Living with the Earth: Concepts in Environmental Health Science

Living with the Earth: Concepts in Environmental Health Science

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Includes all the bells and whistles you and your students have come to expect <P>It’s hard to imagine a book more innovative and groundbreaking than <STRONG>Living with the Earth: Concepts in Environmental Health Science, Third Edition</STRONG>. The first edition won the CHOICE award for Outstanding Academic Book and both previous editions became bestsellers in their own right. <P><STRONG>See what’s new and updated coverage includes:</STRONG> <UL> <LI>Emergency preparedness for environmental health practitioners including a discussion on their roles and operations </LI> <LI>Population dynamics, various cultural philosophies regarding overpopulation, and underpopulation in the developed nations </LI> <LI>Mechanisms of environmental disease with emphasis on genetic disease and developmental disorders </LI> <LI>Alternative to chemical pest control </LI> <LI>Genetic basis of cancer </LI> <LI>The growing problems of asthma and air pollutants as well as newly emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases </LI> <LI>An exploration of the mechanisms of toxicity, with special reference to the immune system and endocrine disruption </LI> <LI>Hazardous waste treatment, use, and recycling </LI> <LI>HACCP and assuring food quality, food safety issues, and Food Quality Protection Act </LI> <LI>Risk assessment and risk management principles </LI> <LI>A discussion in the change in directions in regulatory compliance </LI> <LI>Technical illustrations, charts, graphs, and photographs that improve learning and simplify concepts </LI></UL> <P><STRONG>What’s on the Web:</STRONG> <UL> <LI>Test bank and study questions </LI> <LI>Microsoft PowerPoint presentation slides in digital format </LI> <LI>Study guides with detailed notes, color figures, and tables </LI> <LI>Printable sample questions and answers for each chapter </LI> <LI>Search tools for online journals and databases covering useful, up-to-date information </LI></UL> <P><STRONG>Incorporates traditional concepts with new, emerging, and controversial issues</STRONG> <P>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.</P>