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  • Ecologies and Politics of Healthby Brian King; Kelley A. Crews

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 160.00

    Human health exists at the interface of environment and society. Decades of work by researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers has shown that health is shaped by a myriad of factors, including the biophysical environment, climate, political economy, gender, social networks, culture, and infrastructure. Yet while there is emerging interest within... more...

  • Environmental Health Risk VIIby C. A. BREBBIA; R. KISS

    WIT Press 2013; US$ 266.00

    Environmental Health Risk VII contains contributions presented at the Seventh International Conference on the Impact of Environmental Factors on Health. Topics covered include Risk prevention and monitoring; Mitigation problems; Disaster management and preparedness; Epidemiological studies and pandemics; Control of pollution risk; Air pollution; Water... more...

  • Life Exposedby Adriana Petryna

    Princeton University Press 2013; US$ 22.95

    On April 26, 1986, Unit Four of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in then Soviet Ukraine. More than 3.5 million people in Ukraine alone, not to mention many citizens of surrounding countries, are still suffering the effects. Life Exposed is the first book to comprehensively examine the vexed political, scientific, and social circumstances that... more...

  • Hazardous Materials Compliance for Public Research Organizationsby Nicolas A. Valcik

    CRC Press 2013; US$ 69.95

    Completely revised and updated, Hazardous Materials Compliance for Public Research Organizations: A Case Study, Second Edition presents a case study of one university's policies and practices with regard to the procurement, use, storage and disposal of HAZMAT in the context of a changing internal structure and regulatory environment. The author's... more...

  • Environmental Burden of Disease Assessmentby Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson; Angela Brammer; Christopher Davidson; Tiina Folley; Frederic Launay; Jens Thomsen

    Springer 2013; US$ 139.99

    This publication characterizes the environmental burden of disease in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), measured by the excess number of deaths and illnesses in the population due to exposure to environmental hazards. The robust methods used in this risk analysis can be applied to any country or region. This publication documents the systematic, multi-step... more...

  • Medical Geochemistryby Paolo Censi; Thomas Darrah; Yigal Erel

    Springer 2013; US$ 99.99

    This book includes a collection of chapters illustrating the application of geochemical methods to investigate the interactions between geological materials and fluids with humans. Examples include the incorporation and human health effects of inhaling lithogenic materials, the reactivity of biological fluids with geological materials,... more...

  • Exposed Scienceby Sara Naomi Shostak

    University of California Press 2013; US$ 29.95

    We rely on environmental health scientists to document the presence of chemicals where we live, work, and play and to provide an empirical basis for public policy. In the last decades of the 20th century, environmental health scientists began to shift their focus deep within the human body, and to the molecular level, in order to investigate gene-environment... more...

  • Deceit and Denialby Gerald Markowitz; David Rosner

    University of California Press 2012; US$ 34.95

    Deceit and Denial details the attempts by the chemical and lead industries to deceive Americans about the dangers that their deadly products present to workers, the public, and consumers. Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner pursued evidence steadily and relentlessly, interviewed the important players, investigated untapped sources, and uncovered a... more...

  • Biomedical Waste Disposalby Singh Anantpreet

    Jaypee Brothers Pvt. Ltd. 2012; US$ 20.00

    he methods of waste disposal in accordance with the guidelines are explained in a simple language that makes it easy to understand. A number of photographs and line diagrams are included to make the subject more comprehensive. Various tables further add value to the subject matter as these give the required information in brief. neglected issues like... more...

  • Environmental and Health Impact Assessment of Development Projectsby The World Health Organization

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 380.00

    This handbook for practitioners in environmental and public health, environmental management, toxicology and ecotoxicology has been prepared by an international group of experts from both developing and developed countries and covers a wide range of topics in both environmental impact assessment and environmental health impact assessment. more...