| Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health |  | Authors: Rick Smith, Bruce Lourie, Sarah Dopp
Publisher: Knopf Canada
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 336
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.7 x 1.2
ISBN: 0307397122
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.902
EAN: 9780307397126
ASIN: 0307397122
Publication Date: May 5, 2009
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 Go Research October 30, 2009
Jo-Ann (Canada)
I enjoyed how clearly and passionately this book was written. It opened my eyes to a lot of carcinogenic threats in our environment and it inspired me to change my habits. I commend the authors for their hard work. We need more of this. I reviewed the book on my blog, (ooopsonline.com). I recomend this book for anyone who wants to keep on living:)
Enjoy
 great service, best price September 27, 2009
DAN O'MALLEY (fl usa)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book will simply make you aware of a few very commonly used items that are extremely toxic.Most people have no idea, this is a must read,then inform family and friends of these avoidable health risk.
A good case for "better safe than sorry" August 24, 2009
J. Tobin Garrett (Vancouver, BC)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The reviewer here that gave this book 1 star mentioned that it was basically a 'gimmick'; that the authors proved that ingesting chemicals will cause those chemicals to appear in your body, but did not prove that they had any harmful effects.
I'm not sure what book this person was reading, but it definitely wasn't this one, as the authors document numerous scientific studies showing the deleterious effects of the chemicals which they are experimenting with. Their personal experiments on themselves was an attempt to show how frighteningly easy it is to elevate the levels of these chemicals in our own body by just using everyday products that are deemed 'safe'.
I don't know about you, but I don't enjoy the notion that it's so easy to slowly poison myself with state sanctioned products because the chemicals that are supposed to stay put are in fact leeching into my body. Did they experience many short term and immediate effects of these chemicals? No. That's why the book is called SLOW Death by Rubber Duck, not QUICK & IMMEDIATE Death by Rubber Duck.
This book is very well-written and researched, with both authors alternately writing chapters on various groups of chemicals in consumer products. The science is easy to understand, and there is plenty of humour to lighten the load of the seriousness of the topic. Each chapter contains ways to avoid or reduce consumption of these chemicals, with a nice breakdown in the end chapter of how to 'detox'.
An important book for anyone that lives and breathes here on planet earth.
 Great resource! August 10, 2009
Robert DESPREZ (Vancouver, BC)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Every Canadian should read this book--it's a terrific summary of the chemicals that leach into our body just by using products you use every day--including shampoos and cleaners. More importantly, it explains how you can eliminate or at least limit your expose to these chemicals.
 Science, yes. Conclusions, no. July 19, 2009
neoplop
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
The problem with this book is the premise. The authors experiment with their own bodies to reach the following tautological conclusion: "if I ingest a chemical, the chemical will be present in me". Wow -- groundbreaking. Do they use this experiment to prove that the chemicals they ingest are in fact harmful? No.
It's an interesting gimmick. It might get some people's attention. Will the people it draws in be those that don't already know about the harmful effects of the chemicals in question? Probably not. I hope I'm wrong, because everyone deserves to be informed.
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