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.
See what s new and updated coverage includes:
- 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.