Pandora's poison : chlorine, health, and a new environmental strategy / Joe Thornton.

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2000], ©2000.

xii, 599 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [513]-580) and index.

The problem : a global health hazard -- Organochlorines around the world -- First-class poisons : the toxicology of organochlorines -- The damage done : health impacts in people and wildlife -- Organochlorines and cancer -- The cause : industrial chlorine chemistry -- Chlorine in nature and industry -- The chlorine business -- Chemistry out of control -- Major sources of organochlorine pollution -- The solution : a chlorine sunset -- An ecological policy on chlorine chemistry -- Beyond chlorine : the alternatives -- Good science, good politics.