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Synopsis
The Second Edition of this widely-read and highly acclaimed work reviews and explains the facts of chemical changes in a clear and understandable manner. Discussions are included about the factors which determine whether chemicals in our air, food, and water are harmful or harmless and the dose-response relationship is put into perspective. Extensively revised, the Second Edition has been reorganized to expedite access to specific information.
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About the Author M. ALICE OTTOBONI, Ph.D., lectures, writes, and consults in the field of toxicology. As Staff Toxicologist with the California State Department of Public Health for over twenty years, she originated, designed, and performed numerous toxicological studies of environmental factors of importance to public health. She is the author of the first edition of The Dose Makes the Poison, in addition to numerous papers published in scientific journals. She is listed in Who's Who of American Women, American Men and Women of Science, and in the Dictionary of International Biography. Dr. Ottoboni earned the Ph.D. in comparative biochemistry at the University of California, Davis.
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Alice Ottoboni's second edition of "The Dose Makes The Poison", a "plain language guide to toxicology" is must reading for every industrial hygienist, client, employer, and daily contact of the industrial hygienist. Ottoboni takes us on a well organized tour of toxicology in layman's terms. The distinctions between poison, toxicity and hazard are sharply drawn. Thorough explanations of factors that influence toxicity are included. Cogent examples using using everday items like foods which contain toxic materials (caffeine in coffee, solanine in potatoes, or ethanol in vodka) make clear the ability of the body to handle divided doses. Dr. Ottoboni helps us understand the difference between the trauma we cause from a needless fear of a chemical than the trauma we cause when we permit exposure to toxicologically significant amounts of that chemical. -- Dr. H. L. Kusnetz, past president of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and the American Academy of Industrial Hygiene (AAIH)
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