Living with the Earth

Incorporates traditional concepts of environmental health with controversies regarding environmental threats to human health. This book features chapters on emerging diseases and emergency preparedness, including the significant reasons for the emergence of these diseases and the main etiological agents related to them.

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It’s hard to imagine a book more innovative and groundbreaking than Living with the Earth: Concepts in Environmental Health Science, Third Edition. The first edition won the CHOICE award for Outstanding Academic Book and both previous editions became bestsellers in their own right.


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Emergency preparedness for environmental health practitioners including a discussion on their roles and operations
Population dynamics, various cultural philosophies regarding overpopulation, and underpopulation in the developed nations
Mechanisms of environmental disease with emphasis on genetic disease and developmental disorders
Alternative to chemical pest control
Genetic basis of cancer
The growing problems of asthma and air pollutants as well as newly emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases
An exploration of the mechanisms of toxicity, with special reference to the immune system and endocrine disruption
Hazardous waste treatment, use, and recycling
HACCP and assuring food quality, food safety issues, and Food Quality Protection Act
Risk assessment and risk management principles
A discussion in the change in directions in regulatory compliance
Technical illustrations, charts, graphs, and photographs that improve learning and simplify concepts


What’s on the Web:




Test bank and study questions
Microsoft PowerPoint presentation slides in digital format
Study guides with detailed notes, color figures, and tables
Printable sample questions and answers for each chapter
Search tools for online journals and databases covering useful, up-to-date information


Incorporates traditional concepts with new, emerging, and controversial issues


Always on the forefront of new ideas and new technology, the book includes up-to-date topics and information enhanced by Web features that make the book easy to use for professor and students alike.