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military poisons, means of detecting terrorist threats, and measures that may be taken
to reduce such threats. Because of the threats posed by toxic agents, toxicological
chemistry is introduced and discussed in this chapter.
The book concludes with Chapter 14, “The Ten Commandments of Sustainability,”
which distills the essence of sustainability into ten succinct principles. In so doing,
the chapter places green chemistry within a framework of the sustainable society that
must be developed if modern civilization is to survive with a reasonable standard of
living for humankind.
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