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Book Synopsis This book focuses on the study of chemical dust suppression in mine dust pollution control by means of theories, experiments, computer simulation, and case application, aiming at providing chemical dust suppression solutions for mining worksites. It has seven chapters, including the following contents: (1) introduces fundamental theories and applications of chemical dust suppression, analyzes the dust source intensity of worksites and the mechanisms of dust generation, and summarizes the dust control measures for different mining worksites. (2) According to the mechanisms of dust generation in different mining worksites, targeted dust suppressants were developed. Through optimization by monomer experiment and orthogonal experiment, the optimum formula of different types of dust suppressants was obtained, and its properties were characterized. (3) The dust suppressant field application process was introduced, and the economic benefits were analyzed. This book is expected to provide valuable references both for researchers and engineering technicians engaged in environmental engineering, safety engineering, occupational health, and mining metallurgical engineering, and it also serves as a textbook for graduate students in above disciplines.Table of Contents1 Introduction1.1 Dust source in open-pit mine. 7 1.1.1 Dust generated by drilling operation. 7 1.1.2 Dust generated by drilling operation. 8 1.1.3 Dust generated by shoveling and loading operation. 8 1.1.4 Dust generated by transportation operation. 8 1.1.5 Dust generated by dumping operation. 8 1.2 Calculation of the intensity of dust source in the mine. 9 1.2.1 Source intensity of the mine. 9 1.2.2 Calculation of the source intensity of the mine. 10 1.3 Development status of chemical depression of dust 16 1.3.1 Research status of dust suppressants abroad. 17 1.3.2 Research status of domestic dust suppressants 19 1.3.3 Development trend of chemical dust suppressants 21 Reference. 22 2 Basic theory of chemical suppression of dust 24 2.1 Properties of mine dust [1-5] 25 2.1.1 Wettability of mine dust[1] 25 2.1.2 Density of mine dust[2] 26 2.1.3 Specific surface area of mine dust[3] 27 2.1.4 Suspensibility and cohesiveness of mine dust[3] 27 2.1.5 Particle size and size distribution of mine dust[4-5] 28 2.2 Basic theory of chemical suppression of dust 34 2.2.1 Surface tension and surface free energy[6-9] 34 2.2.2 Measurement of surface tension [10-11] 39 2.2.3 Wetting phenomenon [9-12] 51 2.2.4 Determination method of wettability[13] 54 2.2.5 Contact angle and Young's equation[14] 54 2.2.7 Measurement of contact angle. 59 Reference. 62 3 Mechanism of Production and Transport of Blasting Dust and Smoke of Open-pit Mine and Study on Pollution Model 64 3.1 Mechanism of Production and Transport of Blasting Dust and Smoke of Open-pit Mine[1] 64 3.2 Study on Pollution Model of Blasting Dust and Toxic Gases 65 3.2.1 Diffusion and Settling of Blasting Dust 65 3.2.2 Mathematical Model of Gaseous Substance Motion of the Dust and Smoke. 68 3.2.3 Evaluation of Blasting Dust and Toxic Gases Pollution. 71 3.2.4 The Emission Intensity of the Blasting Dust and Toxic Gases 75 3.3 Computer Numerical Simulation Study on Mine Blasting Dust and Toxic Gases 78 3.3.1 Computer Numerical Simulation of the Initial Motion of Explosive Gas 78 3.3.2 Numerical Simulation of Movement Process of Blasting Dust Particles 81 Reference. 83 4 Chemical Suppression Technology of Open-pit Mine Blasting Dust and Smoke. 85 4.1 Control Measures on Open-pit Mine Blasting Dust 85 4.2 The Development of Water Enriched Gelatin Stemming. 91 4.2.2 The Development of Water Enriched Gelatin Stemming. 91 4.2.3 Dust and Toxic Gases Reduction Effect of Water Enriched Gelatin Stemming. 96 4.2.4 Dust Reduction Effect of Water Enriched Gelatin Stemming. 104 4.2.5 Dust and Toxic Gases Reduction Mechanism of Water Enriched Gelatin Stemming. 106 4.3 Development of Blasting Dust and Smoke Inhibitors of Open-pit Mine. 113 4.3.1 Dust Reduction Mechanism of Blasting Dust and Smoke Inhibitors 113 4.3.2 Component of Dust and Smoke Inhibitors 115 4.3.3 Monomer Experiment 120 4.3.4 Compounding Experiments of Surfactants and Hygroscopic Agents 143 4.3.5 Final Selection of Surfactant and Hygroscopic Agent 146 4.3.6 The Optimal Formula of The Dust and Smoke Inhibitor 149 4.4 Research on Blasting Dust Reduction with Foam.. 155 4.4.1 Formula Requirement of foaming agent 155 4.4.2 Development of Foaming Agent Formula. 160 4.4.3 Experimental Study on Foaming Generator Performance. 164 4.4.4 Experimental Results 166 4.4.5 Measurement of Foam Dust Removal Efficiency. 170 Reference. 172 5 Chemical Suppression of Dust Technology of Open Ore Stacking Yard. 174 5.1 Mechanics of Dust Production of Open Ore Stacking Yard [1-6] 174 5.2 Measures of Dust Prevention of Open Ore Stacking Yard. 174 5.3 Development of Dust Suppressants of Open Ore Stacking Yard. 176 5.3.1 The Dust-settling Mechanism of Dust Suppressants of Open Ore Stacking Yard[21-22] 176 5.3.2 Single-Factor Experiment 179 5.3.3 Orthogonal Experiment 199 5.4 Performance Study on Dust Suppressants of Open Ore Stacking Yard. 207 5.4.1 The Basic Physicochemical Property of Dust Suppressants 208 5.4.2 Surface Curing Effect 209 5.4.3 Compressive Strength. 211 5.4.4Wind Erosion Resistance. 212 5.4.5 Rain Resistance. 215 5.4.6 Freeze-thaw Resistance Property. 216 Reference. 218 6 Chemical Dust Suppression Technology of Road Surface of Strip Mine. 220 6.1 Mechanisms of dust-raising on road surface of transportation roads of a strip mine[1-2] 220 6.1.1 Dust anchoring load. 220 6.1.2 Dust-raising generated by the shear friction of automobile tires on the road surface. 221 6.1.3 Dust-raising generated by the mechanical wind load of the vehicle. 222 6.1.4 Dust raised by natural wind current on the road surface. 223 6.2 Influencing factors and control measures of dust-raising on transportation roads in strip mines 226 6.2.1 Influencing factors of dust-raising on the road surface of strip mines 226 6.2.2 Control measures for dust-raising on road surface. 228 6.3 Experimental Research on the Law of Dust-raising Diffusion on Road Surface. 230 6.4 Development of compound dust suppressant formula on the road surface. 236 6.4.1 Performance requirements of dust suppressants 236 6.4.2 Dust suppression mechanism of dust suppressant 237 6.4.3 Components of dust suppressant 241 6.4.4 Monomer experiment 242 6.4.5 Orthogonal experiment 264 6.4.6 Formula optimization experiment 275 6.4.7 Performance characteristics of dust suppressant 276 6.5 Hygroscopic dust suppressant for road surface. 282 6.5.1 Formula of hygroscopic dust suppressant for road surface. 282 6.5.2 Performance experiment of hygroscopic dust suppressant for road surface. 284 6.6 Moist dust suppressant for road surface. 285 6.6.1 Formula of moist dust suppressant for road surface. 285 6.6.2 Performance experiment of moist dust suppressant for road surface. 286 Reference. 293 7. Field application of mine dust suppressant 296 7.1. Application of blasting dust suppressant in open-pit mine. 296 7.1.1. Application of water-enriched gelatin stemming. 296 7.1.2 Application of foam in blasting. 305 7.1.3 Application of surfactant solution in blasting. 307 7.2 Application of dust suppressant in open-pit mine Yard. 320 7.2.1 Industrial test of hygroscopic dust suppressant in suppressing dust of stockpile. 320 7.2.2 Dust Floating Test of Adhesive Dust suppressant in Tailing Pond. 322 7.2.3 Dust suppression test of binding dust suppressant in open coal pile. 327 7.3 Application of Dust suppressant on Pavement in Open-pit mine. 330 7.3.1 Spring Road Dust suppressant Industrial Experiment-Shougang Shuichang Iron Mine 330 7.3.2 Industrial experiment of road dust suppressant in summer-Wulongquan Mine in Wuhan 340 7.3.3 Industrial Experiment of Pavement Dust suppressant in Autumn-Sijiaying Mine, Hebei 352 7.3.4 Industrial experiment of road dust suppressant in winter-Jianlin Mountain Iron Mine 374

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Book SynopsisFrom gluten-free to all-Paleo, GMOs to grass-fed beef, our newsfeeds abound with nutrition advice. Whether sensational headlines from the latest study or anecdotes from celebrities and food bloggers, we''re bombarded with superfoods and best ever diets promising to help us lose weight, fight disease, and live longer. At the same time, we live in an over-crowded food environment that makes it easy to eat, all the time. The result is an epidemic of chronic disease amidst a culture of nutrition confusion-and copious food choices that challenge everyday eaters just trying to get a healthy meal on the table. But the exhilarating truth is that scientists know an astounding amount about the power of food. A staggering 80% of chronic diseases are preventable through modifiable lifestyle changes, and diet is the single largest contributing factor. And we also know the secrets to eating sustainably to protect our planet. In Food & Nutrition, Harvard- and Columbia-trained nutrition scientist Dr. Table of ContentsForeword PART I. From Farm to Fork: Why What We Eat Matters Chapter 1. Introduction: Framing Today's Food and Nutrition Issues Chapter 2. Global Food and Nutrition Challenges PART II. Dining Throughout Human History: Science, Technology, Eater, Environment Chapter 3. Paleo to Present: How Revolutions, Discoveries, and Inventions Shape our Diet Chapter 4. Contemporary Food Production, Nutrition Buzzwords, and Implications for Health: Fact or Fiction? Chapter 5. Diets Today: Why We Eat the Way We Do PART III. Essential Food and Nutrition: Separating Science from Junk Science Chapter 6. Nutrition: A Brief History of Scientific Discoveries and Public Health Interventions Chapter 7. Small and Mighty: Vitamins, Minerals, and Phytonutrients Chapter 8. The Foundation of Nutrition: Carbohydrate, Fat, and Protein PART IV. Food, Glorious Food Chapter 9. Vegetables, Fruits, and Health Chapter 10. The Whole (Grain) Truth Chapter 11. Beans and Peas, Legumes and Pulses, Nuts and Seeds Chapter 12. Terrestrial Animals and Animal-based Foods, Farm to Fork Chapter 13. Water Dwellers: Fish and Seafood Chapter 14. Water: Drink (and Eat) Up Chapter 15. Coffee and Tea: Impacts on Health and Environment Chapter 16. Alcohol and Health: Cheers!? Chapter 17. Sweet Drinks: Fruit Juice, Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, and Diet Soda (Pop) PART V. Today and Tomorrow: Diets for Optimal Health, Longevity, and Sustainability Chapter 18. Putting it All Together: Creating a Health-Giving Diet That Works for You Chapter 19. Nutrition in Action: Making Health-Giving Diets a Habit, for Life Chapter 20. Conclusion Afterword

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Book SynopsisThe first edition of The Struggle for Health was published in 1985 and was widely acclaimed by those seeking a broader and deeper political understanding of ill health, beyond the medical model of care. It was a revolutionary book, charting new ways of understanding and tackling the causes of ill health, and suggesting strategies to enable health for all. This second edition includes health problems that have emerged since the 1980s, notably HIV/AIDs, COVID-19, and other epidemics, and the increase in non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. It examines some of the health impacts of globalization, specifically on the food and pharmaceutical value chains, and considers the consequences of climate change on the health of populations. However, this edition does not depart from the core message of the original book: Health for All can only be achieved through a more equitable distribution of wealth, resources, and power. The Struggle for Health, Second EditioTrade ReviewThis book presents an accessible, comprehensive, and revealing analysis of the political economy of health. It provides a much-needed discussion of the alternatives to the pure capitalist approach to achieving equity in health outcomes. It provides hopeful solutions for the provision of comprehensive primary health care based on local needs. * Doody's Book Review *For years, attendees at global health conferences saw Sanders rise to ask, politely, pointed questions that many felt unable to ask. How had technology and metrics gained such prominence while engagement with communities and their local conditions and priorities were too often discounted? Sanders is now gone. But in this book, and in the work of People's Health Movement to which he devoted his final years, can be found the critical analyses, courage, and facts needed to stand up and speak truth to power. * Mary T Bassett, The Perspectives *Table of Contents1: Snapshots of (ill)health around the world 2: Global disease patterns 3: Health, population and inequality 4: The medical contribution 5: Health policies and health care in the context of neoliberal globalization 6: The commercialization of health care: Medicine, business and the state 7: Changing medicine, changing society

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Book SynopsisAmphibians are the extant descendants of the first vertebrate class to successfully colonize terrestrial environments; hence they occupy a unique position between fish and reptiles. Amphibian skin provides essentially no resistance to evaporative water loss, and consequently daily water turnover rates are an order of magnitude greater than in other terrestrial vertebrate groups. This has led to a suite of physiological, morphological and behavioural adaptations that have allowed a successful terrestrial existence in spite of this apparently spendthrift water retention strategy. Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Amphibians provides a synthesis of current research on the comparative physiology of amphibians with a particular emphasis on water balance. It adopts a strong environmental perspective and includes a wealth of information on ecology, phylogeny and development. As with other books in the Ecological and Environmental Physiology Series, the emphasis in this book is on theTrade ReviewAn important and significant resource, with an excellent review of the state of our current understanding of amphibian physiology. * BioScience *This book is full of detailed information that should make it a key reference for amphibian biologists. * The Quarterly Review of Biology *Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. General Physiological Principles ; 3. Specialized Physiological Characteristics of Amphibia ; 4. Physiological Adaptations to Extreme Environments ; 5. Approaches and Techniques ; 6. Conclusions and Future Directions

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Book SynopsisHealth Protection: Principles and practice is a practical guide for practitioners working at all levels in public health and health protection, including those with a non-specialist background. It is the first textbook in health protection to address all three domains within the field (communicable disease control; emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR); and environmental public health) in a comprehensive and integrated manner. Written by leading practitioners in the field, the book is rooted in a practice-led, all-hazards approach, which allows for easy real-world application of the topics discussed.The chapters are arranged in six sections, which begin with an in-depth introduction to the principles of health protection and go on to illuminate the three key elements of the field by providing: case studies and scenarios to describe common and important issues in the practice of health protection; health protection tools, which span epidemiology and statistics, infection control, immunisation, disease surveillance, and audit and service improvement; and evidence about new and emerging health protection issues.It includes more than 100 health protection checklists (SIMCARDs), covering infections from anthrax to yellow fever, non-infectious diseases emergencies and environmental hazards. Written from first-hand experience of managing communicable diseases these provide practical, stand-alone quick reference guides for in-practice use.Both the topical content of Health Protection: Principles and practice, and the clearly described health protection principles the book provides, makes it a highly relevant resource for wider public health and health protection professionals in this continually evolving field.Trade ReviewOverall, I would recommend [Health Protection: Principles and Practice] as an introduction, easy refresher and handy quick reference. * Anil Adisesh, Occupational Medicine *Health Protection: Principles and Practice is likely to be of value to a wider, global audience because of its all-hazards scope: it covers communicable disease surveillance/control, emergency preparedness, resilience and response, and environmental public health activities that in many countries are the responsibility of different organisations. * Health Protection Report, Public Health England *This book is easy both to read and to use as a day-to-day reference. Use of sub-sections and bullet points makes it easy for the reader to quickly locate the desired information. In many chapters scenarios are used to put the reader into real life situations. I think that these would be particularly valuable as a teaching aid for trainees, but they are relevant to all readers. * Philip Milner, Journal of Hospital Infection *The book contains useful case studies on dealing with outbreaks and more than a hundred health protection checklists crossing the gamut of injections disease from avian influenza to viral haemorrhagic fevers. It would be more than worth its price for these alone. * William Hatchett, Environmental Health News *This book was really well thought out. To an impressive degree, because many textbooks are dense, wordy, appealing to an enthusiast for the subject, but a slog for non-experts. By contrast, this one seems designed precisely to meet all the needs of someone on their first day in a health protection job, worried they will be faced with a really difficult scenario. * Andy Beckingham, Public Health Today *Table of ContentsPRELIMS; SECTION 1: THE BASICS; SECTION 2: INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL CASE STUDIES AND SCENARIOS; SECTION 3: EMERGENCY DREPAREDNESS, RESILIENCE AND RESPONSE (EPRR), AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY CASE STUDIES AND SCENARIOS; SECTION 4: ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE CASE STUDIES AND SCENARIOS; SECTION 5: HEALTH PROTECTION TOOLS; SECTION 6: NEW AND EMERGING HEALTH PROTECTION ISSUES; APPENDICES; GLOSSARY; INDEX

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Book SynopsisA global guide to sewers that celebrates the magnificently designed and engineered structures beneath the world's great cities.The sewer, in all its murkiness, filthiness, and subterranean seclusion, has been an evocative (and redolent) literary device, appearing in works by writers ranging from Charles Dickens to Graham Greene. This entertaining and erudite book provides the story behind, or beneath, these stories, offering a global guide to sewers that celebrates the magnificently designed and engineered structures that lie underneath the world's great cities. Historian Stephen Halliday leads readers on an expedition through the execrable evolution of waste management—the open sewers, the cesspools, the nightsoil men, the scourge of waterborne diseases, the networks of underground piping, the activated sludge, the fetid fatbergs, and the sublime super sewers.Halliday begins with sanitation in the ancient cities of Mesopotamia, Greece, and Imperial Rome, and con

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Book SynopsisThe author evaluates the properties of low-frequency electromagnetic fields and their interactions with the human body, exploring the possible link to cancer, and concludes that the health risks from these interactions have been vastly overstated.Table of ContentsThe nature of low-frequency electromagnetic fields; sources of low-frequency fields; natural sources of exposure; the coupling of electromagnetic fields to the body; natural sources of noise; observed interactions with electromagnetic fields; questions for future research.

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Book SynopsisProviding a detailed examination of the issues that affect the long term health of aircrew, cabin crew and passengers, Air Travel and Health offers guidance to engineers designing aircraft in the difficult field of legislation and product liability. Examining the facts, anecdotes and myths associated with health and travel, Seabridge and Morgan draw balanced conclusions on which the aircraft operations and design communities can act to provide cost-effective solutions. The authors present a useful reference for aircrew, regulatory authorities, engineers and managers within the aerospace industry, and medical and human factor specialists, as well as an informative resource for undergraduate and graduate students.Trade Review"As a result, I was delighted to receive for review this book written by two well respected flight systems engineers recently retired from the UK aviation industry." (The Aeronautical Journal , 1 December 2011) "This is an insightful book, one which should give its intended audience - and interested passengers - pause for thought." (RoSPA Occupational Safety & Health Journal, 1 May 2011) "Seabridge, a retired chief flight systems engineer, and Morgan who is affiliated with Copycat Communications Ltd. investigate common complaints, the evidence, the biological and environmental dimensions that might be involved, and possible solutions to air travel's affect on health. The topics are some minor ailments, air quality, deep vein thrombosis, noise and vibration, exposure to radiation, back and neck pain, military issues, workstation use, the regulation and control of risks to health, and the design process." (Reference and Research Book News, February 2011) "The authors present a useful reference for aircrew, regulatory authorities, engineers and managers within the aerospace industry, and medical and human factor specialists, as well as an informative resource for undergraduate and graduate students." (Asiaing.com, 10 November 2010) Table of ContentsAbout the Authors xv Preface xvii Series Preface xix Acknowledgements xxi Acronyms and Abbreviations xxiii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Factors Affecting Health 2 1.2 The System of Interest 2 1.2.1 The Operating Environment 2 1.2.2 The Atmosphere 3 1.2.3 The Aircraft Inhabitants 4 1.2.4 Sources of Environmental Stimuli 5 1.3 The Aircraft 6 1.3.1 Military Aircraft 6 1.3.2 Commercial Aircraft 8 1.4 Design Considerations 10 1.5 Summary 14 References 16 Further Reading 16 Useful Web Sites 16 2 Some ‘Minor’ Ailments 17 2.1 Introduction 17 2.1.1 Health Information 17 2.1.2 Considering the Whole Trip 18 2.1.3 Some Symptoms Reported by Travellers 18 2.1.4 Health Risks 19 2.2 Some Common Conditions of Air Travel 20 2.2.1 General Discomfort 20 2.2.2 Jet Lag (Circadian Dysrhythmia) 21 2.2.3 Fear of Flying (Aerophobia) 23 2.2.4 Discomfort of the Ears 23 References 25 Further Reading 25 Useful Web Sites 26 3 Air Quality 27 3.1 The Environment 28 3.1.1 The Atmosphere 28 3.1.2 Air Quality 28 3.1.3 Cabin Air Supply 29 3.1.4 Sources of Contamination 29 3.2 Aircraft Environments 31 3.2.1 Commercial Aircraft 31 3.2.2 Military Aircraft 33 3.3 Environmental Control Systems 36 3.3.1 Air Cooling 36 3.3.2 Air Distribution 36 3.4 Health Issues 40 3.4.1 Effects of Contamination 41 3.4.2 Aerotoxic Syndrome 41 3.4.3 At Risk on the Ground? 47 3.4.4 Spreading Illness 47 3.5 System Implications 48 3.5.1 Contaminants 48 3.5.2 Future Systems 51 3.6 Request for Further Information 55 References 56 Further Reading 57 Useful Web Sites 58 4 Deep Vein Thrombosis 59 4.1 Introduction 59 4.1.1 How Common Is It? 61 4.1.2 How Long Is a Long Flight? 62 4.2 The Environment 62 4.3 Aircraft Environments 63 4.3.1 Commercial Aircraft 63 4.3.2 Large Military Aircraft 64 4.3.3 Fast-Jet Military Aircraft 67 4.4 The System 67 4.4.1 Commercial Aircraft 67 4.4.2 Military Aircraft 68 4.5 Health Issues 69 4.5.1 Cabin Altitude and Pressure 70 4.5.2 SoWho Is at Risk? 71 4.5.3 Summary of Risks 72 4.6 System Implications 73 4.6.1 Litigation 73 4.6.2 Preventative Measures 74 4.6.3 Advice to Passengers 74 4.6.4 Continuing Work 76 References 77 Further Reading 78 Useful Web Sites 78 5 Noise and Vibration 79 5.1 The Environment 81 5.2 Aircraft Environment 82 5.2.1 Commercial Aircraft 82 5.2.2 Military Aircraft 83 5.3 Health Issues 85 5.3.1 Hearing 85 5.3.2 Vibration 85 5.4 System Implications 86 5.4.1 Limiting Flying Hours 86 5.4.2 Active Noise Cancellation 87 5.4.3 Microphone Disabling 87 5.4.4 Personal Noise Management 87 5.4.5 Risk Assessment 88 References 88 Further Reading 88 Useful Web Sites 88 6 Exposure to Radiation 89 6.1 The Environment 89 6.1.1 Cosmic Radiation 90 6.1.2 Radiation in Space 92 6.1.3 Non-ionising Radiation 92 6.2 The Aircraft Environment 93 6.2.1 Ionising Radiation from Space 93 6.2.2 Non-ionising RF Radiation 94 6.2.3 Understanding the Risk in Commercial Aircraft 97 6.2.4 Understanding the Risk in Military Aircraft 99 6.3 Aircraft Systems 100 6.4 Health Issues 101 6.4.1 Risk of Cancer 101 6.4.2 Risks to Female Crew Members 103 6.4.3 Risks to Passengers 103 6.4.4 Eye Damage 104 6.4.5 Damage to Life Support Equipment 104 6.5 System Implications 104 6.5.1 Legislation 104 6.5.2 Mitigating Action 108 6.6 Future Developments 109 References 110 Further Reading 112 Useful Web Sites 112 7 Back and Neck Pain 113 7.1 Back Pain 113 7.1.1 Lower Back Pain 113 7.1.2 Posture 114 7.1.3 Back Pain and Military Aircraft 114 7.1.4 Helicopter Pilots 115 7.1.5 Posture and Pain 117 7.2 Neck Strain 120 7.3 Commercial Aircraft Issues 122 7.3.1 Flight Attendants 122 7.3.2 Passengers 123 7.4 Lumbar Support 123 7.5 Advice for Passengers 125 References 126 Further Reading 127 8 Military Issues 129 8.1 The Cockpit Environment 130 8.2 Effects of Acceleration 133 8.3 Pressure Oxygen Breathing and Hypoxia 136 8.3.1 Hypoxia 136 8.3.2 Decompression Sickness 137 References 137 Further Reading 138 Useful Web Sites 138 9 Workstation Use 139 9.1 The Environment 140 9.2 Aircraft Environments 141 9.2.1 Commercial Aircraft 141 9.2.2 Military Aircraft 142 9.3 The System 143 9.4 Health Issues 146 9.4.1 Sight 146 9.4.2 Posture 147 9.4.3 Back and Neck Pain 147 9.4.4 Vibration 148 9.5 System Implications 148 Reference 150 Further Reading 150 Useful Web Sites 150 10 Regulation and Control of Risks to Health 151 10.1 General 151 10.2 Legislative Framework 152 10.2.1 Health and Safety 153 10.2.2 EU Legislation 154 10.2.3 Environmental Legislation 156 10.2.4 Air Navigation Order 157 10.2.5 Duty of Care 157 10.3 Summary of Legal Threats 157 10.3.1 Criminal Prosecution 157 10.3.2 Civil Lawsuits 158 10.3.3 Customer/Public Relations 158 10.4 Issues Arising 158 11 The Design Process 161 11.1 Control of Risk 161 11.1.1 Governance 161 11.1.2 Company Policy 162 11.1.3 Company Procedures 162 11.2 Design 162 11.2.1 Standards 162 11.2.2 Good Practice 163 11.2.3 Design and Qualification Process 163 11.3 Application 174 11.3.1 Incorporation 175 11.3.2 Operations 175 11.4 Feedback 175 11.4.1 Public Comment 176 11.4.2 Complaints 176 11.4.3 Litigation 176 Reference 177 12 Summary and Conclusions 179 12.1 Integration Effects 180 12.2 Predisposition 182 12.2.1 The Travel Experience 183 12.2.2 Genetic Factors 183 12.2.3 Public Health 183 12.3 Domestic Circumstances 183 12.3.1 Carrying and Lifting 184 12.3.2 Do-It-Yourself (DIY) 184 12.3.3 Noisy Pursuits 184 12.3.4 Lifestyle Factors 184 12.3.5 Water Sports 185 12.3.6 Obesity 185 12.4 Comparison with General Public Health Conditions 185 12.4.1 Sick Building Syndrome 185 12.4.2 Myalgic Encephalomyletis (ME) or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) 186 12.4.3 WiFi Sensitivity 187 12.4.4 Electrical Power Line Sensitivity 188 12.4.5 New Car Syndrome 189 12.4.6 Household and Industrial Cleaning Products 190 12.4.7 Discussion 191 12.5 Serious Conditions 191 12.6 Advice to Industry 191 12.6.1 Processes and Procedures 192 12.6.2 Independent Medical Advice 193 12.6.3 Research 193 12.6.4 Seeing the ‘Big Picture’ 193 12.7 Advice to Operators 195 12.7.1 Promote Awareness 195 12.7.2 Independent Medical Advice 195 12.7.3 Research 195 12.8 Advice to Travellers 195 12.8.1 Obtain Medical Advice 196 12.8.2 Improve Awareness 196 12.9 What Can Be Done? 199 12.10 Finally 204 References 204 Further Reading 205 Useful Web Sites 205 Bibliography 207 Index 217

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Book SynopsisThe practice of performing and managing regulatory air toxic risk assessments requires an exceptionally broadbase of understanding. The information and hands-on skills needed to evaluate the effects of air toxic emissions on human health derive from a broad range of disciplines: engineering, the physical and biological sciences, probability, statistics, and medicine. Dr. Lawrence Gratt''s Air Toxic Risk Assessment and Management provides a comprehensive study of the subject of risk assessment, showing how the various disciplines are integrated to carry out this complex process. No other resource combines the basic science underlying risk assessment with the techniques needed to perform the analyses.Table of ContentsIntroduction to Risk Assessment. Health Risk Formulation. Source Terms--Emission of Air Toxics. Atmospheric Dispersion. Exposure. Dose-Response, Epidemiology, and Pharmacokinetics. Risk Estimation and Measures. Risk: Issues, Perceptions, and Communication. Risk Management and Air Toxic Controls. Probabilistic Health Risk Assessment. Appendices. Answers to Selected Exercises. Index.

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Book SynopsisFor more than four decades, the Hanford nuclear weapons facility in Washington State secretly blanketed much of the Pacific Northwest with low-dose ionizing radiation, the byproduct of plutonium production. Trisha Pritikin tells the devastating story of those who were harmed in Hanford's wake and, seeking justice, were subjected to more suffering.Trade ReviewThe discussion of health effects from exposure to radioactive contaminants tends to focus on acute effects--cancers and death tolls. Pritikin shows in heart-breaking detail the stockpile of health problems from exposure to radioactivity and how painfully these chronic health problems dismantle lives. A passionate and carefully researched account of the failed fight for atomic justice." - Kate Brown, author of Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters and Manual for Survival: An Environmental History of the Chernobyl Disaster"Given the current political climate--North Korea's nuclear threat, the current US administration's provocation of North Korea, the potential unraveling of Iran's nuclear deal, and the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan--Trisha Pritikin's The Hanford Plaintiffs is a timely addition to literature that has addressed the health harm caused by radiation exposure downwind of weapons' production and testing sites as well as from the use of nuclear weapons in warfare; from uranium mining, milling, or transport; from nuclear power plant accidents; and from leaking nuclear waste. Pritikin's work stands out, not only in its description of the plight of the people--called downwinders--in and around the Hanford site but also in its disclosure of the callous disregard of the US government for the innocent citizens it was supposed to protect." - Yuki Miyamoto, PhD, associate professor of religious studies, DePaul University, and author of Beyond the Mushroom Cloud"The Hanford Plaintiffs is an urgent book for our times. We think we know about Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on the one hand, and Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima on the other. We might imagine that these places stand for events safely consigned to the past or that the production of nuclear weapons and nuclear power are separate affairs. Now we are encountering, once again, cavalier talk about the use of nuclear weapons. The Hanford Plaintiffs opens our eyes to the reality of how the atomic age has played long-term, continuing havoc with whole communities, the environment, and democratic principles in the United States and throughout the world by presenting the life stories of the downwinders of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, where the plutonium for the Nagasaki bomb was produced. Pritikin lays out her material methodically, providing the scientific, medical, legal, and historical components important to readers' full understanding." - Norma Field, PhD, professor emerita, University of Chicago, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and author of In the Realm of a Dying Emperor: Japan at Century's End"The Hanford Plaintiffs is an extraordinary and unique exposé of the human results of deliberate releases of huge quantities of radioactive isotopes from the Hanford reactors and nuclear complex over many years of operation." - Helen Caldicott, MD

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Book SynopsisThis text looks at illness and death in Britain as something very dependant upon the whole environment. It adopts the environmental and geographical approach to the study of diseases and death from medieval to modern times.

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Book SynopsisThe perfect guide for anyone who wants to know more about genetically modified crops -- and why they're a problemTrade Review'A precise and accessible guide to the biotech industry's destructive control over our food' -- Green Shopping Catalogue'The book reveals evidence and proof against the claims that GM food is beneficial for people, and, rather, illuminates the advantages for big businesses of GM food, seed patenting, and agribusiness' -- Oxfam'Highly recommended!' -- Dr Arpad Pusztai, the world's leading expert on plant lectins'Lies and spin are dissected and then pulverised in this copiously documented exposé. Rees unmasks the biotech industry's horrific tactics in their race to take over our food supply and the devastation that their GM crops will inflict if we don't act quickly' -- Jeffrey M. Smith, international best-selling author, Seeds of DeceptionTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword Abbreviations-Acronyms 1. Introduction 2. An Overview 3. The Players 4. Exposing the Wild Claims Made by the Biotech Lobby 5. The Risks and Dangers of GMOs 6. The Biotech Lobby’s Dirty Tricks Department – Part 1 7. The Biotech Lobby’s Dirty Tricks Department – Part 2 8. Setbacks for the Biotech Lobby 9. A More Constructive Way Forward 10. A Last Word Resources References Index

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Book SynopsisThe first book to directly address the ethical dimension of managing environmental health and ubiquitous toxicants. The work includes medical literature on chronic health effects from exposure to toxicants and the social costs of these disorders; relevant historic and human rights documents; and primary obstacles faced by public health advocates.

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Book SynopsisThe impact of air pollution on human health is currently of international concern. A comprehensive review of the subject is given in this volume, which complements the previous title covering air quality management. Dealing with the common gaseous and particulate air pollutants, including chemical carcinogens, it reviews the epidemiological and exposure chamber study research as well as considering mechanistic studies in the case of particulate matter. Air Pollution and Health also addresses the practical issue of setting standards for human exposure to air pollution by including the philosophy of standard setting and a review of currently available standards, along with a description of the setting of USEPA revised standards for ozone and particulate matter. Current knowledge of indoor air pollution is also discussed. As with all other books in the series, this volume will be of interest to the general public as well as being an important reference source for all those involved in theTrade Review"...A reference source for both the specialist and the lay reader." * Clean Air Vol 29 No 1 *"...An excellent overview of the subject...recommended reading for environmental practitioners in both the public and private sectors and for postgraduate students." * Environmental Scientist Vol 7 No 6 November/December 1998 *"... an important reference for anyone interested in air pollution." * The Chemical Educator, Vol 4, Issue 2 *Table of ContentsAir Quality Health Issues for Government; Gaseous Pollutants (SO2, NO2, CO, O3); Chemical Carcinogens; Limitations of Epidemiological Studies; The 1997 USEPA Standards for Particulate Matter and Ozone; Health Effects of Indoor Air Pollutants; Setting Health-based Air Quality Standards; Mechanistic Aspects of the Health Effects of Airborne Particles; Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book, named one of Booklist''s Top 10 books on sustainability in 2014, is the first to offer a comprehensive examination of the environmental health movement, which unlike many parts of the environmental movement, focuses on ways toxic chemicals and other hazardous agents in the environment effect human health and well-being. Born in 1978 when Lois Gibbs organized her neighbors to protest the health effects of a toxic waste dump in Love Canal, New York, the movement has spread across the United States and throughout the world. By placing human health at the center of its environmental argument, this movement has achieved many victories in community mobilization and legislative reform. In The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement, environmental health expert Kate Davies describes the movement's historical, ideological, and cultural roots and analyzes its strategies and successes.Trade ReviewThe world is not a safe place. Toxic waste, air pollution, and pesticide use can be hazardous to your health. According to the World Health Organization, more than 40 percent of all asthma, nearly 20 percent of all cancers, and 5-percent of all birth defects are attributable to poor environmental quality. It’s impossible to avoid exposure to at least some of the 80,000 different chemicals utilized in the United States. The environmental health movement consists of many individuals and organizations cognizant of the relationship between people and the environment and environmental factors that potentially affect health. Davies extensively covers the historical roots and rise of this movement in the United States and tracks its current status and strategies, from forging national coalitions to lobbying for legislation and promoting grassroots activism. America’s environmental health movement focuses on environmental safety through precaution and prevention, opposes the use of toxic chemicals, and advocates sustainability and environmental justice. As ecotheologian Thomas Berry once declared, 'You cannot have well humans on a sick planet.' * Booklist *The Greek mathematician Archimedes, referring to levers, is reputed to have said, 'Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.' It is in that spirit that author Kate Davies calls for identifying 'leverage points' for improving environmental health: 'Leverage points are places in complex systems where a small shift in one thing can produce big changes across an entire system.' For example, Davies points to the cost of health care, noting that health care in the United States is 'one of the least effective health-care systems among industrialized countries.' She argues that combining environmental health with the economics of health care will help create change. Davies is well equipped to generate social change. She founded and directed the first local government office on the environment in Canada and is on the faculty in the Environment and Community program at Antioch University’s Center for Creative Change in Seattle. In the most revealing portion of the book, Davies closes with a discussion of what she calls 'Strategies for Social Change.' She details how, historically, the movement organized for collective action on local issues, such as the response to the Love Canal contamination in Niagara Falls, New York, during the 1970s. Later, groups began lobbying for new legislation controlling toxic chemicals. Davies acknowledges that these latter efforts created tensions among environmental advocates. She argues that local groups felt state lobbying organizations, who were pursuing legislation, ignored local problems. Furthermore, she says, these local groups consisted mostly of passionate, penniless volunteers who believed the state and national groups dominated fund raising. Davies downplays the legislative accomplishments made in the 1970s by national environmental lobbying groups, such as adoption of the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. However, she clearly acknowledges the failure of the Toxic Substances Control Act passed in 1976. 'By ‘grandfathering’ nearly all the chemicals that were used in 1976 (about sixty-two thousand) and excluding them from any review or testing requirements, the Act created a monumental loophole for the chemical industry.' Davies urges the environmental health movement to follow the example of others, such as the civil rights movement, by considering 'collective, peaceful civil disobedience more often.' To defend such a proposal, Davies must conclude that other paths to social change using conventional, lawful means have been exhaustively tried and found ineffective—but she has not made this case. Needlessly engaging in militant actions could cause a negative reaction in some supporters. And, as Thomas Jefferson said: 'The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes . . . moves the world.' The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement contains a great deal of complex information that will interest primarily those already in the movement. * Foreword Reviews *[Davies] tells the story of anger, disillusionment, and determination of Americans to develop a political movement to fight chemical pollution. . . . A well-written, thoughtful, and timely book. * The Huffington Post *Kate Davies’ excellent book focuses on the role of health in the environmental health movement and encourages us to consider its origins and accomplishments.... The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement looks both back and forward to challenge us to consider our current direction. In the future this book will provide readers with an important perspective on how the environmental health movement shaped our society. * Toxipedia *The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement examines the evolution of the diverse social movement that aims to prevent such hazards from arising. Between the complexity of our chemical environment, policy responses to it, and the movement itself, the task that Davies has taken on strains the limits of a single volume. Her broad narrative succeeds. . . . Davies’s book offers a valuable introduction to key topics in environmental health politics. Advanced undergraduates, beginning graduate students, and budding activists interested in environmental health may find the later chapters especially helpful for gaining conversance in the movement’s positions, rhetoric, and controversies. Faculty teaching courses on environmental health or health geography may find the book a helpful guide to key policies, debates, and events, especially if they are struggling to present complex scientific and political concepts for undergraduates. Davies’s great skill is in distilling these concepts. * Journal of Historical Geography *Kate Davies of Antioch University in Seattle has written a pioneering work that fills a gap in the literature and advances the cause of environmental health: that is, increasing human health and well-being through changing the environment. . . .The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement is a new departure and a major achievement. It will appeal to a wide audience of potential activists because of its optimistic tone and its appeal to spiritual as well as material values. The contributions it makes are diverse and discerning while the controversies it generates are pertinent and constructive. * New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy *The book is well-written and easy to read. . .[I]t is interesting. . . .[T]his work will appeal . . . to those interested primarily in the process of social change itself. . . .[A] copy would make a welcome addition to a complete medical, public health or sociology library. . . .Its greatest value to the occupational and environmental medicine provider lies in its ability to teach one about the importance of making environmental health issues personal and economically relevant, to achieve sufficient public momentum. In this way, individuals can succeed in making legislative and regulatory changes that improve the health and safety of our communities at the local, national, and global levels. * Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine *The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement is a well-done history of America’s environmental health movement and offers readers valuable information on how grassroots organizing prevents harm from toxic exposures and leads to safe and healthy communities. -- Lois Marie Gibbs, Executive Director, Center for Health, Environment & JusticeThe Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement is an ambitious book in the best sense of the word. Davies seeks to synthesize a tremendous amount of information, and to begin to write history as it is happening. She has made an invaluable contribution to all those who care—or should care—about what environmental contaminants are doing to us and to all life on earth. -- Michael Lerner, president of Commonweal and co-founder of the Collaborative on Health and the Environment, Health Care Without Harm and the Health and Environmental Funders NetworkThe Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement is a finely-balanced and fair-minded account of how this movement came to be and what it will take to execute the sea change we need to fully protect public health. -- Elise Miller, Director and co-founder of the Collaborative on Health and the Environment, founded and directed the Institute for Children’s Environmental Health, Founding Executive Director of the Jenifer Altman FoundationKate Davies' authoritative history describes the origins and dimensions of one wing of the environmental movement. It is both generous and accurate in its portrayal of the ideas, the people, and organizations that forged the link between the environment and human health. This is the definitive guide to the story of one of the most important movements of our century. -- Carolyn Raffensperger, Science and Environmental Health NetworkA compelling history and an accessible guide that unravels the complexity of environmental health issues and the evolving environmental health movement and offers references and examples for how our collective and individual actions can make a healthy difference in the places where we live, work, play, and go to school. -- Peggy M. Shepard, Executive Director and co-founder of WE ACT for Environmental JusticeTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Environmental Health The US Environmental Health Movement Background This Book Part 1: Historical and Cultural Roots Chapter 1: The European Ancestry of Environmental Health The Philosophy of Ancient Greece The Engineering Achievements of Rome The Spread of Judeo-Christian Religions The Scientific Revolution and the Nature of Science Social Justice and the Enlightenment The Environmental Health Consequences of the Industrial Revolution New Policies and Legislation Recognizing and Preventing Environmentally-Related Diseases Chapter 2: Early Environmental Public Health The Environmental Health Consequences of the American Industrial Revolution Environmental Public Health Concerns Occupational Health: Working with the Urban Poor The Home as an Environment for Protecting Health The Progressive Era and Environmental Conservation The Origins of Urban Planning Preventing Environmentally-Transmitted Diseases Chapter 3: Environmentalism and Economic Growth Post World War II Economic Growth and the Creation of a Consumer Society The Environmental Health Effects of Air Pollution The Environmental Health Effects of Water Pollution The Environmental Health Effects of Food Quality The Antinuclear Movement and the Precedents It Set New Ideas: Toxic Chemicals New Ideas: Deep Ecology and Social Ecology New Ideas: Population Growth and Resource Depletion The Rise of Environmentalism EPA and the Final Separation of Environmental and Public Health The Relationship Between the Environmental Movement and the Labor Movement The Toxic Substances Control Act and Other Environmental Legislation of the 1970s Chapter 4: The Birth of the US Environmental Health Movement Love Canal and Its Aftermath The Beginnings of the Environmental Justice Movement The Role of Disasters in Building the Environmental Health Movement Struggles for Regional Environmental Health in the Great Lakes Winning the Battle Against Waste Incineration Opposition to Pesticides: An Ongoing Struggle Securing the Right to Know Toxics Use Reduction and Pollution Prevention: Limited Success The Lead Saga Newer Challenges: Endocrine Disruptors and Epigenetics Part II: The Contemporary Movement Chapter 5: Organizations and Issues The Movement’s Strongest Asset: State and Local Groups The Roles of National Groups The Influence of European Toxics Policy The Louisville Charter The Emergence of National Coalitions Communications and Getting the Word Out The Importance of Women’s Organizations Alliances with Labor Organizations New Ways of Framing Environmental Health: Judeo-Christian Religions Beyond Toxics: Nanotechnology Beyond Toxics: Electromagnetic Fields Beyond Toxics: Fossil Fuels Beyond Toxics: Urban Planning and Green Building The Significance of Foundation Funding Chapter 6: Making Environmental Issues Personal Gaining Support from People Affected by Environmentally-Related Disease Working with Caregivers - Nurses Working with Caregivers – Physicians Engaging the Health Care Sector Protecting Children’s Environmental Health Food, Glorious Food Opposing Toxics in Consumer Products And in Personal Care Products Pollution in People Chapter 7: Precaution and the Limitations of Science The Impossibility of Proving Environmental Causation The Failure to Consider Ethics The Distortion and Cover-up of Scientific Information Problems with Risk Assessment Overview of Precaution The Ingredients of Precaution Progress on Precaution Chapter 8: Environmental Justice and the Right to a Healthy Environment Perspectives on Environmental Justice Constitutional and Legal Rights to a Healthy Environment Scientific Information on Environmental Health Injustice in the US Environmental Justice Issues Community-Based Research Environmental Justice Strategies The US Environmental Justice and Environmental Health Movements Chapter 9: Changing Economics, the Markets and Business The Cost of Environmental Illness Market Campaigns: Overview Market Campaigns: PVC Products and Packaging Market Campaigns: Electronics Market Campaigns: The Health Sector Green Chemistry and Safer Materials Socially Responsible Investing Partnerships with Business Conclusion and Next Steps: Strategies for Social Change Strategies for Social Change Creating Inspiring Visions Minding the Gap between our Collective Aspirations and Reality Seeing the Forest and the Trees Identifying Leverage Points for Environmental Health Organizing More, Collective Action Telling Environmental Health Stories Self-Care Final Reflections A Chronology of Key Events in US Environmental Health Selected Resources on Environmental Health

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Book SynopsisThis book, named one of Booklist''s Top 10 books on sustainability in 2014, is the first to offer a comprehensive examination of the environmental health movement, which unlike many parts of the environmental movement, focuses on ways toxic chemicals and other hazardous agents in the environment effect human health and well-being. Born in 1978 when Lois Gibbs organized her neighbors to protest the health effects of a toxic waste dump in Love Canal, New York, the movement has spread across the United States and throughout the world. By placing human health at the center of its environmental argument, this movement has achieved many victories in community mobilization and legislative reform. In The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement, environmental health expert Kate Davies describes the movement's historical, ideological, and cultural roots and analyzes its strategies and successes.Trade ReviewThe world is not a safe place. Toxic waste, air pollution, and pesticide use can be hazardous to your health. According to the World Health Organization, more than 40 percent of all asthma, nearly 20 percent of all cancers, and 5 percent of all birth defects are attributable to poor environmental quality. It’s impossible to avoid exposure to at least some of the 80,000 different chemicals utilized in the United States. The environmental health movement consists of many individuals and organizations cognizant of the relationship between people and the environment and environmental factors that potentially affect health. Davies extensively covers the historical roots and rise of this movement in the United States and tracks its current status and strategies, from forging national coalitions to lobbying for legislation and promoting grassroots activism. America’s environmental health movement focuses on environmental safety through precaution and prevention, opposes the use of toxic chemicals, and advocates sustainability and environmental justice. As ecotheologian Thomas Berry once declared, 'You cannot have well humans on a sick planet.' * Booklist *The Greek mathematician Archimedes, referring to levers, is reputed to have said, 'Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.' It is in that spirit that author Kate Davies calls for identifying 'leverage points' for improving environmental health: 'Leverage points are places in complex systems where a small shift in one thing can produce big changes across an entire system.' For example, Davies points to the cost of health care, noting that health care in the United States is 'one of the least effective health-care systems among industrialized countries.' She argues that combining environmental health with the economics of health care will help create change. Davies is well equipped to generate social change. She founded and directed the first local government office on the environment in Canada and is on the faculty in the Environment and Community program at Antioch University’s Center for Creative Change in Seattle. In the most revealing portion of the book, Davies closes with a discussion of what she calls 'Strategies for Social Change.' She details how, historically, the movement organized for collective action on local issues, such as the response to the Love Canal contamination in Niagara Falls, New York, during the 1970s. Later, groups began lobbying for new legislation controlling toxic chemicals. Davies acknowledges that these latter efforts created tensions among environmental advocates. She argues that local groups felt state lobbying organizations, who were pursuing legislation, ignored local problems. Furthermore, she says, these local groups consisted mostly of passionate, penniless volunteers who believed the state and national groups dominated fund raising. Davies downplays the legislative accomplishments made in the 1970s by national environmental lobbying groups, such as adoption of the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. However, she clearly acknowledges the failure of the Toxic Substances Control Act passed in 1976. 'By ‘grandfathering’ nearly all the chemicals that were used in 1976 (about sixty-two thousand) and excluding them from any review or testing requirements, the Act created a monumental loophole for the chemical industry.' Davies urges the environmental health movement to follow the example of others, such as the civil rights movement, by considering 'collective, peaceful civil disobedience more often.' To defend such a proposal, Davies must conclude that other paths to social change using conventional, lawful means have been exhaustively tried and found ineffective—but she has not made this case. Needlessly engaging in militant actions could cause a negative reaction in some supporters. And, as Thomas Jefferson said: 'The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes . . . moves the world.' The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement contains a great deal of complex information that will interest primarily those already in the movement. * Foreword Reviews *The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement is a well-done history of America’s environmental health movement and offers readers valuable information on how grassroots organizing prevents harm from toxic exposures and leads to safe and healthy communities. -- Lois Marie Gibbs, Executive Director, Center for Health, Environment & JusticeThe Rise of the US Environmental Health Movement is an ambitious book in the best sense of the word. Davies seeks to synthesize a tremendous amount of information, and to begin to write history as it is happening. She has made an invaluable contribution to all those who care—or should care—about what environmental contaminants are doing to us and to all life on earth. -- Michael Lerner, president of Commonweal and co-founder of the Collaborative on Health and the Environment, Health Care Without Harm and the Health and Environmental Funders NetworkThe Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement is a finely-balanced and fair-minded account of how this movement came to be and what it will take to execute the sea change we need to fully protect public health. -- Elise Miller, Director and co-founder of the Collaborative on Health and the Environment, founded and directed the Institute for Children’s Environmental Health, Founding Executive Director of the Jenifer Altman FoundationKate Davies' authoritative history describes the origins and dimensions of one wing of the environmental movement. It is both generous and accurate in its portrayal of the ideas, the people, and organizations that forged the link between the environment and human health. This is the definitive guide to the story of one of the most important movements of our century. -- Carolyn Raffensperger, Science and Environmental Health NetworkA compelling history and an accessible guide that unravels the complexity of environmental health issues and the evolving environmental health movement and offers references and examples for how our collective and individual actions can make a healthy difference in the places where we live, work, play, and go to school. -- Peggy M. Shepard, Executive Director and co-founder of WE ACT for Environmental JusticeKate Davies’ excellent book focuses on the role of health in the environmental health movement and encourages us to consider its origins and accomplishments. . . . The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement looks both back and forward to challenge us to consider our current direction. In the future this book will provide readers with an important perspective on how the environmental health movement shaped our society. * Toxipedia *The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement examines the evolution of the diverse social movement that aims to prevent such hazards from arising. Between the complexity of our chemical environment, policy responses to it, and the movement itself, the task that Davies has taken on strains the limits of a single volume. Her broad narrative succeeds. . . . Davies’s book offers a valuable introduction to key topics in environmental health politics. Advanced undergraduates, beginning graduate students, and budding activists interested in environmental health may find the later chapters especially helpful for gaining conversance in the movement’s positions, rhetoric, and controversies. Faculty teaching courses on environmental health or health geography may find the book a helpful guide to key policies, debates, and events, especially if they are struggling to present complex scientific and political concepts for undergraduates. Davies’s great skill is in distilling these concepts. * Journal of Historical Geography *Kate Davies of Antioch University in Seattle has written a pioneering work that fills a gap in the literature and advances the cause of environmental health: that is, increasing human health and well-being through changing the environment. . . .The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement is a new departure and a major achievement. It will appeal to a wide audience of potential activists because of its optimistic tone and its appeal to spiritual as well as material values. The contributions it makes are diverse and discerning while the controversies it generates are pertinent and constructive. * New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Environmental Health The US Environmental Health Movement Background This Book Part 1: Historical and Cultural Roots Chapter 1: The European Ancestry of Environmental Health The Philosophy of Ancient Greece The Engineering Achievements of Rome The Spread of Judeo-Christian Religions The Scientific Revolution and the Nature of Science Social Justice and the Enlightenment The Environmental Health Consequences of the Industrial Revolution New Policies and Legislation Recognizing and Preventing Environmentally-Related Diseases Chapter 2: Early Environmental Public Health The Environmental Health Consequences of the American Industrial Revolution Environmental Public Health Concerns Occupational Health: Working with the Urban Poor The Home as an Environment for Protecting Health The Progressive Era and Environmental Conservation The Origins of Urban Planning Preventing Environmentally-Transmitted Diseases Chapter 3: Environmentalism and Economic Growth Post World War II Economic Growth and the Creation of a Consumer Society The Environmental Health Effects of Air Pollution The Environmental Health Effects of Water Pollution The Environmental Health Effects of Food Quality The Antinuclear Movement and the Precedents It Set New Ideas: Toxic Chemicals New Ideas: Deep Ecology and Social Ecology New Ideas: Population Growth and Resource Depletion The Rise of Environmentalism EPA and the Final Separation of Environmental and Public Health The Relationship Between the Environmental Movement and the Labor Movement The Toxic Substances Control Act and Other Environmental Legislation of the 1970s Chapter 4: The Birth of the US Environmental Health Movement Love Canal and Its Aftermath The Beginnings of the Environmental Justice Movement The Role of Disasters in Building the Environmental Health Movement Struggles for Regional Environmental Health in the Great Lakes Winning the Battle Against Waste Incineration Opposition to Pesticides: An Ongoing Struggle Securing the Right to Know Toxics Use Reduction and Pollution Prevention: Limited Success The Lead Saga Newer Challenges: Endocrine Disruptors and Epigenetics Part II: The Contemporary Movement Chapter 5: Organizations and Issues The Movement’s Strongest Asset: State and Local Groups The Roles of National Groups The Influence of European Toxics Policy The Louisville Charter The Emergence of National Coalitions Communications and Getting the Word Out The Importance of Women’s Organizations Alliances with Labor Organizations New Ways of Framing Environmental Health: Judeo-Christian Religions Beyond Toxics: Nanotechnology Beyond Toxics: Electromagnetic Fields Beyond Toxics: Fossil Fuels Beyond Toxics: Urban Planning and Green Building The Significance of Foundation Funding Chapter 6: Making Environmental Issues Personal Gaining Support from People Affected by Environmentally-Related Disease Working with Caregivers - Nurses Working with Caregivers – Physicians Engaging the Health Care Sector Protecting Children’s Environmental Health Food, Glorious Food Opposing Toxics in Consumer Products And in Personal Care Products Pollution in People Chapter 7: Precaution and the Limitations of Science The Impossibility of Proving Environmental Causation The Failure to Consider Ethics The Distortion and Cover-up of Scientific Information Problems with Risk Assessment Overview of Precaution The Ingredients of Precaution Progress on Precaution Chapter 8: Environmental Justice and the Right to a Healthy Environment Perspectives on Environmental Justice Constitutional and Legal Rights to a Healthy Environment Scientific Information on Environmental Health Injustice in the US Environmental Justice Issues Community-Based Research Environmental Justice Strategies The US Environmental Justice and Environmental Health Movements Chapter 9: Changing Economics, the Markets and Business The Cost of Environmental Illness Market Campaigns: Overview Market Campaigns: PVC Products and Packaging Market Campaigns: Electronics Market Campaigns: The Health Sector Green Chemistry and Safer Materials Socially Responsible Investing Partnerships with Business Conclusion and Next Steps: Strategies for Social Change Strategies for Social Change Creating Inspiring Visions Minding the Gap between our Collective Aspirations and Reality Seeing the Forest and the Trees Identifying Leverage Points for Environmental Health Organizing More, Collective Action Telling Environmental Health Stories Self-Care Final Reflections A Chronology of Key Events in US Environmental Health Selected Resources on Environmental Health

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