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How Much Risk? Inge F. Goldstein (Division of Epidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Columbia University School of Public Health)

How Much Risk? By Inge F. Goldstein (Division of Epidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Columbia University School of Public Health)

Summary

This analysis and scientific assesment looks at the nature and level of risk environmental health hazards pose to the public. Issues such as radiation, radon, environmental factors and asthma, pesticides and breast cancer are all discussed and how scientists assess these risks is illuminated.

How Much Risk? Summary

How Much Risk?: A Guide to Understanding Environmental Health Hazards by Inge F. Goldstein (Division of Epidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Columbia University School of Public Health)

An excellent critical analysis and scientific assessment of the nature and actual level of risk leading environmental health hazards pose to the public. Issues such as radiation from nuclear testing, radon in the home, and the connection between electromagnetic fields and cancer, environmental factors and asthma, pesticides and breast cancer and leukaemia clusters around nuclear plants are discussed and how scientists assesa these risks is illuminated. This book will enable readers to better understand environmental health issues and with the proper scientific understanding, make informed, rational decisions about them.

How Much Risk? Reviews

... an interesting, scientifically faultless book written in language that an intelligent secondary school graduate can understand ... This is a well-balanced and enjoyable book that has increased my understanding of environmental risks and their assessment. * Family Practice *

Table of Contents

Preface 1: Introduction: What We Hope to Do 2: Atomic Bombs, Nuclear Fallout, and Dental X-Rays 3: Radon in Your Basement 4: Childhood Leukemia Near Nuclear Plants 5: Breast Cancer, Part 1: The Rise of Activism and the Pesticide Hypothesis 6: Breast Cancer, Part 2: Testing the Pesticide Hypothesis 7: Power Lines, Magnetic Fields, and Cancer 8: Cancer from the Landfill? 9: Asthma, Allergy, and Air Pollution 10: Summary: Lessons from a Disaster Bibliography Index

Additional information

NPB9780195139945
9780195139945
0195139941
How Much Risk?: A Guide to Understanding Environmental Health Hazards by Inge F. Goldstein (Division of Epidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Columbia University School of Public Health)
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Hardback
Oxford University Press Inc
2002-02-28
352
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