Chemistry of Life and Death, The

Synopsis: Aspects of life and death from a chemical perspective. What happens to our body chemistry when we have a heart attack? What role did oxygen play in the origins of life? How do the toxic by-products of oxygen - so-called free radicals - threaten the lives of premature babies? Also looks at the toxin ricin and the chemistry of human decomposition.
Series: Our Chemical Environment, Course St240
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
Year of production: 1995
Availability: Sale; 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Chemistry
Keywords: death; free radicals; heart attacks; origins of life; oxygen; premature babies; ricin

Producer

Andrew Law; Cameron Balbirnie; Nick Watson; Paul Manners

Cast

Janet Suzman
Mike Bullivant

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