Stories
- In pictures
A medical history of smoking, from cure to killer
Today smoking is seen publicly as a deadly vice, privately perhaps as more of a guilty pleasure. Follow tobacco’s journey over the centuries from medical remedy to killer carcinogen.
- Article
Tracing the toxic story of tear gas
Investigating tear gas – from factory to Black Lives Matter protest – Imani Jacqueline Brown uncovers a toxic legacy where pollution, violence and racism are intimately entwined.
- Article
Dying to be in nature
The modern funeral business is one that uses up precious resources and pollutes the planet. But you can make sure it’s only your memory that leaves its mark with these new and natural ways to leave this earth.
- Photo story
‘My Hair Is Not…’
Eight Black people talk about their relationship with their hair – their hairstyle history, their experiences, and how they decided to have natural hair.
Catalogue
- Books
Carcinogens in industry and the environment / edited by James M. Sontag.
Date: [1981], ©1981- Books
Carcinogens and related substances : analytical chemistry for toxicological research / Malcolm C. Bowman.
Bowman, Malcolm C., 1926-Date: [1979], ©1979- Archives and manuscripts
'1961' and 'Carcinogens and chromosome aberrations'
Date: 1959-1961Reference: PP/JRE/B.139-B.141Part of: John Read (1908-1993), radiobiologist- Books
Guide to short-term tests for detecting mutagenic and carcinogenic chemicals / prepared for the IPCS by the International Commission for Protection Against Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens.
Date: 1985- Books
General COSHH ACOP (control of substances hazardous to health) and Carcinogens ACOP (control of carcinogenic substances) and Biological agents ACOP (control of biological agents) : Control of substances hazardous to health regulations 1999 : approved codes of practice / Health and Safety Commission.
Great Britain. Health and Safety Commission.Date: 1999