Our Precarious Habitat? The Sky Is Not Falling

Taking an evidence-based approach along with a dose of healthy skepticism, this edition brings together a range of scientific topics concerning the threats to the quality of human life. It dispels environmental myths by measuring the barometers of environmental health - cancer death rates; birth and infant mortality rates; pesticides; and more.

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Taking an evidence-based approach along with a dose of healthy skepticism, this new edition of a paradigm-shaking book brings together, in one place, a broad range of hot-button scientific topics concerning the threats to the quality of human life. This book dispels environmental myths by measuring the barometers of environmental health - cancer death rates; birth and infant mortality rates; air, water, and noise pollution; hazardous wastes; chemicals in food; pesticides; accidents and occupational health; sanitary sewage and waste water treatment; disease patterns; and more.