Our global environment : a health perspective / Anne Nadakavukaren and Jack Caravanos.

By: Nadakavukaren, Anne Contributor(s): Caravanos, Jack Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Long Grove, Ill. : Waveland Press, c2020. Edition: 8th edDescription: vi, 506 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN: 1478637714; 9781478637714Subject(s): Environmental health | Environmental health | Human ecologyDDC classification: 616.98 Online resources: WorldCat detials

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Table of contents Introduction to ecological principles Population dynamics The people-food predicament Impacts of growth on ecosystems Environmental disease Toxic substances Pests and pesticides Food quality Radiation Climate change, public health, and renewable energy Air pollution Noise pollution Water resources Water pollution Solid and hazardous wastes

Summary: "Our Global Environment, regarded for decades as the quintessential introduction to environmental health for its authoritative coverage and cogent prose, provides a richly detailed survey of current environmental issues. In compelling language, Anne Nadakavukaren and new coauthor Jack Caravanos describe the crucial interdependence between humans and their environment, exploring the varied ways in which human activities have impacted, degraded, or altered the environment, and the consequences to both natural ecosystems and human health and well-being. The eighth edition features a new chapter on climate change and the public health impacts of global warming, incorporating the latest assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change with regard to the physical science basis, mitigation efforts, and adaptation strategies. Extensive revisions and updates throughout the volume reflect current topics of concern, including the magnitude of global hunger and malnutrition, outbreaks of the Zika virus, vaping and the incidence of serious lung injury, MTBE contamination of groundwater, recycling of lead-acid batteries in developing countries, mercury exposure among artisanal gold miners, and lead-contaminated drinking water in Flint, Michigan, and other communities. Readers will appreciate the addition of 16 pages of color images as well as the authors' emphasis on opportunities for public participation in the decision-making processes that profoundly influence health and environmental quality."

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	616.98 NAO 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan	31015
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Circulation Section	Non-fiction	616.98 NAO 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-2	Available	31886
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Circulation Section	Non-fiction	616.98 NAO 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-3	Available	31887
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Circulation Section	Non-fiction	616.98 NAO 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-4	Available	31888

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Table of contents Introduction to ecological principles
Population dynamics
The people-food predicament
Impacts of growth on ecosystems
Environmental disease
Toxic substances
Pests and pesticides
Food quality
Radiation
Climate change, public health, and renewable energy
Air pollution
Noise pollution
Water resources
Water pollution
Solid and hazardous wastes

"Our Global Environment, regarded for decades as the quintessential introduction to environmental health for its authoritative coverage and cogent prose, provides a richly detailed survey of current environmental issues. In compelling language, Anne Nadakavukaren and new coauthor Jack Caravanos describe the crucial interdependence between humans and their environment, exploring the varied ways in which human activities have impacted, degraded, or altered the environment, and the consequences to both natural ecosystems and human health and well-being. The eighth edition features a new chapter on climate change and the public health impacts of global warming, incorporating the latest assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change with regard to the physical science basis, mitigation efforts, and adaptation strategies. Extensive revisions and updates throughout the volume reflect current topics of concern, including the magnitude of global hunger and malnutrition, outbreaks of the Zika virus, vaping and the incidence of serious lung injury, MTBE contamination of groundwater, recycling of lead-acid batteries in developing countries, mercury exposure among artisanal gold miners, and lead-contaminated drinking water in Flint, Michigan, and other communities. Readers will appreciate the addition of 16 pages of color images as well as the authors' emphasis on opportunities for public participation in the decision-making processes that profoundly influence health and environmental quality."

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