Environmental Policy and Public Health

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8493-8434-9
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 816 g

Advances in environmental protection and public health result from democratic processes that debate environmental health concerns and propose legislative and other policy solutions. Delineating the delicate relationship between environmental policy and public health, Environmental Policy and Public Health explores the development of environmental health policies, the statutes that address public health concerns about specific environmental hazards, and policy issues that impact environmental health programs. Covering the fundamentals of environmental policy, this concise guide identifies the steps in environmental policy making, the federal government's environmental health structure, and the general environmental status. It focuses on environmental hazards, including air contamination, water pollution, unsafe food, pesticides and toxic substances, and hazardous waste that have been associated with degraded human health. The book provides a unique description of international environmental health organizations and programs and describes how risk assessment has become an integral policy in environmental health legislation.Presenting a historical perspective of how environmental health has evolved, Environmental Policy and Public Health is the first book to bridge human health concerns and environmental protection. The book relates the relationship between controlling environmental hazards and the impact on human health and public health practice. It outlines how environmental justice has evolved and has been integrated into government environmental policies.

Zielgruppe

Beginning graduate students in public health and environmental engineering; occupational health and safety engineers, risk assessment engineers, and environmental engineers

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, Barry L. (Emory University

Johnson, Barry L.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY Introduction Environmental Health Policy FrameworkKey Definitions Evolution of Environmental HealthPublic Health FundamentalsThe Role of Government Public's Policy ExpectationsCritical Thinking Summary Policy QuestionsNotes References STEPS IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH POLICY MAKINGIntroductionInfluences on Environmental Health Policy The Public's Concerns Establishing Environmental Health PolicyPACM Model Policies to Control Environmental HazardsPolicy as a Means to Disease PreventionEnvironmental EthicsSummary Policy QuestionsNotesReferencesFEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STRUCTURE IntroductionCivics 101 Dichotomous Environmental and Public Health StatutesDHHS Agencies with Environmental ProgramsLegislated Environmental Health Pairings Other Federal Environmental Health ProgramsAdministrative Procedures Act Federal Government's Regulatory Programs Summary Policy QuestionsNotesReferences GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL STATUTESIntroduction Regulations and Standards Enforcement and Penalties Consumer Product Safety ActEnvironmental Research & Development Demonstration Information Quality ActNational Contingency Plan National Environmental Policy ActNoise Control Act Occupational Safety and Health ActPublic Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act Public Health Service Act Summary Policy QuestionsNotes References AIR AND WATER STATUTESIntroduction The Clean Air Act The Clean Water ActThe Safe Drinking Water ActSummaryPolicy QuestionsNotes ReferencesFOOD SAFETY STATUTESIntroductionFederal Meat Inspection ActFood, Drug, and Cosmetic ActState and Local Health Departments' Food Safety Authorities Food Safety Policy IssuesSummaryPolicy QuestionsNotesReferencesPESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES STATUTESIntroductionFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act The Food Quality Protection Act Toxic Substances Control ActSummaryPolicy QuestionsNotesReferencesSOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE STATUTESIntroductionResource Conservation and Recovery ActComprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability ActOcean Dumping Act Act to Prevent Pollution from ShipsOil Pollution Act Pollution Prevention Act SummaryPolicy QuestionsNotesReferencesINTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMSIntroduction United NationsWorld Bank World Trade OrganizationEuropean UnionInternational Rankings of Environmental StatusSummaryPolicy QuestionsNotes References POLICY IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY/JUSTICEIntroductionA Matter of DefinitionHistoryPresidential Executive Order on Environmental Justice International Perspective ObservationPolicy Implications of Environmental JusticeSummaryPolicy QuestionsNotesReferences POLICY IMPACTS OF RISK ASSESSMENTIntroductionEvolution of Risk Assessment Federal Government's Involvement Human Health Risk AssessmentEcological Risk Assessment Occupational Injury Risk AssessmenOther Applications of Risk AssessmentPublic Health Concerns Regarding Risk Assessment Other Critics of Risk Assessment SummaryPolicy QuestionsNotes ReferencesABBREVIATIONS GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMSReferencesINDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Barry L. Johnson