AuthorFuller, Gary (Gary W.), author
TitleThe invisible killer : The rising global threat of air pollution : and how we can fight back / Gary Fuller
ImprintBrooklyn : Melville House, 2018
Descript xiii, 304 pages ; 23 cm

CONTENT

Warning signs : from Medieval London to pea-soupers -- Early explorers -- Warning signs ignored -- The battle begins : twentieth-century damage -- The great smog -- The madness of lead in gasoline -- Ozone, the pollutant that rots rubber -- Acid rain and the particles that form in our air -- A tale of six cities -- The battle grounds of today : modern problems in a modern world -- A global tour in a polluted world -- Counting particles and the enigma of modern air pollution -- VW and the tricky problem with diesel -- Wood-burning-the most natural way to heat my home? -- The wrong transportation -- Cleaning the air -- Fighting back : the future of our air -- A conclusion : what happens next?


SUBJECT

  1. Air -- Pollution
  2. Air -- Pollution -- Health aspects
  3. Air -- Pollution -- Prevention
  4. Automobiles -- Motors -- Exhaust gas -- Environmental aspects

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Central Library (5th Floor)363.7392 F965I 2018 CHECK SHELVES
Political Science Library363.7392 F965I CHECK SHELVES