Recent Trends and Advances in Environmental Health

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Series: Environmental Remediation Technologies, Regulations and Safety
BISAC: SCI026000

There is a growing global concern about rapidly changing environmental conditions, which is, in turn, linked closely with human health. This book focuses on environmental health issues, scientific understanding of causes, and promising future approaches to control the foremost environmental problems in developed and developing countries. This book emphasizes on the broad spectrum of information resources required in the field of environmental health and provides a detailed review of man–environment–health interrelationships and a basic background for scientists working in the area of environmental health. It offers an overview of the methodology and paradigms of the inter-related, dynamic, evolving fields, ranging from ecology to epidemiology and from environmental health to toxicology.

The main features of the book are an evaluation of environmental parameters (such as air quality, water quality, environmental emission) in the perspective of human health deterioration and an improvement of awareness on public health status as a component of human welfare. The chapters include the response of human body to environmental pollutants and also encompass the effects of different environmental factors: physical, chemical, and biological agents of environmental contamination; vectors for dissemination (air, water, soil); solid and hazardous waste, and susceptible populations; bio-markers and risk analysis; the scientific basis for policy decision; occupational health and safety issues; emerging global environmental problems like dissemination of antibiotics in environment and other important areas such as metagenomics application for environmental health.

This book is a fundamental text for policy- makers requiring a scientific explanation, for the development of innovative environmental regulations and exposure reduction strategies, scientists researching public health and environmental contamination, and members of the community concerned in human health issues.
(Imprint: Nova)

 

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Environmental Health: An Overview
(Manoj Kumar, Swasti Shubham and Devojit Kumar Sarma, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, India)

Chapter 2. Environmental Epidemiology
(Yogesh Sabde and Amreen Khan, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, India, and others)

Chapter 3. Air Pollution: Types, Sources and Health Implications
(Shweta Yadav and Ajay Kumar ,Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Jammu, Jammu, India)

Chapter 4. Soil Pollution: Health Implications and Management
(Dhananjay Tripathi, Karuna Singh and Mohd. Asif Mansoori, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, India)

Chapter 5. Water Pollution: Sources, Environmental Pathways and Toxicity
(Alvia Aslam, Rajesh Kumar Ranjan and Karuna Singh, Central University of South Bihar, Tikari, Gaya, Bihar, India, and others)

Chapter 6. Noise Pollution and Health
(Vikas Dhiman, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, India)

Chapter 7. Climate Change and Its Potential Risks Towards Public Health
(Devojit Kumar Sarma, Manoj Kumar, Swasti Shubham, Anil Prakash and Rajnarayan R. Tiwari, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India)

Chapter 8. Environmental Toxic Metals and Elements: Impact on Human Health
(A. Ramesh Kumar, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, India)

Chapter 9. Occupational Health
(Rajnarayan R. Tiwari, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, India)

Chapter 10. The Effects of Ionizing and Non-Ionizing Radiation on Health
(Ravindra Samarth, Mayank Kumar, Yoshihisa Matsumoto and Kailash Manda, Department of Research, Bhopal Memorial Hospital & Research Centre, Bhopal, India, and others)

Chapter 11. Environmental Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Their Health Hazard
(Swasti Shubham, Devojit Kumar Sarma, Vinod Verma, Rajnarayan R. Tiwari, Anil Prakash and Manoj Kumar, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, India, and others)

Chapter 12. Pesticides and Related Organic Chemicals: Impacts on Human Health and Environment along with Rectification Efforts
(Rajeev Kumar, Teenu Jasrotia, Ganga Ram Chaudhary, Reshma and Nguyen Thu Ha, Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, and others)

Chapter 13. Breakthroughs in Solid Waste Management and Environmental Health
(Ashpreet Kaur, Nguyen Thu Ha, Bau-Son Trinh and Rajeev Kumar, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, US, and others)

Chapter 14. Foodborne Illnesses and Environmental Factors
(Himaja Nallagatla, Devraj J.P., R. Hemalatha and Manoj Kumar, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, and others)

Chapter 15. Gene-Environment Interactions: Implications for Environmental Health
(Amit K. Tripathi, Sindhuprava Rana, Shanmugasundaram Devika, Sidra Nafees and Rajesh Ahirwar, Department of Molecular Biology, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, India, and others)

Chapter 16. Dissemination of Antibiotic Resistance Genes as Environmental Contaminants: A Public Health Threat
(Manoj Kumar, Swasti Shubham, Devojit Kumar Sarma, Ashok Kumar, Shashi Bhushan Kumar, Dhananjay Tripathi, Ashok Kumar Yadav and Birbal Singh, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, India, and others)

Chapter 17. Metagenomics in Community and Veterinary Epidemiology
(Birbal Singh, Gorakh Mal, Manoj Kumar, Vinod Verma and Sanjeev Kumar Gautam, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Regional Station, Palampur, India, and others)

Chapter 18. An Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment
(Dhritiman Das, Khalid A Mazid, G. U. Ahmed and Devojit Kumar Sarma, Pygmy Hog Conservation Programme [Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust], Pygmy Hog Research and Breeding Centre, Guwahati, Assam, India, and others)

About the Editors

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Keywords: Environment, Health, Pollution

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