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The Times, July 2005
An excellent new book.

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Compelling... Skip your high-production-value crime drama on the television tonight, and spend the evening with the Poison Paradox. I doubt you will read every page, but I think you might enjoy those that you do. (Wendy Sharpe, The Lancet )

An excellent new book. (Mark Henderson, The Times )

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5.0 out of 5 stars fascinating facts about poisons, 15 Nov 2005
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I found this book really interesting. In fact I was amazed. I’d read so many things in magazines and papers about chemicals like dioxin and insecticides and just thought that they were all poisonous and dangerous. Then I read this book and found it wasn’t quite like that,because it depends on the amount and some of them are useful and make our lives better-like people now live longer and are healthier. The book also talks about how chemicals get inside us and what they do. Its explained really clearly, especially for someone like me who doesn’t have any scientific background. But there are also lots of interesting stories also about poisoning cases and historical stuff. Then at the end there is a section on risk from chemicals and how its measured, which was a bit complicated but really interesting. I’d recommend this book.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating book about the chemicals around us, 10 Nov 2005
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This is a really fascinating book which is full of stories and information about chemicals and poisoning. I only have an O level in Biology and knew nothing about poisons or toxicology but I found the book very easy to read and it clearly explained how chemicals like drugs and things found in food get into the body and affect it and why the amount of chemical is important. Each chapter covers a different kind of chemical such as drugs, pesticides, substances in nature. There are lots of interesting historical stories and at the end there is a chapter on the risks from chemicals. It’s the sort of book you can dip into and always read something interesting anytime. Anybody who takes a drug or uses weedkiller or is just generally interested in science and the world around them should get this book
I bought this book after reading a review in the Times which is a good summary of the book.
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10 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, but not a great read, 31 Aug 2005
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I read a lot. And I read a lot of science (being a physicist at heart). I was quite interested in this book from the cover, the publishers review and the possible content. However, I have to admit that I was disappointed.
It's well written, and informative, but didn't engage me. The start of the book is too lengthy in its explanation on how poisons enter and are dealt with by the body. Perhaps this was because it was telling me things I already knew, but I found it a little boring - in fact, I ended up skipping the first parts because of this, and straight into the main content.
This was not as interesting as I thought it would be either. Though full of information, there was no real data or facts. I expected each poison to be explained in chemical sense and then what it does to the body in detail (physical, mental, symptoms etc). I just didn't feel like there was enough.
My one pleasure was discovering there is arsenic in apple seeds, but it was literally one sentence. Meanwhile I've stopped eating the pips now (20 years too late, maybe!!).
This book is okay, and is good in the popular science areana, but for anyone looking for detail and interest....I think we need to go elsewhere.
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