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The Silent Threat is about foreign chemicals in food, including pesticides, fertilisers contaminants, animal-feed additives, food packaging materials etc and their impact on our health and wellbeing.

By Professor Alfred Poulos PhD, LL B, GDLP

About the author: Professor Alfred Poulos is a widely-respected scientist, researcher, and public speaker. He was formerly a Chief Medical Scientist at the Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital where he was involved in research into genetic diseases as well as the role of dietary fats and oils on our health. Professor Poulos has been widely published internationally. He is currently the co-managing director of Biolipids Pty Ltd, an Adelaide-based biotechnology firm.

How safe is the food we eat?

Foreign chemicals and additives are an unavoidable part of almost all the food we eat - from the pesticides and fertilisers on our crops to the flavorings and preservatives added in commercial food-processing to the plasticisers from packaging materials.

Described collectively as 'the silent threat', the number of chemicals that now pervade our diets has grown enormously in the last 50 years, but curiously, the information about them has not.

WHY?

The Silent Threat: At last ... a book which tells you the (unbiased) truth about what is really in what you eat.

Free of corporate interests and commercial agendas, The Silent Threat is a no-nonsense step-by-step journey through the many stages of the food manufacturing process, describing what chemicals turn up in our food, how they are added and why.

Using easy-to-understand language, Professor Alfred Poulos sets out to demystify the many types of agents which are found in our food - such as fertilisers, growth-promotion agents, pesticides, additives, flavourings, sweeteners, colours and emulsifiers - and to outline the hazards these chemicals represent to our health.

A must-read for anyone concerned about their diet and the health of their family, Professor Poulos gives straightforward advice on how to navigate the complexities of today's food choices, what to look out for and ways to lessen or avoid altogether 'the silent threat'.

Reviews,/b>

Russel Starke (Vibe Out and About) - Adelaide City Messenger, July 7, 2005:

"Professor Poulos' little paperback is an engaging read packed with quick-find info and tips on tucker in all its forms. I reckon it's an ideal "must have" for busy young people or careful shoppers seeking value for money and it should be a definite bible for all caring restaurateurs."

Nicki Downer (Points of Order) Adelaide Sunday Mail, 3 July, 2005:

"It really tells it like it is with no exaggeration but lots of well-presented facts. It explains exactly what the risks are and how we can live healthier lives."

"Like everyone else, I am too busy to be as healthy as I should be and, what's worse, I can't even claim to have thought about it often enough, so thank you, Prof Poulos, for telling us like it is and reminding us all that there is an alternative way"