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Our Global Environment: A Health Perspective. By Anne Nadakavukaren. Explores how our health, well-being, and survival are dependent on the health and integrity of the environment in which we live. Provides a comprehensive survey of the major environmental issues facing the world within a framework of ecological concerns and personal and community health. Provides the understanding needed to participate in the decision-making processes that will influence health and environmental quality in the decades ahead. Includes new issues of concern, including nuclear terrorism, genetically modified crops, mad cow disease, and the obesity epidemic. More...

High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health. By Elizabeth Grossman. Batteries, plastic computer casings, lead-infused monitors, discarded cellphones, TV remote controls, and other "e-waste" is piling up in landfills, leaching dangerous toxins, including lead, mercury and arsenic, into water tables. These environmental harms are being felt by communities from the Arctic to Australia, with poorer countries and communities getting a disproportionate share of the burden. More... | Elizabeth Grossman EcoSpeakers Info >>

Safety, Health, and Environmental Concepts for the Process Industry. By Michael Speegle. Covers the rapidly changing and often challenging safety and regulatory issues that every worker in the chemical processing industry should be familiar with, such as OSHA regulations. Each chapter includes learning objectives, a list of the key terms in that chapter and their definitions, a chapter summary, and review questions. Several appendices include reprints of important OSHA regulations. More...

Environment, Health and Sustainable Development. By Megan Landon. Examines the underlying concepts and history of environmental health, and covers the key factors that affect public health, including air pollution, water contamination, industrial hazards, and agricultural hazards. The increasing impact of global environmental issues is explored as they affect countries throughout the world. More...

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Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life. By Arlene Blum. Memoir follows the pioneering mountaineer and scientist from her childhood in Chicago to the summits of some of the world's most challenging peaks. "Breaking trail" describes her role as a climber but also as a scientist doing innovative, groundbreaking work in the chemistry laboratory. More… | Arlene Blum EcoSpeakers Info >>

Cancer: 101 Solutions to a Preventable Epidemic. By Guy Dauncey. Offers solid evidence that many cancers are preventable. Their causes often lie with the contamination of our bodies by pollution from the air we breathe, the products we use, the water we drink, and the food we eat. Practical advice and success stories that will inspire you to act to protect your family, your neighbors, your fellow workers, and future generations. More…

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Lead Is a Silent Hazard. By Richard M. Stapleton. Guide to lead-proofing your home and child's environment. Using stories and interviews, this book explains how you can avoid or eliminate many sources of lead your child may encounter. More...

Love Canal. By Lois Marie Gibbs. The blow-by-blow account of how residents first became aware of health problems caused by toxic chemicals at Love Canal. This updated edition continues the saga. More...

Prosperity Without Pollution: The Prevention Strategy for Industry and Consumers. By Joel Hirschhorn. Explains why only a preventive environmental strategy can work. Growing population, consumption, and industrialization cripple current, rather haphazard, remedial efforts. More... | Joel Hirschhorn EcoSpeakers Info >>

Staying Healthy in a Risky Environment. By Arthur C. Upton & Eden Graber. This guide, by experts from the New York Medical Center’s Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, can help you understand the connections between environment and health. More...

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