Overview: One of the first books, if not the first book, on toxic evolution.Timeliness of topic, in terms of scientific research, policy debates, and news coverage.Presents a groundbreaking approach to a growinWith BPA in baby bottles, mercury in fish, and lead in computer monitors, the world has become a toxic place. But as Emily Monosson demonstrates in her groundbreaking new book, it has always been toxic. When oxygen first developed in Earth‘s atmosphere, it threatened the very existence of life: now we literally can‘t live without it. According to Monosson, examining how life adapted to s
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