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A retired professor of chemistry at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, the author is also well versed in occupational safety and health. He applies deep and broad knowledge to a number of environmental topics. With clear-minded appreciation for the big picture, his book is balanced, deliberate, educational, and readable. It aims to teach readers how to understand "traps, tricks, and tips of the environmental language."

A smattering of points:
 Plants and animals are made of chemicals, water is a chemical, and the air we breathe is a mix of chemicals. A living organism is a system of interacting chemicals.
 Many natural carcinogens occur in food, not in trace amounts like picograms or parts per billion. They occur in gram quantities. Since humans have consumed these for centuries, the conclusion that carcinogenic chemicals are an intrinsic part of the natural environment is inescapable.
 The known number of naturally occurring chemicals that contain chlorine, iodine, bromine, or fluorine in their molecular makeup is now close to 2,000.
 It is important to recognize not only the capabilities of science, but also is limitations. Pseudo-science is characterized by claims of effects caused by an agent of barely detectable intensity, reliant on great accuracy of measurement.

This book renders public service by shedding light on why some environmental scares are deservedly en route to oblivion.

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