Environmental Policy And Public Health, Second Edition
by Barry L. Johnson /
2017 / English / PDF
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As with the first edition, this second edition describes how
environmental health policies are developed, the statutes and
other policies that have evolved to address public health
concerns associated with specific environmental hazards, and the
public health foundations of the policies. It lays out policies
for what is considered the major environmental physical hazards
to human health. Specifically, the authors describe hazards from
air, water, food, hazardous substances, and wastes. To this list
the authors have added the additional concerns from climate
change, tobacco products, genetically-modified organisms,
environment-related diseases, energy production, biodiversity and
species endangerment, and the built environment. And as with the
first edition, histories of policymaking for specific
environmental hazards are portrayed. This edition differs from
its antecedent in three significant themes. Global perspectives
are added to chapters that describe specific environmental
hazards, e.g., air pollution policies in China and India. Also
there is the material on the consequences of environmental
hazards on both human and ecosystem health. Additionally readers
are provided with information about interventions that
policymakers and individuals can consider in mitigating or
preventing specific environmental hazards.
As with the first edition, this second edition describes how
environmental health policies are developed, the statutes and
other policies that have evolved to address public health
concerns associated with specific environmental hazards, and the
public health foundations of the policies. It lays out policies
for what is considered the major environmental physical hazards
to human health. Specifically, the authors describe hazards from
air, water, food, hazardous substances, and wastes. To this list
the authors have added the additional concerns from climate
change, tobacco products, genetically-modified organisms,
environment-related diseases, energy production, biodiversity and
species endangerment, and the built environment. And as with the
first edition, histories of policymaking for specific
environmental hazards are portrayed. This edition differs from
its antecedent in three significant themes. Global perspectives
are added to chapters that describe specific environmental
hazards, e.g., air pollution policies in China and India. Also
there is the material on the consequences of environmental
hazards on both human and ecosystem health. Additionally readers
are provided with information about interventions that
policymakers and individuals can consider in mitigating or
preventing specific environmental hazards.