Evolution in a Toxic World How Life Responds to Chemical Threats /

• Main Author: Monosson, Emily (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics, 2012.
• Subjects: Environment.; Chemistry.; Ecosystems.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Radiation protection.; Radiation > Safety measures.; Environmental chemistry.; Ecotoxicology.; Environmental Chemistry.; Chemistry/Food Science, general.; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.

With BPA in baby bottles, mercury in fish, and lead in computer monitors, the world has become a toxic place. But as Emily Monosson demonstrates in her groundbreaking new book, it has always been toxic. When oxygen first developed in Earth's atmosphere, it threatened the very existence of life:...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1. An Introduction
• Part 1: Element. 2. Shining a Light on Earth’s Oldest Toxic Threat?
• 3. When Life Gives You Oxygen, Respire
• 4. Metal Planet
• Part 2: Plant and Animal. 5. It Takes Two (or More) for the Cancer Tango
• 6. Chemical Warfare
• 7. Sensing Chemicals
• 8. Coordinated Defense
• Part 3: Human. 9. Toxic Evolution
• 10. Toxic Overload?
• Appendix: Five Recent Additions to the Chemical Handbook of Life Notes
• Selected Bibliography
• Index.