Environmental Health New Directions

This volume presents an overview of principles & practices currently used to protect health & the environment. It presents an intermediate approach to environment health by going beyond the softer ecological view, yet not as far as highly scientific & technical publications. It emphasizes the rationale of an integrated approach to protecting health & the environment by controlling pollution by humans of the environment. It can serve as a reference text to service the particular needs of individuals not enrolled in academic programs. Each chapter gives a brief historical perspective of the field, the governing laws & regulations, methods of pollution control, & the health effects which can result from exposures. Topics covered are: Environmental Health Management; Environmental Health Assessment; Water & Environmental Health; Air & Environmental Health; Hazardous Waste & Environmental Health; Pesticides & Environmental Health; Food & Environmental Health. Scenarios based on "real world" incidents are included at the end of each chapter to assist the reader in evaluating the knowledge they have acquired in each of seven environmental areas. The extensive bibliography presented at the end of each chapter references to scholarly publications as well as standard works used by environmental & health professionals.Shields, Jacqueline is the author of 'Environmental Health New Directions' with ISBN 9780911131888 and ISBN 0911131884.