Section: BooksTitle: Chemistry in your environment : user-friendly, simplified science / Jack BarrettAuthor: Barrett, JackPublication: Chichester : Albion Publishing, 1994Physical description: 247 p. ; 24 cmNotes: Sumario: Chemistry in everyday life -- Chemistry explained -- Radiation and radioactivity -- Air: the earth's atmosphere -- The earth's major metals -- Fire and the fossil fuels -- Water -- Some important substances and materials -- Food and life -- Drugs and health -- Chemistry: history and concepts -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Further reading -- Glossarial index -- Index of industries, substances and natural phenomenaMateria / lugar / evento: Medio ambienteQuímicaImpacto ambientalControl de la contaminaciónContaminación radiológicaCampos electromagnéticosMetalesOther categories: 83Standard numbers: ISBN 1-898563-03-9Rights: In Copyright (InC)Referencias externas: