Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2002;59:139; doi:10.1136/oem.59.2.139-a
Copyright © 2002 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2002;59:139
© 2002 Occupational and Environmental Medicine
© 2002 Occupational and Environmental Medicine
BOOK REVIEW
MTBE: Effects on soil and groundwater resources
By J Jacobs, J Guertin, C Herron, eds. (Pp 245; £53.99.) 2001. Boca Raton, FL: Lewis (CRC Press). ISBN 1 56670 553 3.
This short book provides a great deal of information on that interesting petrol additive and oxygenate methy-ter-butyl ether (MBTE). In fact, more than half the book comprises annexes and indexes of data. The text itself is divided into short chapters that provide an excellent historical introduction, accounts of the chemistry and toxicology of MBTE, and its fate in soil and water. The toxicological section is too brief for this book to be regarded as a key source on this aspect of MTBE—although it points the way to more detailed accounts and the primary literature. So why buy it? The answer is that this book provides an excellent summary of a late 20th century problem in toxicology. MTBE was introduced to improve petrol combustion and reduce emissions of carbon monoxide: it was an alternative to lead. Its introduction in Alaska prompted an outbreak of symptoms: nausea, airway irritation, effects on the
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