{"product_id":"invisible-poisons-leo-lexicon-9798253808283","title":"Invisible Poisons: The Chemistry of History's Most Dangerous Substances","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoison in Plain Sight\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA man bites a pen and dies in seconds. A city drinks from a well that looks perfectly clean. A chef slices a fish knowing one wrong cut ends the meal, and possibly a life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery chapter in \u003ci\u003eInvisible Poisons: The Chemistry of History's Most Dangerous Substances\u003c\/i\u003e begins with a real event. Every event is a chemistry problem that someone had to solve - usually after the damage was already done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book follows the story of toxicology from its messiest beginnings to its modern frontiers. A poisoned cup of coffee helped invent forensic science. A Soviet spy's pen demonstrates why cyanide became the weapon of last resort. A Japanese fishing village's water supply carried mercury that destroyed an entire generation before anyone understood why. And the tap water in a city that looked completely safe can hide something that damages a child's developing brain one sip at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, you will discover how arsenic stayed hidden in plain sight for centuries - and how one chemist's courtroom failure pushed chemistry to become a science that could actually prove what happened. You will find out what cyanide does inside a single cell, why dose determines whether strychnine kills or cures, and how animal toxins built by evolution - from cone snails to poison dart frogs to box jellyfish - became the blueprints for some of modern medicine's most precise tools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside this book: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1832 poisoned coffee case that changed forensic chemistry forever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat arsenic, cyanide, strychnine, lead, mercury, and carbon monoxide actually do inside the human body\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eReal criminal cases including Lafarge, Litvinenko, and the Tylenol murders - and what each one forced science to improve\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy some of the most dangerous molecules ever identified are now used in hospitals to treat pain, heart disease, and cancer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow machine learning, biosensors, and wastewater monitoring are changing how fast the next invisible threat gets detected\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInvisible Poisons\u003c\/i\u003e is written for curious readers who want the real science behind the world's most notorious substances - not just the dramatic headline, but the chemistry underneath it. Each chapter follows the same investigative path: what entered the body, by what route, and what did it disrupt. That question connects a Victorian chemist struggling to keep evidence intact long enough for a jury to see it, to a modern toxicologist watching a city's water supply in real time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poison is never just the poison. It is also the story of how humans learned to see what they could not smell, taste, or touch; and what that hard-won precision changed about medicine, law, and public safety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you are a teen or young adult readers interested in forensic science, chemistry, true crime, biology, and medical history, this book is for you.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leo Lexicon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798253808283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Leo Lexicon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623626092799,"sku":"9798253808283","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/invisible-poisons-leo-lexicon-9798253808283","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}