Delineating the delicate relationship between environmental policy and public health, this book explores the development of environmental health policies, the statutes that address public health concerns about specific environmental hazards, and policy issues that impact environmental health programs. It focuses on environmental hazards, including air contamination, water pollution, unsafe food, and hazardous waste, that have been associated with degraded human health. Featuring over 80 essay questions and an instructor's manual, the book also gives a historical perspective and describes how risk assessment has become integral in environmental health legislation.
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Public Administration & Management
Natural Hazards & Risk
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Undergraduate

This work confronts the question of geometric processes of derivation, specifically the derivation of affine planes - keying in on construction techniques and types of transformations in which lines of a newly-created plane can be understood as subplanes of the original plane. The book provides a theory of subplane covered nets without restriction to the finite case or imposing commutativity conditions.
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Applied Mathematics
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Professional

Interdisciplinary in scope, Integrated Assessment of Ecosystem Health presents a proactive approach to environmental management. The editors shift the focus of ecotoxicology away from avoiding harm onto promoting health, emphasizing the role of sustainable development. They include detailed case studies from a variety of ecosytems to illustrate the concepts covered and classify three critical issues in current ecotoxicology: fate, effect, and risk. Overall the book provides a wider perspective on ecosystem health, utilizing biology, chemistry, geology, geography, economics, engineering, planning, political science, and more.
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Environmental & Ecological Toxicology
Environmental Health
Natural Hazards & Risk
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Professional

Written by a public health official Impact of Hazardous Waste on Human Health provides the unique perspective available only from an insider. The author addresses why: hazardous waste issues must be more vigorously examined, site remediation is critical, risk management must extend beyond waste site clean up, disease prevention must be a priority, interagency partnership is mandatory, and the best technology must be applied. He provides guidance on protecting site cleanup workers, communicating with community groups, and responding to environmental justice issues. The book covers public health policy, the abilities of the EPA, and the effectiveness of CERCLA.
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Hazardous Waste & Materials
Environmental Health
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Professional

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SPC/Reliability/Quality Control
Statistical Theory & Methods
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Professional

• Chapman & Hall/CRC Monographs on Statistics & Applied Probability
SPC/Reliability/Quality Control
Probability Theory & Applications
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Professional