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Journey To Planet Earth. Season Three. Future Conditional
Journey To Planet Earth. The State Of The Planet
Sustaining Life : How Human Health Depends On Biodiversity

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edited by Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson ; prologue by Kofi AnnanPublication Details
BookOxford University Press2008Links
Description
Edited and written by Harvard Medical School physicians Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein, along with more than 100 leading scientists who contributed to writing and reviewing the book, Sustaining Life presents a comprehensive–and sobering–view of how human medicines, biomedical research, the emergence and spread of infectious diseases, and the production of food, both on land and in the oceans, depend on biodiversity. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) QH541.15.B56 S96 2008 AVAILABLE
Inescapable Ecologies : A History Of Environment, Disease, And Knowledge

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Linda NashPublication Details
BookUniversity of California Press2006Links
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Among the most far-reaching effects of the modern environmental movement was the widespread acknowledgment that human beings were inescapably part of a larger ecosystem. With this book, Linda Nash gives us a wholly original and much longer history of “ecological” ideas of the body as that history unfolded in California’s Central Valley. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) RA807.C2 N37 2006 AVAILABLE
Trace Elements From Soil To Human

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Alina Kabata-Pendias, Arun B. MukherjeePublication Details
BookSpringer2007Description
The authors review the key features of trace elements in soils, plants and the food web on which human beings survive. Geochemical processes and information on international legislation on trace elements as both micronutrients and contaminants in soil and food are presented in parallel and are related to ecology and health risk assessments. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) RA566 .K33 2007 AVAILABLE
Earth Materials And Health Research Priorities For Earth Science And Public Health

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Committee on Research Priorities for Earth Science and Public Health, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine, National Reseach Council and Institute of Medicine of the National AcademiesPublication Details
E-ResourceNational Academies Press2007Links
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Global Environmental Health In The 21st Century From Governmental Regulation To Corporate Social Responsibility : A Workshop Summary

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Myron Harrison and Christine Coussens, rapporteurs ; Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National AcademiesPublication Details
E-ResourceNational Academies Press2007Links
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Toxic Exposures : Contested Illnesses And The Environmental Health Movement

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Phil BrownPublication Details
BookColumbia University Press2007Links
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“Topical, exceptionally well-researched, and grounded in social theory but accessible to nonspecialists, Toxic Exposures will find a broad audience of scholars, policy makers, activists, and scientists.” (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) RB152.5 .B76 2007 AVAILABLE
Calculated Risks : The Toxicity And Human Health Risks Of Chemicals In Our Environment

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Joseph V. RodricksPublication Details
Book2nd edCambridge University Press2007Description
With updated and comprehensive coverage of international developments of risk management and safety, this will have broad appeal to researchers and professionals involved in chemical safety and regulation as well as the general reader interested in environmental pollution and public health. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) RA565 .R63 2007 AVAILABLE
Environmental Health : From Global To Local

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Howard Frumkin, editorPublication Details
BookJossey-Bass2005Links
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Environmental Health: From Global to Local offers students a comprehensive introduction to environmental health. The authors survey the major issues in contemporary environmental health, ranging from global issues such as climate change and war to regional issues such as air, water, transportation, and energy to local issues such as food safety, pest control, and occupational health. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) RA565 .E482 2006 AVAILABLE
How Everyday Products Make People Sick : Toxins At Home And In The Workplace

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Paul D. BlancPublication Details
BookUniversity of California Press2007Links
Description
This book reveals the hidden health dangers in many of the seemingly innocent products we encounter every day–a tube of glue in a kitchen drawer, a bottle of bleach in the laundry room, a rayon scarf on a closet shelf, a brass knob on the front door, a wood plank on an outdoor deck. Among the surprisingly common hazards discussed in How Everyday Products Make People Sick: * Glue and rubber cement * Chlorine bleach * Rayon and other synthetic textiles * Welding and other metal fumes * Wood preservatives * Gasoline additives (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) RA1213 .B53 2007 AVAILABLE
Tox Town Toxic Chemical And Environmental Health Risks Where You Live And Work
National Center For Environmental Health
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