Air and Your Health: Clean Air Is Vital to Your Health
Most people have no idea that they aren't breathing in only oxygen when they inhale. Outside, they may be inhaling volatile organic compounds from car exhausts, benzene, solvents, wood smoke, dust particles, soot and ozone. Inside, they may be inhaling formaldehyde, radon, radiation, or asbestos fibers. This book is important reading for everybody who wants to know how air quality relates to health and how it can be improved in their personal environments.
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Book details
- Author
- Beatrice Trum Hunter
- Imprint
- Basic Health Publications, Inc., an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 137
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Series
- Basic Health Guides
- Subjects
- Health & Fitness › Diseases & Conditions › Respiratory
Health & Fitness › Allergies - Topics
- air pollution · respiratory health · indoor air quality · environmental toxins · asthma · asbestos · volatile organic compounds · ozone
- ISBN-13
- 9781591200574 (Paperback)9781681626949 (Hardcover)
About the author
BEATRICE TRUM HUNTER is the author of more than 30 books on food issues, including whole foods, food adulteration, and additives. Her recent books include Infectious Connections, Probiotic Foods for Good Health and The Whole Foods Primer.