Environmental policy and public health : air pollution, global climate change, and wilderness

• 作者： Rom, William N.
• 出版： San Francisco : Jossey-Bass
• 版本：1st ed.
• 叢書名： Public health/environmental health ;14
• 主題： Environmental health--Government policy. , Medical policy
• ISBN： 9780470593431 (pbk.) 、 0470593431 (pbk.) 、 9781118095645 (ebk.) 、 9781118095652 (ebk.) 、 9781118095669 (ebk.)
• 資料類型: 圖書
• 內容註: Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-406) and index. Clean Air Act and the National Environmental Policy Act -- Particulate matter -- Ozone -- Sulfur dioxide and acid rain -- Environmental tobacco smoke -- Children's environmental health: mercury and lead -- Role of community advocacy groups in environmental protection: example of September 11, 2001 -- Medical response to an environmental disaster: lessons from the World Trade Center Attacks -- Chlorofluorocarbons and the development of the ozone hole -- Global warming science and consequences -- National green energy plan -- Climate change policy options -- Environmental policy and the land: wilderness preservation -- Environmental policy and advocacy groups: the Wilderness Society: a case study -- Alaska: America's wilderness frontier: a case study -- Clean Water Act and water ecosystems -- Toxic chemicals in the environment: government regulations and public health.
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• 摘要註: "This important resource provides an overview of the major environmental policy issues, both historic and topical, and explains how science plays a role in various forms of policy response. It scrutinizes the sources of pollution and threats to environmental integrity, the consequences of pollution on the environment and health and explains the legal basis for environmental action. The book explains science-based environmental regulation versus cost-benefit scenarios and advocacy by regulated industry and public health organizations. This resource is designed for graduate students in public health and environmental studies"--
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