The Fly in the Ointment 70 Fascinating

This entertaining examination of everyday science from the fanciful to the factual covers topics ranging from pesticides and environmental estrogens to lipsticks and garlic.

Dr. Joe Schwarcz is director of McGill University’s Office for Science and Society, dedicated to demystifying science and separating sense from nonsense. He is a popular lecturer, both to students and to the larger public. He hosts The Dr. Joe Show on Montreal radio and is the author of over a dozen bestselling titles. Dr. Joe lives in Montreal, Quebec.

Introduction

11

(4)

HEALTH ISSUES

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

15

(4)

Farmed, Wild, or Canned?

19

(4)

DDT: A Double-Edged Sword

23

(6)

Feeding the Hungry

29

(3)

Say ``Cheese''

32

(4)

The Teflon Scare

36

(3)

Weeding Out the Pesticide Myths

39

(4)

Paralysis through Analysis

43

(7)

Bottled or Tap?

50

(7)

Waxing Lyrical about Fruit Wax

57

(4)

The Challenge of Menopause

61

(7)

Carpets and Chemical Sensitivities

68

(3)

Adventures in the Health Food Store

71

(3)

The Mystery of Alzheimer's Disease

74

(7)

Going through a Phase

81

(4)

Russian Spies and Sick Turkeys

85

(4)

The Strange Case of the Stinky Man

89

(4)

High on Protein

93

(3)

Mad Honey

96

(4)

When Sugar Isn't So Sweet

100

(4)

Sugar-Free Kisses

104

(3)

For the Love of Broccoli

107

(3)

I'm a Bread and Propionates Man

110

(4)

Put Garlic Where?

114

(4)

Dietary Supplements: To Take or Not to Take?

118

(4)

What's In a Vitamin Name?

122

(3)

Toxic E-mail

125

(4)

Natural or Synthetic?

129

(3)

Count Your Way to Good Health

132

(5)

SOME NEAT CHEMISTRY

Wondrous Tricks and Bad Smells

137

(4)

Sex and Scents

141

(3)

From ``Yuck'' to ``Yum''

144

(4)

Nibbling on Glass

148

(4)

Bad Science, Bad Justice

152

(3)

Santa's Mushrooms

155

(4)

There's No Viagra in Niagara

159

(4)

The Wonders of Polyester

163

(3)

Pay Dirt!

166

(4)

A Galling Tale of Vitriol and Murder

170

(4)

The Right Alchemy: Harry Potter and Nicolas Flamel

174

(3)

The Swedish Blonds Who Turned Green

177

(4)

Saving Lives with Kevlar

181

(3)

Kiss and Makeup

184

(4)

Hard-Water Woes

188

(3)

Look at Those Cow Chips Fly!

191

(4)

Frenzied Males and Virgin Females

195

(3)

Munching on a Chemist

198

(5)

ONCE UPON A TIME

It Started with a Bang

203

(3)

Taking the Fuzzy out of Fizz

206

(4)

Take a Bromide!

210

(3)

Calm Down

213

(4)

A Poison Eater Who Just Said, ``No''

217

(3)

You're Feeling Sle-e-e-e-epy

220

(3)

Molecules and Mirrors

223

(5)

The Lunatics

228

(3)

Heady Times at the Bakery

231

(4)

Newton and Mercury

235

(3)

Frog Legs and a Giant Leap

238

(4)

Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?

242

(4)

Horror Film

246

(4)

Absinthe Makes the Tart Grow Fonder

250

(3)

Pain Isn't a Laughing Matter

253

(4)

BALONEY!

Plain Baloney

257

(3)

A Hole in the Head: Screwy Science

260

(4)

The Quirks of Quartz

264

(3)

The Sad Story of a Little Angel

267

(4)

Coral Calcium on the Brain

271

(4)

Dead Water and Living Quackery

275

(4)

Great Movie, Junk Science

279

(3)

Bursting the Oxygen Bubble

282

(5)

Index

287

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The Fly in the Ointment 70 Fascinating Commentaries on the Science of Everyday Life

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