Description
Public sanitation and antibiotic drugs have brought about historic increases in the human life span; they have also unintentionally produced new health crises by disrupting the intimate, age-old balance between humans and the microorganisms that inhabit our bodies and our environment. As a result, antibiotic resistance now ranks among the gravest medical problems of modern times. Good Germs, Bad Germs tells the story of what went terribly wrong in our war on germs. It also offers a hopeful look into a future in which antibiotics will be designed and used more wisely, and beyond that to a day when we may replace antibacterial drugs and cleansers with bacterial ones.
Author: Jessica Snyder Sachs
Publisher: Hill & Wang
Published: 09/30/2008
Pages: 290
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.20h x 6.30w x 0.82d
ISBN13: 9780809016426
ISBN10: 0809016427
BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | Diseases | General
- Science | Life Sciences | Microbiology
- Medical | Infectious Diseases
About the Author
Jessica Snyder Sachs is a freelance science writer. Her first book, Corpse: Nature, Forensics, and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death, was published in 2001. She lives in New Jersey.