Critical condition : human health and the environment : a report by physicians for social responsibility
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Critical condition : human health and the environment : a report by physicians for social responsibility
MIT Press, c1993
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: hbk ISBN 9780262032124
Description
Examines the medical consequences of the present environmental crisis for human beings. The text brings together medical information available about global environmental degradation, global warming, ozone depletion, species extinction, and loss of biodiversity.
Table of Contents
- Urban and transboundary air pollution - human health consequences, David C. Christiani
- drinking-water pollution and human health, Howard Hu and Nancy K. Kim
- food contamination due to environmental pollution, Elizabeth L. Bowen and Howard Hu
- occupational exposures and human health, Dean B. Baker and Philip J. Landrigan
- radiation and health - nuclear weapons and nuclear power, Kenneth Lichtenstein and Ira Helfand
- war and the environment - human health consequences of the environmental damage of war, Jennifer Leaning
- loss of stratospheric ozone and health effects of increased ultraviolet radiation, Alexander Leaf
- the possible effects of climate change on health, Andrew Haines
- human health and population growth, Michael McCally
- species extinction and biodiversity loss - the implications for human health, Eric Chivian.
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: pbk ISBN 9780262531184
Description
For the first time in human history we are altering the basic physiology of the planet, yet until now there has been no single source that summarizes the medical consequences of this environmental crisis for human beings. Critical Condition provides a comprehensive, easy-to-follow review of this most critical and yet most negelected subject in the environmental debate. It brings together the best medical information available about global environmental degradation, including the effects on human health of war and military preparation, global warming, ozone depletion, species extinction, and loss of biodiversity-matters that are generally not addressed in the literature of environmental health. Underlying these contributions are three major themes: that the habitat is an important determinant of human health, that prevention of human illness must involve protection of the environment and preservation of ecosystems, and that well-informed physicians can and should communicate with the public and policy makers about environmental hazards.
Table of Contents
- Urban and transboundary air pollution - human health consequences, David C. Christiani
- drinking-water pollution and human health, Howard Hu and Nancy K. Kim
- food contamination due to environmental pollution, Elizabeth L. Bowen and Howard Hu
- occupational exposures and human health, Dean B. Baker and Philip J. Landrigan
- radiation and health - nuclear weapons and nuclear power, Kenneth Lichtenstein and Ira Helfand
- war and the environment - human health consequences of the environmental damage of war, Jennifer Leaning
- loss of stratospheric ozone and health effects of increased ultraviolet radiation, Alexander Leaf
- the possible effects of climate change on health, Andrew Haines
- human health and population growth, Michael McCally
- species extinction and biodiversity loss - the implications for human health, Eric Chivian.
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