Our Global Environment: A Health Perspective,9781577664024

Our Global Environment: A Health Perspective

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Edition: 6th
ISBN13: 9781577664024
ISBN10: 1577664027
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-08-19
Publisher(s): Waveland Pr Inc
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Table of Contents

Preface vii
Part 1 People, Progress, and Nature: is Conflict Inevitable?
1(158)
Introduction to Ecological Principles
6(33)
Ecosystems
7(1)
Biotic Community
7(4)
Ecological Dominants
11(2)
Biomes
13(3)
Ecological Niches
16(3)
Limiting Factors
19(1)
Limits of Tolerance
20(1)
Energy Flow Through the Biosphere
21(6)
Biogeochemical Cycling
27(3)
Change in Ecosystems
30(9)
Population Dynamics
39(33)
Population Attributes
39(1)
Population Growth Forms
40(2)
Homeostatic Controls
42(1)
Human Population Growth
43(7)
Population Explosion
50(11)
Urbanization
61(6)
Population Projections
67(5)
Population Control
72(23)
Early Attempts at Family Limitation
72(2)
Modern Family-Planning Movement
74(3)
Birth Control---Its Health Impact
77(4)
Contraceptive Safety
81(4)
Family Planning in the Third World
85(7)
Population Policy: Moving Beyond Birth Control
92(3)
The People-Food Predicament
95(29)
Factors Influencing Food Demand
96(2)
Extent of Hunger
98(1)
Causes of Hunger
99(2)
Health Impact of Hunger
101(8)
Prospects for Reducing World Hunger
109(15)
Impacts of Growth on Ecosystems
124(35)
Degradation of Land Resources
124(20)
Loss of Biodiversity
144(15)
Part 2 Our Toxic Environment: Does Everything Cause Cancer?
159(196)
Environmental Disease
162(34)
Mutation
164(5)
Birth Defects
169(9)
Cancer
178(18)
Toxic Substances
196(38)
Testing for Toxicity
196(4)
Assessing Health Risk
200(1)
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
201(6)
Dioxin (TCDD)
207(3)
Asbestos
210(8)
Lead
218(7)
Mercury
225(9)
Pests and Pesticides
234(41)
What Is a Pest?
234(1)
Problems Caused by Pests
235(10)
Pest Control
245(7)
Environmental Impact of Pesticide Use
252(6)
Hazards to Human Health
258(8)
Alternatives to Chemical Pest Control
266(9)
Food Quality
275(34)
Food Contaminants
277(8)
Food Additives
285(3)
Foodborne Disease
288(12)
Preventing Foodborne Disease
300(9)
Radiation
309(46)
Ionizing Radiation
310(36)
Ultraviolet Radiation
346(4)
Microwaves
350(1)
Electromagnetic Fields (EMF)
350(5)
Part 3 Environmental Degradation: How We Foul Our Own Nest
355(236)
The Atmosphere
358(33)
Composition of the Atmosphere
359(4)
Human Impact on the Earth-Atmosphere System
363(6)
Rising Levels of Atmospheric CO2---Moving toward a Warmer World?
369(4)
Impacts of Global Warming
373(7)
The Greenhouse Policy Debate
380(11)
Air Pollution
391(48)
Sources of Air Pollution
392(6)
Impact of Air Pollution on Human Health
398(4)
Pollution Control Efforts---The Clean Air Act
402(9)
Global Air Quality Trends
411(4)
Acid Deposition
415(10)
Indoor Air Pollution
425(14)
Noise Pollution
439(19)
Sources of Noise
439(1)
Noise as a Nuisance
440(4)
Nature of Sound
444(1)
Noise and Hearing Loss
445(3)
Other Effects of Noise
448(5)
Noise Control Efforts
453(5)
Water Resources
458(27)
Hydrologic Cycle
458(1)
Water Quantity and Health
459(3)
Water Supply: Our Next Crisis?
462(4)
Groundwater
466(7)
Water Management: Increasing Supply versus Reducing Demand
473(12)
Water Pollution
485(51)
Controlling Water Pollution: The Clean Water Act
485(2)
Sources of Water Pollution
487(9)
Municipal Sewage Treatment
496(12)
New Approaches to Wastewater Treatment
508(3)
Septic Systems
511(1)
Industrial Discharges
511(7)
Water Pollution and Health
518(15)
Looking Ahead
533(3)
Solid and Hazardous Wastes
536(55)
Waste Disposal---A Brief History
536(1)
Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW)
537(2)
Current Waste Disposal Alternatives
539(23)
Hazardous Wastes
562(16)
Hazardous Waste Management Legislation: RCRA
578(13)
Appendix A: Environmental Agencies of the Federal Government 591(4)
Appendix B: Environmental Organizations 595(2)
Index 597

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