The vets perform a complicated liver surgery to save a Pug and perform a root canal on a ferret, while vets in the field check pregnant horses and a constipated buffalo.

More than 80,000 new chemicals have been developed and released into the global environment during the last four decades. Today the World Health Organization attributes more than one-third of all childhood deaths to environmental causes, and as rates of childhood disease skyrocket-autism, asthma, ADHD, obesity, diabetes, and even birth defects-it raises serious, difficult questions around how the chemical environment is impacting children's health....

Joint pain, chronic fatigue, hair loss, eczema, and plain old smelly gas. At first, you blamed it on getting older, even if you are in your twenties. Now? There are just too many issues to ignore. More importantly, you're tired of waiting to feel better-you won't ignore these symptoms anymore. No matter your age, gender, or background, if this sounds like you, it's time for a change. It's time to ditch the toxins and finally come clean. In Dirty...

Survey the types of chemicals that can harm human health. First, analyze the differences between a poison, a toxin, and a venom. Then, study examples of each, learning how arsenic disrupts ATP production, what makes nicotine deadlier than most people realize, and why venoms are typically complex proteins.

Detox with Oral Chelation talks about EDTA chelation therapy, the safest and most effective way to cleanse our bodies of pervasive heavy metal toxins and remove age-accelerating calcium deposits from our cardiovascular systems. The accumulating scientific evidence suggests that this mighty amino acid offers a whole range of truly remarkable health benefits. It has been, shown to help prevent arteriosclerosis and cancer, improve blood circulation,...

"The human body has an extraordinary ability to detoxify itself. We rely on this system when we wait for a hangover to lift or recover from a bout of food poisoning. However, cutting-edge science is revealing how toxic exposures can actually affect our genes and lead to conditions such as obesity, diabetes, cognitive dysfunction, pain, arthritis, mood disorders, energy, allergies, asthma, hypertension, fertility, and heart disease--all of which are...

While toxins are around us all the time and require a nuanced, sophisticated approach to understand, short and memorable headlines sell. Follow the fascinating media coverage of baby-food toxins and the new water system in Flint, MI, to discover the reasons for conflicting headlines and stories. Who got it right? And who got it so very wrong?

"A leader in his field and acclaimed natural medicine expert, Dr. Joseph Pizzorno has spent nearly fifty years exploring the connection between toxins and human health. In ... The Toxic Solution, Dr. Pizzorno delivers a scientifically proven program to immediately release our toxic burden and restore the body's natural ability to heal"--Jacket.

"Plastic is everywhere you look. Our computers and children's toys are made out of it, and our water and slices of American cheese are packaged in it. But why is there so much and what is it doing to our bodies? Is it possible to use less plastic and be happier and healthier? In Plastic Purge, author Mike SanClements presents the history and science behind plastics, then teaches you how to cut down on the amount of plastic in your life. As an ecologist,...