Is It Okay to Pee in the Ocean?: The Fascinating Science of Our Waste and Our World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781681195131)

Longlisted for the 2024 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books
Longlisted for the 2024 Green Earth Book Award

Get the facts you'll really want to know when you really need to go.

Why do we pee? Is pee just yellow water? Is the ocean a giant toilet bowl (eww!)? If you've ever wondered about your body's waste . . . urine luck! This book is all about pee: from why and how we do it, to its effects on our world.

Explore the human systems that make pee happen, tackle environmental questions about the impacts of human waste, discover surprising uses of urine throughout history-like in mouthwash and skin creams-and even try out at-home, hands-on experiments (with no bodily fluids required, of course!).
With engaging black-and-white-illustrations and just enough ick-factor, this engrossing (and sometimes a little bit gross) book gets to the bottom of an oft-ignored part of the science of life.

Author: Ella Schwartz
ISBN-10: 1681195135
ISBN-13: 9781681195131
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 02/21/2023
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 10.20h x 8.20w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2023
Publishers Weekly 04/03/2023