Buell, Phyllis. <br/><br/>
Chemistry fundamentals :   an environmental perspective /  
Phyllis Buell, James Girard. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Sudbury, Mass. :  Jones and Bartlett Publishers,  2003 
 - xvi, 655 p.  ill. (some col.), col. maps ;  27 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>1.	What is chemistry? An introduction to the central science ;<br/>2.	Planet earth, rocks, life, and energy ;<br/>3.	Atoms and atomic structure ;<br/>4.	Atoms and chemical bonding ;<br/>5.	Nuclear chemistry, the risks and benefits of nuclear radiation ;<br/>6.	Chemical reactions ;<br/>7.	Reactions in solution, acids and bases and oxidation-reduction reactions ;<br/>8.	Carbon compounds, an introduction to organic chemistry ;<br/>9.	Synthetic polymers, materials for the modern age ;<br/>10.	Water resources and water pollution ;<br/>11.	Air we breathe ;<br/>12.	Fossil fuels, our major source of energy ;<br/>13.	Energy sources for the future ;<br/>14.	Biochemistry, the molecules of life ;<br/>15.	Food and nutrition ;<br/>16.	Agricultural chemicals, feeding the earth's people ;<br/>17.	House hold chemicals ;<br/>18.	Toxicology ;<br/>19.	Disposal of dangerous wastes.<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0763710741 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Chemistry.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>540  / B9283