Environmental and Human Health: Risk Management in Developing Countries

Author:   Eddie N. Laboy-Nieves (University of Turabo, Gurabo, Puerto Rico) ,  Mattheus F.A. Goosen (Alfaisal University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) ,  Evens Emmanuel
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138116696


Pages:   290
Publication Date:   21 June 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Examines and discusses multidisciplinary aspects of the impacts that humans had on the physical environment, the biota, and human health, focusing on the scenario of developing and under-developing countries. This book covers such areas as: environmental degradation, pollution, occupational health, risk management, epidemiology and toxicology.

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Author:   Eddie N. Laboy-Nieves (University of Turabo, Gurabo, Puerto Rico) ,  Mattheus F.A. Goosen (Alfaisal University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) ,  Evens Emmanuel
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138116696


ISBN 10:   1138116696
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   21 June 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Preface 1. Environmental and human health risk management: An overview 2. Tsunami hazards 3. Groundwater resources 4. Communicating environmental risks 5. Environmental management in Brazil 6. Atmospheric aerosols 7. Thillandsia sp. for monitoring PAHs 8. Cost-benefit analysis for risk management 9. Adjusted genuine savings and human development index 10. Sorbents to remove chromium from industrial wastewater discharges 11. Degradation of PCBs and spilled oil by bioenhancing agents 12. Impact of surface runoff on aquifers 13. Stormwater management practices 14. Sludge process for risk management 15. Health-related aspects of wastewater reuse 16. Cryptosporidium oocyst transmission 17. Ethnoecological restoration of deforested and agrocultural tropical lands.

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Eddie N. Laboy-Nieves works as Associate Professor in the School of Science and Technology, Universidad del Turabo (http://ut.pr), Puerto Rico. He has nearly 25 years experience teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses related to environmental sciences. He is alumni of Frostburg State University and the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research, where he earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Wildlife Management and Ecology, respectively. Dr. Laboy-Nieves has authored, co-authored, edited and peer-reviewed over 35 scientific publications. He is the President of the International Center for Environmental and Sustainable Development Studies: CIEMADeS (http://ciemades.org), Puerto Rico Chapter, the organization that promoted the publishing of this volume. MATTHEUS (THEO) F. A. GOOSEN is Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies at Alfaisal University (www.alfaisal.edu), a new private non-profit institution in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Previously he held the position of Campus Dean (CAO) at the New York Institute of Technology in Amman, Jordan. Dr. Goosen has also held academic dean positions at the Universidad del Turabo in Puerto Rico, USA, and at the Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman. He obtained his doctoral degree in Chemical/Biomedical Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada, in 1981.? After graduation he spent three years as a post doc at Connaught Laboratories in Toronto and then ten years at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He has been on the Board of Directors of two companies. Dr. Goosen has published extensively with over 150 papers, book chapters, books, and patents to his credit. EVENS EMMANUEL is the Dean of the Faculty of Sciences and Engineering, Director of the Laboratory of Water and Environment Quality, and Head of the Graduate School of Ecotoxicology, Environment and Management of Water of the Université Quisqueya, a private nonprofit institution of 2,000 students in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He holds a Master of Sciences in Sanitary Engineering from Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala and a doctoral degree in Environmental Engineering from the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon, France. He is the President/Coordinator of the Haiti CIEMADeS Chapter, Scientific Director of the Haitian National Committee of UNESCO International Hydrological Program, National Coordinator of UNESCO ISARM Program, and member of the task force Education and Capacity Building of UNESCO Ecohydrology Program.

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