Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health Effects

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Morton Lippmann
John Wiley & Sons, 2000 - Medical - 987 pages
A comprehensive guide to assessing the health effects of environmental toxicants in nonoccupational settings

Now in a second edition, Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health Effects continues to offer a unique perspective on a topic that is usually focused on exposure and effects in industrial settings. Fully revised and expanded, it presents comprehensive, cutting-edge information on the effects of human exposure to selected chemicals and physical agents in nonoccupational environments. Dr. Morton Lippmann assembles expert contributions by leading authorities on each of the twenty-five environmental agents examined, providing a critical review of the accumulated evidence concerning their known or likely impact on human health, especially after long-term exposure.

Six new chapters have been added to this edition, discussing ambient particulate matter, chromium, mercury, noise, pesticides, and ultraviolet radiation. Existing chapters have been updated to include the most current information on performing risk assessments for established toxicants-from asbestos and benzene to the sick building syndrome. In the closing chapters, the authors place the discussion in a broader social and scientific context, exploring such issues as individual and community risk, environmental engineering for risk reduction, pulmonary medicine, and lessons learned in the industrial sector.

Supplemented with more than 100 illustrations and photographs, and with a view to future research trends, Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health Effects is an indispensable guide for public health officials, industrial hygienists, epidemiologists, and primary care physicians involved in risk assessment and management for exposed individuals and populations.
 

Contents

Introduction and Background
1
Ambient Particulate Matter
31
Diesel Exhaust
41
Asbestos and Other Mineral and Vitreous Fibers
65
Benzene
122
Mechanisms of Toxicity
131
Risk Assessment
138
Carbon Monoxide
151
References
513
Mercury
563
Microwaves and Electromagnetic Fields
577
Nitrogen Oxides
595
31
625
577
633
Its Effects and Control
639
Ozone
656

Chromium
173
Carcinogenicity and Teratogenic Effects
182
Historical Overview
193
Dioxins and Dioxinlike Chemicals
243
Toxicological Effects and Mechanism of Action
249
References
258
Drinking Water Disinfection
267
Food Constituents Additives and Contaminants
377
Formaldehyde and Other Aldehydes
409
Indoor Bioaerosol Contaminants
449
Hazard Assessment
461
Controls
468
Lead and Compounds
481
Distribution
491
Health Effects
500
Some ChemicalMolecular Considerations in Lead Neurotoxicity
506
Pesticides
725
Fumigants and Nematocides
733
Radon and Daughters
741
Acidic Aerosols and
771
655
807
Aluminum Arsenic Cadmium and Nickel
811
Ultraviolet Radiation
851
741
884
Volatile Organic Compounds and the Sick Building Syndrome
889
DoseResponse for Health Effects Caused by LowLevel VOC Exposure
896
Perspectives on Individual and Community Risks
905
An Environmental Engineering Perspective
921
Clinical Perspective on Respiratory Toxicology
945
Translating the Knowledge Base
969
595
981
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About the author (2000)

MORTON LIPPMANN, PhD, is Professor of Environmental Medicine at the New York University School of Medicine, and the Director of the Research Center for the Health Risks of Ambient Particulate Matter, supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He also directs the Human Exposure and Health Effects Research Program at New York University's Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine.