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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
The "Occupy" Movement: What's It All About?, Richard Philp
The "Occupy" Movement: What's It All About?, Richard Philp
Richard B. Philp
The Occupy Wall Street movement has spread around the world and despite criticism that it lacks clear goals it has raised awareness of many of the societal problems afflicting the middle and working classes including increasing disparity of income between the very rich and the rest of the populace. This paper discusses many of these concerns and speculates on the evolution of the movement.
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, …