Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health EffectsMorton Lippmann 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 |
807 | |
Aluminum Arsenic Cadmium and Nickel | 811 |
Ultraviolet Radiation | 851 |
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 |
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