If you're a reader of Wired magazine you've probably seen the articles for What's It Made Of? before. The popular page takes a common item and breaks it down into it's chemical components- often with shuddering results. This book is a compilation of those items, written by the magazines article's author. The book compiled the items into two categories: Things you put in your mouth, and things you do not put into your mouth. It's likely most people have used at least one of the items listed ( there are fifty covered in this book) and the descriptions are frequent eye openers.
The book isn't written in an alarmist fashion. The author's not saying 'stop using these products today' but merely giving us the facts and leaving us to judge. The writing is witty, with short articles tucked along with the articles on the chemical and biochemical processes of nature. The topics are entertaining to read even if you don't consider yourself a fan of chemistry. I definitely recommend it.
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