Environmental Health (eBook)

HOWARD FRUMKIN, MD, MPH, DrPH, is Dean and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington School of Public Health. He formerly served at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, first as director of the National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and later as Special Assistant to the CDC Director for Climate Change and Health.

Tables, Figures, Text Boxes, and Tox Boxes ix

The Editor xix

The Contributors xxi

Acknowledgments xxix

Potential Conflicts of Interest in Environmental Health: From Global to Local xxxi

PART 1 METHODS AND PARADIGMS 1

Chapter 1 Introduction to Environmental Health 3
Howard Frumkin

Chapter 2 Ecology and Ecosystems as Foundational for Health 27
Margot W. Parkes and Pierre Horwitz

Chapter 3 Sustainability and Health 59
Cindy L. Parker, Jessica D. Rhodes, and Brian S. Schwartz

Chapter 4 Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology 83
Kyle Steenland and Christine L. Moe

Chapter 5 Geospatial Data for Environmental Health 111
Lance A. Waller

Chapter 6 Toxicology 123
Gary W. Miller

Chapter 7 Genes, Genomics, and Environmental Health 153
David L. Eaton and Christopher M. Schaupp

Chapter 8 Exposure Science, Industrial Hygiene, and Exposure Assessment 181
Michael G. Yost and P. Barry Ryan

Chapter 9 Environmental Psychology 203
Nancy M. Wells, Gary W. Evans, and Kristin Aldred Cheek

Chapter 10 Environmental Health Ethics 231
Andrew Jameton

Chapter 11 Environmental Justice and Vulnerable Populations 251
Rachel Morello-Frosch and Manuel Pastor

PART 2 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ON THE GLOBAL SCALE 273

Chapter 12 Climate Change and Human Health 275
Jonathan A. Patz and Howard Frumkin

PART 3 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ON THE REGIONAL SCALE 317

Chapter 13 Air Pollution 319
Michelle L. Bell and Jonathan Samet

Chapter 14 Energy and Human Health 345
Howard Frumkin

Chapter 15 Healthy Communities 377
Andrew L. Dannenberg and Anthony G. Capon

Chapter 16 Water and Health 413
Timothy Ford

PART 4 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ON THE LOCAL SCALE 451

Chapter 17 Solid and Hazardous Waste 453
Sven E. Rodenbeck and Henry Falk

Chapter 18 Pest Control and Pesticides 477
Mark Gregory Robson, George C. Hamilton, Wattasit Siriwong, and Héctor Luis Maldonado Pérez

Chapter 19 Food Systems, the Environment, and Public Health 503
Pamela Rhubart Berg, Leo Horrigan, and Roni Neff

Chapter 20 Buildings and Health 539
Howard Frumkin

Chapter 21 Work, Health, andWell-Being 581
David Michaels and Gregory R.Wagner

Chapter 22 Radiation 603
Matthew P. Moeller

Chapter 23 Injuries 635
Jeremy J. Hess, Anna Q. Yaffee, Jason R. Holmes, and Junaid A. Razzak

Chapter 24 Environmental Disasters 667
Mark E. Keim

Chapter 25 Nature Contact 693
Howard Frumkin

PART 5 THE PRACTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 723

Chapter 26 Environmental Public Health: From Theory to Practice 725
Lynn R. Goldman

Chapter 27 Risk Assessment in Environmental Health 747
Mary C. Sheehan, Juleen Lam, and Thomas A. Burke

Chapter 28 Communicating Environmental Health 769
Edward Maibach and Vincent T. Covello

Index 791