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The Gale Encyclopedia of Environmental Health / by Longe, Jacqueline L.,editor.; Gale (Firm);

Includes bibliographical references and index.VOLUME 1: Acetone -- Acid Rain -- Acrylamide -- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry -- Agricultural Chemicals -- Air Pollution -- Algal Bloom -- Altitude Sickness -- Ambient Air -- Amebiasis -- American Public Health -- Association -- Ammonia Exposure -- Anthrax -- Antimicrobial Resistance -- Arsenic -- Asbestos -- Asbestosis -- Aspergillosis -- Asthma -- Autism Spectrum Disorder -- Avian Flu -- Background Radiation -- Bedbug Infestation -- Benzene -- Benzene and Benzene Derivatives Exposure -- Benzo(A)Pyrene -- Berylliosis -- Bhopal, India -- Bioinformatics -- Biomonitoring -- Biosafety -- Bioterrorism -- Biotoxins -- Bisphenol A -- Black Lung Disease -- Bronchitis -- Brownfield Sites -- Brucellosis -- Bushmeat -- Byssinosis -- Cadmium -- Cadmium Poisoning -- Campylobacteriosis -- Cancer -- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning -- Cellular Phones -- Centers For Disease Control and Prevention -- Chagas Disease -- Chartered Institute of Environmental Health -- Chemical Poisoning -- Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station Disaster -- Child Survival Revolution -- Chlorination -- Chlorine Exposure -- Cholera --Chronic Kidney Disease -- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- Chronic Wasting Disease -- Clean Air Act (1963, 1970, 1977, 1990) -- Clean Water Act (1972, 1977, 1987) -- Climate Change -- Colony Collapse Disorder -- Communicable Diseases -- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) -- Crop Security -- Cruise Ship Health -- Cryptosporidiosis -- Cutting Oil Exposure -- Cyanosis -- Dams -- Decompression Sickness -- Dengue Fever -- Dioxins -- Diphtheria -- Disaster Preparedness -- Disease Outbreaks -- Drinking-Water Supply -- Drought -- Dysentery -- Earth Day -- Earthquakes -- Ebola Virus Disease -- Electric Shock Injuries -- Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (1986) -- Emergency Preparedness -- Endemic -- Endocrine Disruptors -- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) -- Epidemiology -- Epigenetics -- Ergonomics -- Escherichia Coli -- Explosives -- Exposure Science -- Exxon Valdez -- Factory Farming/Industrial Agriculture -- Famine -- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (1972) -- Federal Water Act (1972) -- Fibrosis -- Flame Retardants -- Flint Water Crisis -- Flooding -- Flu Pandemic -- Food Additives -- Food and Drug Administration (FDA) -- Food Contamination -- Food Insecurity and Undernutrition -- Food Poisoning -- Food Safety -- Foodborne Illness -- Forced Migration -- Formaldehyde -- Fracking -- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Disaster -- Fungal Infections -- Fungicide -- Giardiasis -- Global Public Health -- Globalization and Emerging Diseases -- Goiter -- Guinea Worm Disease -- Gulf Oil Spill -- Gulf War Syndrome -- Habitat Encroachment -- Haiti Earthquake -- Hantavirus Infections -- Hazardous Waste -- Healthy Cities -- Heat Disorders -- Heat (Stress) Index -- Heavy Metal Poisoning -- Hemorrhagic Fevers -- Hexavalent Chromium -- High Temperature Environments -- HIV/AIDS -- H1N1 Influenza A (2009) -- Horn of Africa Drought and Famine -- Housing -- Humanitarian Aid -- Hurricanes -- Icelandic Volcano Eruption (2010) -- Indoor Air Quality -- Industrial Hygiene -- Insecticide Poisoning -- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement -- Invasive Species -- Ionizing Radiation -- Japanese Earthquake (2011) -- Katrina -- Land Use -- Lead -- Lead Poisoning -- Legionnaires' Disease -- Leptospirosis -- Leukemia -- Levee -- Light Pollution -- Listeriosis -- Love Canal -- Low-Temperature Environments -- Lyme Disease.         VOLUME 2: Malaria -- Manganese Exposure -- Measles -- Medical Waste -- Melanoma -- Meningitis -- Mercury -- Mercury Poisoning -- Methemoglobinemia -- Microbial Pathogens --Mold -- Multiple Chemical Sensitivity -- Mumps -- Naegleria Fowleri -- National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) -- National Environmental Health Association -- National Environmental Policy Act (1969) -- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) -- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health -- National Park -- Nature Deficit Disorder -- Necrotizing Fasciitis -- Neurotoxin -- 9/11 Terrorist Attacks -- NIPAH Virus Infection -- Noise Pollution -- Non-Ionizing Radiation -- Noroviruses -- Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970) -- Occupational Safety and Health Administration -- Ocean Waste -- Oil Spills, Health Effects Of -- Omnibus Flood Control Act (1936) -- One Health Initiative -- Oxfam -- Ozone -- Ozone Exposure -- Pandemic -- Parasites -- Parkinson's Disease -- Patch Testing -- Plague -- Polio -- Population and Disease -- Population Pyramid -- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder -- Protein-Energy Malnutrition -- Public Health Service -- Rachel Carson Council -- Radiation -- Radiation Exposure -- Radiation Injuries -- Radon -- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act -- Risk Assessment -- River Blindness -- Rivers and Harbors Act Of 1899 -- Rodents -- Safe Drinking Water Act (1974) -- Sanitation -- Save The Children -- Schistosomiasis -- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) -- Seveso, Italy -- Shigellosis -- Sick Building Syndrome -- Sierra Club -- Silicosis -- Skin Cancer -- Sleeping Sickness -- Smallpox -- Smog -- Smoking -- Soil Conservation Act (1935) -- Stockholm Planetary Boundaries -- Styrene -- Sulfur Exposure -- Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (1986) -- Swimming Advisories -- Talcosis -- Teratogen -- Thesaurosis -- Three Mile Island Nuclear Disaster -- Tick-Borne Diseases -- Times Beach -- Tornado and Cyclone -- Toxic Sludge Spill in Hungary -- Toxic Substances Control Act (1976) -- Toxicology -- Traveler's Health -- Tropical Disease -- Tsunamis -- Tuberculosis -- Typhoid Fever -- Typhus -- Ultraviolet Radiation -- UN Sustainable Development Goals -- UNICEF -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- Vaccination -- Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (VCJD) -- Vector (Mosquito) Control -- Vibriosis -- Viruses -- Volatile Organic Compound -- Volcanic Eruptions -- Water Fluoridation -- Water Pollution -- Water Quality -- Water Quality Standards -- Water Scarcity -- Waterborne Diseases -- West Nile Virus -- Whooping Cough -- Wildfires -- World Health Organization (WHO) -- Yellow Fever -- Yokkaichi Asthma -- Zero Population Growth -- Zika Virus Disease -- Zoonoses.This edition is a one-stop source for information that covers all aspects of environmental health, including recent and historic natural and man made environmental health events, environmentally related health conditions and diseases, Important public health practices, environmental terms, and significant organizations and legislation. It addresses environmental health concerns with a global perspective.Description based on print version record.

Subjects: Environmental health;

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Sustaining life : how human health depends on biodiversity / by Chivian, Eric.; Bernstein, Aaron,1976-; Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.; United Nations Development Programme.; United Nations Environment Programme.; IUCN--The World Conservation Union.;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-514) and index.Foreword / Edward O Wilson -- Prologue / Kofi Annan -- 1: What Is Biodiversity? / Stuart L Pimm, Maria Alice S Alves, Eric Chivian, Aaron Bernstein -- Determining rates of species extinction -- Secondary extinctions -- Loss of populations and genes -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 2: How Is Biodiversity Threatened By Human Activity? / Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein -- Habitat loss: on land -- Habitat loss: in the oceans -- Habitat loss: fresh water -- Overexploitation -- Introduced species -- Infectious diseases -- Pollution -- Ultraviolet radiation -- War and conflict -- Global climate change -- Suggested readings -- 3: Ecosystem Services / Jerry Melillo and Osvaldo Sala -- Character of ecosystem services -- Economic value of ecosystem services -- Threats to ecosystem services -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 4: Medicines From Nature / David J Newman, John Kilama, Aaron Bernstein and Eric Chivian -- Why natural medicines? -- History of natural products as medicines -- Role of traditional medicine in drug discovery -- South American indigenous medicines -- Review of some medicines derived from nature -- Herbal medicines in industrialized countries -- Potential medicines in food -- Natural products as insecticides and fungicides -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 5: Biodiversity And Biomedical Research / Eric Chivian, Aaron Bernstein, and Joshua P Rosenthal -- Brief history of biomedical research -- Role of animals and microbes in biomedical research -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 6: Threatened Groups Of Organisms Valuable To Medicine / Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein -- Amphibians -- Bears -- Primates -- Gymnosperms -- Cone snails -- Sharks -- Horseshoe crabs -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 7: Ecosystem Disturbance, Biodiversity Loss, And Human Infectious Disease / David H Molyneux, Richard S Ostfeld, Aaron Bernstein and Eric Chivian -- Ecosystem disturbances and their effects on infectious diseases -- Vector, pathogen, and host diversity and human infectious disease -- Biological controls -- Species exploitation and the consumption of bushmeat -- Climate change and its effects on infectious diseases -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 8: Biodiversity And Food Production / Daniel Hillel and Cynthia Rosenzweig -- Historical background -- Agriculture -- Livestock production -- Food from aquatic systems -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 9: Genetically Modified Foods And Organic Farming / Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein -- Genetically modified foods -- Organic farming -- Integrated farming -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 10: What Individuals Can Do To Help Conserve Biodiversity / Jeffrey A McNeely, Eleanor Sterling and Kalemani Jo Mulongoy -- What are we doing to our planet? -- Why do we consume so much? -- How can we conserve biodiversity? -- Some collective actions that have made a difference -- Individuals who have made a difference -- Ten things we all can do that can help conserve biodiversity -- Suggested readings -- Appendix A: Co-sponsors of sustaining life: how human health depends on biodiversity -- Appendix B: Treaties, conventions, and intergovernmental organizations for the conservation of biodiversity -- Appendix C: Nongovernmental organizations working to conserve biodiversity -- References -- Chapter authors -- Contributing authors -- Reviewers -- Index.From the Publisher: The Earth's biodiversity-the rich variety of life on our planet-is disappearing at an alarming rate. And while many books have focused on the expected ecological consequences, or on the aesthetic, ethical, sociological, or economic dimensions of this loss, Sustaining Life is the first book to examine the full range of potential threats that diminishing biodiversity poses to human health. Edited and written by Harvard Medical School physicians Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein, along with more than 100 leading scientists who contributed to writing and reviewing the book, Sustaining Life presents a comprehensive-and sobering-view of how human medicines, biomedical research, the emergence and spread of infectious diseases, and the production of food, both on land and in the oceans, depend on biodiversity. The book's ten chapters cover everything from what biodiversity is and how human activity threatens it to how we as individuals can help conserve the world's richly varied biota. Seven groups of organisms, some of the most endangered on Earth, provide detailed case studies to illustrate the contributions they have already made to human medicine, and those they are expected to make if we do not drive them to extinction. Drawing on the latest research, but written in language a general reader can easily follow, Sustaining Life argues that we can no longer see ourselves as separate from the natural world, nor assume that we will not be harmed by its alteration. Our health, as the authors so vividly show, depends on the health of other species and on the vitality of natural ecosystems. With a foreword by E.O. Wilson and a prologue by Kofi Annan, and more than 200 poignant color illustrations, Sustaining Life contributes essential perspective to the debate over how humans affect biodiversity and a compelling demonstration of the human health costs.

Subjects: Biodiversity.; Environmental health.; Biodiversity.; Environmental Health.; Biological Products.; Conservation of Natural Resources.; Ecology.;

© 2008., Oxford University Press,

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Current occupational & environmental medicine / by LaDou, Joseph,1938-; Harrison, Robert,1954-;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Occupational Diseases; Environmental Health; Occupational Health; Occupational Medicine; Medicine, Industrial.; Environmental health.; Occupational diseases.;

© c2014., McGraw-Hill,

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Animal factory : the looming threat of industrial pig, dairy, and poultry farms to humans and the environment / by Kirby, David,1960-;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Massive fish kills from flesh-eating parasites. Unusual concentrations of cancer and other diseases. Recalls of meats, vegetables, and fruits because of deadly E-coli bacterial contamination. Recent public health crises raise urgent questions about how our animal-derived food is raised and brought to market. This book is about our American food system gone terribly wrong--and the people who are fighting to restore sustainable farming practices and save our limited natural resources. Investigative journalist David Kirby exposes the powerful business and political interests behind large-scale factory farms, and tracks the far-reaching fallout that contaminates our air, land, water, and food. He follows three families and communities whose lives have been utterly changed by immense neighboring animal farms, turning them into unlikely activists.--From publisher description.

Subjects: Factory farms; Factory farms;

© 2010., St. Martin's Press,

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Slow death by rubber duck : the secret danger of everyday things / by Smith, Rick,1968-; Lourie, Bruce.; Dopp, Sarah.;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-280) and index.Pollution then and now -- Rubber duck wars -- The world's slipperiest substance -- The new PCBs -- Quicksilver, slow death -- Germophobia -- Risky business: 2,4D, and the sound of science -- Mothers know best -- Detox.This book--the testimony of the authors' experience--exposes the extent to which we are poisoned every day of our lives, from the simple household dust that is polluting our blood to the toxins in our urine that are created by run-of-the-mill shampoos and toothpaste. Ultimately hopeful, the book empowers readers with some simple ideas for protecting themselves and their families, and changing things for the better.

Subjects: Environmental toxicology; Pollution; Pollution; Industries; Business enterprises;

© c2009., Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West,

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The dirty dozen : toxic chemicals and the earth's future / by Johansen, Bruce E.(Bruce Elliott),1950-;

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-289) and index.Persistent organic pollutants : the basics -- "We feel like an endangered species" : toxics in the Arctic -- CFCs, global warming, and ozone depletion -- The chemical industry, nonwhite communities, and the Third World -- Belugas with tumors : the toxic toll on animals -- End of the line : the dirty dozen and human health -- Toxic Barbie? : not your great-grandmother's estrogen -- Solutions : public policy issues.

Subjects: Organochlorine compounds; Persistent pollutants; Organochlorine compounds; Persistent pollutants;

© c2003., Praeger,

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Home detox : make your home a healthier place for everyone who lives there / by Chace, Daniella,author.; Fuhrman, Joel,writer of foreword.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-185) and index.Introduction: Our homes and our health -- The home detox method -- Kitchen -- Bathroom -- Bedroom -- Living room -- Laundry room -- Kids' rooms -- Home office -- Garage and basement -- Yard and garden."Daniella Chace, a professional toxicologist and health writer, teaches readers how to identify potential toxins in the household, with an easy-to-follow, room-by-room evaluation. She explains the connection between toxins in everyday objects and chronic health issues, and offers strategies for eliminating toxins, along with easy recipes for effective homemade cleaning solutions"--

Subjects: Housing and health.; Dwellings; Housekeeping; Household supplies; Toxins.;

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Choked : life and breath in the age of air pollution / by Gardiner, Beth,author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-284) and index."Nothing is as elemental, as essential to human life, as the air we breathe. Yet around the world, in rich countries and poor ones, it is quietly poisoning us. Air pollution prematurely kills seven million people every year, including more than one hundred thousand Americans. It is strongly linked to strokes, heart attacks, many kinds of cancer, dementia, and premature birth, among other ailments. In Choked, Beth Gardiner travels the world to tell the story of this modern-day plague, taking readers from the halls of power in Washington and the diesel-fogged London streets she walks with her daughter to Poland's coal heartland and India's gasping capital. In a gripping narrative that's alive with powerful voices and personalities, she exposes the political decisions and economic forces that have kept so many of us breathing dirty air. This is a moving, up-close look at the human toll, where we meet the scientists who have transformed our understanding of pollution's effects on the body and the ordinary people fighting for a cleaner future. In the United States, air is far cleaner than it once was. But progress has failed to keep up with the science, which tells us that even today's lower pollution levels are doing real damage. And as the Trump administration rips up the regulations that have brought us where we are, decades of gains are now at risk. Elsewhere, the problem is far worse, and choking nations like China are scrambling to replicate the achievements of an American agency--the EPA--that until recently was the envy of the world. Clean air feels like a birthright. But it can disappear in a puff of smoke if the rules that protect it are unraveled. At home and around the world, it's never been more important to understand how progress happened and what dangers might still be in store. Choked shows us that we hold the power to build a cleaner, healthier future: one in which breathing, life's most basic function, no longer carries a hidden danger." -- Publisher's description

Subjects: Air; Air; Air; Environmental quality.; Toxicology.;

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Plastic purge : how to use less plastic, eat better, keep toxins out of your body, and help save the sea turtles! / by SanClements, Michael,author.;

"Plastic is everywhere you look. Our computers and children's toys are made out of it, and our water and slices of American cheese are packaged in it. But why is there so much and what is it doing to our bodies? Is it possible to use less plastic and be happier and healthier? In Plastic Purge, author Mike SanClements presents the history and science behind plastics, then teaches you how to cut down on the amount of plastic in your life. As an ecologist, SanClements has put together the most up-to-date and scientifically rigorous information available to explain how plastics release toxins into our bodies and the effect it has on us. Written with a casual, pop-science voice he provides easy-to-follow prescriptive advice for how to use less plastic, thereby reaping the benefits such as eating a healthier diet and living with less clutter. Dividing plastics into three separate categories: the good, the bad, and the ugly, SanClements shows you how to embrace the good (items like your phone or medical equipment), avoid the bad (i.e. food storage containers and toys that contain toxic chemicals like BPA and pthalates), and use less of the ugly (single-use plastic that's just plain wasteful)"--Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-226) and index.Part 1. A Brief History of the Brief History of Plastic -- A Story About Nylon -- Tupperware -- A Classic Plastic Product -- Part 2. The Science Behind Plastic -- How Plastic is Produced -- How Much Fossil Fuel is Consumed in the Production of Plastic? -- The Many Types of Plastic -- Recycling Plastic -- Bioplastics -- Part 3. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Plastic -- The Good -The Benefits of Plastic -- The Bad -Toxins and Plastic -- The Ugly -The Environmental Costs of Our Plastic Addiction -- Part 4. Time to Purge Some Ugly Plastic -- Grocery Shopping -- Eliminating Plastic in Your Home -- Plastic and Personal Hygeine -- Plastic and Your Children -- Pets -- Out and About -- Conclusion.

Subjects: Plastics; Plastics; Plastic scrap; Plastics; Plastics industry and trade.;

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Nudge : [electronic resource] : Improving Decisions About Money, Health, and the Environment. by Thaler, Richard H.; Pratt, Sean.;

Narrator: Sean Pratt.Since the original publication of Nudge more than a decade ago, the title has entered the vocabulary of businesspeople, policy makers, engaged citizens, and consumers everywhere. The book has given rise to more than 200 "nudge units" in governments around the world and countless groups of behavioral scientists in every part of the economy. It has taught us how to use thoughtful "choice architecture"-a concept the authors invented-to help us make better decisions for ourselves, our families, and our society. Now, the authors have rewritten the book from cover to cover, making use of their experiences in and out of government over the past dozen years as well as an explosion of new research in numerous academic disciplines. To commit themselves to never undertaking this daunting task again, they are calling this the "final edition." It offers a wealth of new insights, for both its avowed fans and newcomers to the field, about a wide variety of issues that we face in our daily lives-COVID-19, health, personal finance, retirement savings, credit card debt, home mortgages, medical care, organ donation, climate change, and "sludge" (paperwork and other nuisances we don't want, and that keep us from getting what we do want)-all while honoring one of the cardinal rules of nudging: make it fun!Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 324990 KB).

Subjects: Electronic books.; Nonfiction.; Business.; Finance.;

© 2021., Ascent Audio,

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