Understanding Environmental Health ─ How We Live in the World

Maxwell (public health, Boston U.) teaches graduate and upper-level undergraduate public health and other students about environmental health by approaching the topic through the things people do that create environmental health hazards: the hazards of living in the natural world, including infectious disease, natural disasters, and naturally occurring radiation; producing energy from fossil fuels, nuclear fuels, and alternative sources; producing manufactured foods and related pollution; producing food through an industrialized agricultural system; and living in communities, from local to global. She includes a chapter on the fundamental science and methods of environmental health, with sidebars of general science information. This edition integrates updates to scientific understanding, changes in practice and policy, and key events. It includes online access to crosswords, flashcards, quizzes, questions, and other tools. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)