fm Page i Friday, March 2, 2007 11:55 AM 1/2 Title Living with the Earth Concepts in Third Edition Environmental Health Science 7998_C000.fm Page ii Friday, March 2, 2007 11:55 AM 7998_C000.fm Page iii Friday, March 2, 2007 11:55 AM Title Living with the Earth Concepts in Third Edition Environmental Health Science Gary S. Moore Boca Raton London New York CRC Press is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 © 2007 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business No claim to original U. Government works Version Date: 20130821 International Standard Book Number-13: 978-0-8493-7999-4 (eBook - PDF) This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or the consequences of their use.
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It is also highly recommended for members of boards of health, health officers and health inspectors, and citizens who are members of proactive environmental groups such as the Sierra Club, public interest research groups, Clean Water Action, Environmental Defense Fund, and many others. SYNOPSIS OF THE BOOK This book contains 14 carefully illustrated and narratively exciting chapters on the subject of environmental health sciences. The contents are derived from a core course Dr. Moore instructs at the University of Massachusetts titled “Environmental Health Practices,” and this book incorporates both the traditional concepts associated with environmental health, along with new, emerging, and controversial issues associated with environmental threats to human health.
Emphasis is placed on biological, chemical, and physical sources of pollution, and the methods of controlling or limiting those exposures. Careful attention is paid to presenting a balanced view representing opposing scientific views on major issues ranging from the greenhouse effect to reproductive problems associated with endocrine disruptors. KEY FEATURES • A wide offering of instructor-support materials including PowerPoint presentation slides in digital format, a Web-enhanced course site, and an examination (test) bank • Numerous author-created, detailed technical illustrations and photographs throughout the text and the Web-enhanced course site • New chapters on emerging diseases and emergency preparedness, includ- ing the most significant reasons for their emergence, and the major etio- logical agents associated with emerging diseases and bioterrorism • Measures of population dynamics including the contrasts of various cul- tural philosophies regarding “overpopulation,” and the new problems of “under-population” in the developed nations 7998_C000.fm Page vi Friday, March 2, 2007 11:55 AM • New developments in areas of: The emerging problems of asthma and associated air pollutants The genetic basis of cancer and the roles of behavior and pollution in can- cer risk The biology of genetics, mutation and birth defects, and much more USING THE WEBSITE The Website has been constructed to provide maximum usefulness for the student and the instructor. The site has been actively tested by student use and modified to meet student and instructor expectations.
This is an ongoing and dynamic effort, and readers are encouraged to suggest improvements in the Website that would make it more useful and interesting. The site has been designed to work with most popular browsers and is fast-loading, with most images linked to text and selected for viewing by the user. This design is intended to speed up the use of the site and let users get to where they want quickly without being overwhelmed by graphics that automati- cally load and slow down the process. STUDENTS The Website address is http://www-unix.
There will be areas on the Website that you will need a username and password. Students will use “ulearn” for the username and “mar99” for the password. Once you connect with the site and enter the correct ID and password, the possible use of the site will be immediately obvious. The most useful section to you will likely be the site location featuring “A Book Study Guide.” This section features chapter-by-chapter detailed notes and associated Web links with each chapter.
Just scroll down to the chapter of interest, and clicking on the highlighted chapter number (view text with images, Chapter 1.html) will bring the detailed notes section for that chapter to your screen. You may print these out directly. The associated figures for the chapter are in full color and may be displayed by clicking on the highlighted figure number (Figure 1. These may also be printed for your use.
They are copyrighted figures and are not to be used for electronic or printed distribution in any form or manner without the publisher’s permission. Associated with each chapter are links to Websites that will take you to some of the most useful sites maintained on that subject matter by the U. government, international and national organizations, academic institutions, and some private groups. You may take a trip through the Amazon rain forest with both still and video images by entering the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Site (NASA) at “Live from the Rainforest” under the Chapter 1 Web links.
If you want to know what industries close to your home are producing and/or emitting hazardous chem- icals, and the amount and type of chemicals, enter the site called “Scorecard Home.” These and other sites offer a wealth of information, which the student is encouraged to explore. There are also a number of searchable databases where you will be able to enter and find most any environmental topic by keyword.fm Page vii Friday, March 2, 2007 11:55 AM INSTRUCTOR MATERIALS The instructor for this course will have all of the features available to students and will also have access to chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint files which they may down- load directly from the Website. There are nearly 1100 slides with more than 250 images in full color taken directly from the book. The slides are based on the detailed course notes condensed from each chapter.
The PowerPoint files may be shown using an LCD projection system in combination with a computer, printed on trans- parencies, or sent to a service bureau for digital imaging to 35 mm slides. The digital files may be modified by the instructor in PowerPoint to meet his/her needs in the classroom. I am also including in the instructor materials section a test bank of exam questions on a chapter-by-chapter basis. The questions include multiple choice, true and false, and short essay questions.
The answers are supplied along with the page numbers in the text where the answers may be found. The test bank materials are in rich text format (RTF) that may be opened with most any common popular word processor. The instructor will also benefit from the searchable databases provided as Web links to obtain the latest information on environmental health topics. Addi- tionally, I will also be providing a “hot-topics” section where new materials on important environmental issues will be placed, making the book and its associated Website current.
The instructors are encouraged to contact me with information they believe should be included in the “hot-topics” section, and recommendations for the Website they believe would increase its usefulness. This Website is password pro- tected. Instructors may acquire the user name and password by submitting a request to GMoore43@CHARTER. Please include your academic affiliation, phone number, and academic email address.fm Page viii Friday, March 2, 2007 11:55 AM 7998_C000.fm Page ix Friday, March 2, 2007 11:55 AM Acknowledgments My wife Lucille has provided unwavering support during my long periods of absence from her side, accepting my dedication to this project and keeping me fed and clothed in the interim.
I extend sincere thanks to all the students mentioned above who wrote some of the text for selected chapters and provided much needed proofreading for most of the book. These students all benefited enormously from the experience, and grew in confidence and capabilities. I provided instruction in the areas of writing and organization, page layout, and graphic design. Each student took something of importance with them.
John Edman, an entomology professor at the University of Massachusetts, provided slides for most of the insects discussed in Chapter 6. The pictures featuring African children and scenes were provided by Marie Krause Cote, who spent several months in Africa assisting as an educator to tribeswomen in producing cloth goods for market. Many of the pictures on wildlife, wetlands, and biomes came from U. government departments including the U.
Fish and Wild- life Services (USFWS), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the U. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).fm Page x Friday, March 2, 2007 11:55 AM 7998_C000.fm Page xi Friday, March 2, 2007 11:55 AM Author Gary Moore, M., is a faculty member at the Yale School of Public Health (clinical asso- ciate professor) where his primary responsibilities include the development and presentation of Web- based courses on emergency preparedness for the health professions. He is a visiting scientist at Har- vard School of Public Health, Public Health Prac- tice, Center for Public Health Preparedness, where he is responsible for the development and presen- tation of Web-based courses on emergency pre- paredness for the public health and health profes- sions. He is a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Family Practice.
His primary responsibilities include the development and presentation of Web- based courses and creation of a distance learning program for the delivery of physician-created courseware. Moore is an emeritus faculty member in the Department of Envi- ronmental Health Sciences in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts where he has taught several graduate level environ- mental courses including courses on air quality assessment, environmental regula- tions and compliance, and environmental health practices. He has many publications (over 75) in the area of health effects from environmental insults, with many of his recent books having Web-enhanced components including: • You CAN Teach Online — Building Creative Learning Environments: A Web-Enhanced Resource (with K. • Environmental Compliance — A Web-Enhanced Resource.
This has a dedicated interactive Website. • Living with the Earth, Concepts in Environmental Health Science, A Web- Enhanced Book. This book, which has a dedicated interactive Website, is one of Choice magazine’s “Outstanding Academic Books of 1999,” judged on distinguished scholarship.