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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Environmental Issues For The Twenty-First Century And Their Impact On Human Health, Richard B. Philp
Environmental Issues For The Twenty-First Century And Their Impact On Human Health, Richard B. Philp
Richard B. Philp
This text is available from the author on CD in Word format. It deals with current environmental pollution issues, their effects on human health (e.g. the Gulf oil spill) and offers some remedies.
Ecosystems And Human Health:Toxicology And Environmental Hazards, Richard Philp
Ecosystems And Human Health:Toxicology And Environmental Hazards, Richard Philp
Richard B. Philp
This is a teaching text covering the toxicology of pollutants such as heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants, pesticides, as well as of animal and plant venoms and toxins. Environmental disasters are discussed and updated. There numerous case studies and each chapter has a self-evaluation quizz. See also www.amazon.com/Ecosystems-Human-Health-Toxicology-Environmental/dp/146656721
Environmental Issues For The Twenty-First Century And Their Impact On Human Health, Richard Philp
Environmental Issues For The Twenty-First Century And Their Impact On Human Health, Richard Philp
Richard B. Philp
This e-book documents environmental hazards from disasters such as the Gulf oil spill, from pollution resulting from resource exploitation, from contamination of the marine environment and from climate change including the role of human source greenhouse gases. Pollution from the electronic industry is a recent and serious threat to human and environmental health. The final chapter offers some means of preventing or reversing these hazards. Now available on Amazon
Human Health And Environmental Hazards Of Farmed Fish, Richard B. Philp
Human Health And Environmental Hazards Of Farmed Fish, Richard B. Philp
Richard B. Philp
Aquaculture, or fish farming, now provides a significant portion of the world's supply of fin-fish for human consumption. Since 1985, the production of farmed fish has nearly quadrupled. Associated problems include levels of persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals as compared to wild-caught fish, enviromnental problems from waste food and excrement, disease hazards for fish and humans and depletion of wild forage fish to produce food pellets for farmed fish. The recent introduction of genetically modified salmon has added another potential hazard for the environment and possible for human health. These and other problems are discussed with recommendations for human …
Adverse Health Consequences Following Aerial Spraying With Bacillus Thuringiensis (Var. Kursraki) (Btk) To Control The Gypsy Moth: Flaws In Government Risk Assessments And In Public Health Officials' Attitudes, Richard B. Philp
Richard B. Philp
The soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis is noteworthy for its ability to infect fatally the digestive tract of moths, butterflies and other insects, making it an attractive biological agent to control insects that can damage crops and trees. One subspecies B. thuringiensis (var. kurstaki) is used in commercial preparations such as Foray 48B that can be applied as a spray on the ground or from aircraft. The latter approach is especially appealing as large areas can be sprayed at relatively low cost. The use of such spraying in populated, urban areas often results in reports of illnesses such as nausea, vomiting, …
Reflections On Recycling, Pollution And History Or, How To Beat The High Cost Of Living, Richard B. Philp
Reflections On Recycling, Pollution And History Or, How To Beat The High Cost Of Living, Richard B. Philp
Richard B. Philp
Lessons learned during the Great Depression and World War II may have to be relearned. The three Rs (reduce, reuse and recycle) were essential then to individual and national survival. A fourth R, repair, was practised as well. These lessons, if relearned, will stand us in good stead when dealing with the current economic climate as well as with problems of pollution and global warming.
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Psychological Or Somatic?, Richard B. Philp
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Psychological Or Somatic?, Richard B. Philp
Richard B. Philp
Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is one of a complex group of related disorders that includes fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, acute anxiety disorder, and sick building syndrome that share some symptomatology and that are sometimes grouped under the category of idiopathic environmental intolerance or IEIs. In MCS the individual (female in 4 of 5 cases) reacts in an aversive manner to a host of inhaled chemicals (odors) after an initial “sensitizing” exposure. This group is characterized by the absence of any definitive, objective, diagnostic criteria. Because of this these conditions are generally felt to have a predominantly psychological etiology. Nevertheless, there …
Organochlorine Levels In Seawater And Sediment From The Florida Gulf Coast, If Present, Are Low. , Richard B. Philp
Organochlorine Levels In Seawater And Sediment From The Florida Gulf Coast, If Present, Are Low. , Richard B. Philp
Richard B. Philp
Seawater and sediment from the Florida panhandle coast were assayed for a panel of 28 organochlorine insecticides and PCBs. No samples exeeded the detection limits of the analytical technique, which were well below levels reported for other ocean locales. Organochlorine levels in this area of the Gulf must be very low. This does not preclude their biomagnificatioon up the food web.
Organochlorine Levels In Seawater And Sediment From The Florida Gulf Coast, If Present, Are Low., Richard B. Philp
Organochlorine Levels In Seawater And Sediment From The Florida Gulf Coast, If Present, Are Low., Richard B. Philp
Richard B. Philp
Abstract Seawater and bottom sediment from two areas of the Gulf of Mexico near-shore waters along the Florida panhandle, one near Panacea (South of Tallahassee) and the other, St. Joseph Bay, about 100 km to the west, were analyzed for organochlorines (OCs). The first area is contiguous with the open water of Apalachee Bay and receives significant fresh water inflow. The second is a long, narrow bay with a north-facing mouth adjacent to the mainland and little fresh water inflow. Samples were analyzed for a panel of 28 OCs including several insecticides and metabolites as well as hexaxhlorobenzene and total …
Herbal-Drug Interactions And Adverse Effects: An Evidence-Based Quick Reference Guide, Richard Philp
Herbal-Drug Interactions And Adverse Effects: An Evidence-Based Quick Reference Guide, Richard Philp
Richard B. Philp
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