profits within the current regime, and where power ultimately lies.
Sugar is a commonplace product with a complex background, mainly because of the high degree of protectionism given to the industry and the benefits of...
