A Poison Like No Other
How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies
$46.86
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
6 January 2025
Summary
“Informed, utterly blindsiding account.” - Booklist, starred review
It’s falling from the sky and in the air we breathe. It’s in our food, our clothes, and our homes. It’s microplastic and it’s everywhere—including our own bodies. Scientists are just beginning to discover how these tiny particles threaten health, but the studies are alarming.
In A Poison Like No Other, Matt Simon reveals a whole new dimension to the plastic crisis, one even mor…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781642833225 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1642833223 |
| Author: | Matt Simon |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Island Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 6 January 2025 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 143mm x 219mm |
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Critics Review
“Informed, utterly blindsiding account.” - Booklist, starred review
Matt Simon
Matt Simon is a science journalist at Wired magazine, where he covers the environment, biology, and robotics. He’s the author of two previous books:
- Plight of the Living Dead: What Real-Life Zombies Reveal About Our World—and Ourselves
- The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar: Evolution’s Most Unbelievable Solutions to Life’s Biggest Problems
He enjoys long walks on the beach and trying not to think about all the microplastics there.
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