"Early in the twentieth century, a group of female factory workers in Newark, New Jersey, slowly died of radiation poisoning. Around the same time an Indian elephant was deliberately and publicly put to death by electricity in Coney Island . . . Now these two tragedies are intertwined in a dark alternate history of rage, radioactivity, and wrongs crying out to be righted"--OCLC.
"Exposes the political decisions and economic forces that have kept so many of us breathing dirty air. This is a . . . up-close look at the human toll, where we meet the scientists who have transformed our understanding of pollution's effects on the body and the ordinary people fighting for a cleaner future"--OCLC.
a tale of arsenic, murder, and the new forensic science
Hempel, Sandra
2013
The story behind how an infamous 19th century murder investigation changed forever the way poisoners, particularly arsenic poisoners, were brought to justice.
Mighty Matthew knows all about harmful substances in the house and yard, but his little brother doesn't. Matthew makes sure to warn his brother about things like cleaners, medicines, house plants, and chemicals in the grass and garage.
A collection of facts and statistics about dangerous and/or nasty things in nature, on the Earth, in space, the human body, science, places, sports, culture, and the past.
murder and the birth of forensic medicine in jazz age New York
Blum, Deborah
2011
Shares the story of how the appointment of Charles Norris as chief medical examiner in New York in 1918 dramatically slowed the incidence of murder by poisoning, and looks at how Norris worked together with toxicologist Alexander Gettler to investigate chemistry-related deaths and disorders and to establish the discipline of forensics.
