LEADER 00000nam 2200337Ka 4500 006 m d 007 cr cn--------- 008 200306s2020 nyu s 000 0 eng d 020 9781524744281 (electronic bk) 037 5880750C-CC29-4D3A-BA1A-343147CD6319|bOverDrive, Inc. |nhttp://www.overdrive.com 040 TEFOD|cTEFOD 099 eBook OverDrive/Libby 100 1 Zaidan, George. 245 10 Ingredients|h[OverDrive/Libby electronic resource]|bThe strange chemistry of what we put in us and on us.|cGeorge Zaidan. 260 |c2020. 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 520 Cheese puffs. Coffee. Sunscreen. Vapes. George Zaidan reveals what will kill you, what won't, and why& #8212;explained with high-octane hilarity, hysterical hijinks, and other things that don't begin with the letter H . INGREDIENTS offers the perspective of a chemist on the stuff we eat, drink, inhale, and smear on ourselves. Apart from the burning question of whether you should eat that Cheeto, Zaidan explores a range of topics. Here's a helpful guide: Stuff in this book: - How bad is processed food? How sure are we? - Is sunscreen safe? Should you use it? - Is coffee good or bad for you? - What's your disease horoscope? - What is that public pool smell made of? - What happens when you overdose on fentanyl in the sun? - What do cassava plants and Soviet spies have in common? - When will you die? Stuff in other books: - Your carbon footprint - Food sustainability - GMOs - CEO pay - Science funding - Politics - Football - Baseball - Any kind of ball really Zaidan, an MIT- trained chemist who cohosted CNBC's hit Make Me a Millionaire Inventor and wrote and voiced several TED-Ed viral videos, makes chemistry more fun than Hogwarts as he reveals exactly what science can (and can't) tell us about the packaged ingredients sold to us every day. Sugar, spinach, formaldehyde, cyanide, the ingredients of life and death, and how we know if something is good or bad for us—as well as the genius of aphids and their butts& #8212;are all discussed in exquisite detail at breakneck speed. 533 Electronic reproduction.|bNew York :|cDutton,|d2020. |nRequires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 14188 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB). 650 7 Cooking & Food.|2OverDrive 650 7 Engineering.|2OverDrive 650 7 Technology.|2OverDrive 650 17 Nonfiction.|2OverDrive 655 7 Electronic books.|2local 776 1 |cOriginal|z9781524744274 856 40 |uhttps://naperville.overdrive.com/media/4896516 |zAvailable on OverDrive/Libby. 856 42 |3Image|uhttps://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/1523-1/ %7B5880750C-CC29-4D3A-BA1A-343147CD6319%7DImg100.jpg |zLarge cover image 856 42 |3Thumbnail|uhttps://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/1523-1/ %7B5880750C-CC29-4D3A-BA1A-343147CD6319%7DImg200.jpg |zThumbnail cover image