Our Precarious Habitat ... It's In Your Hands - Hardcover

Benarde, Melvin A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471740659 ISBN 13: 9780471740650

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience, 2007

Synopsis

This new and expanded Fourth Edition of Dr. Benarde's myth-defying book uses an evidence-based approach to refute today's pervasive, environmental doomsday hype. With up-to-date information consolidated from authoritative scientific journals and presented in highly readable form, Our Precarious Habitat . . . It's In Your Hands: covers hot-button issues like global warming, nuclear energy, electromagnetic fields, alternative health practices, and more; covers illnesses such as SARS, avian flu, West Nile virus, and prion diseases like mad cow; and includes facts, figures, tables, and charts derived from respected scientific sources and presented in easy-to-understand terms.

New to this edition are sections on alternative energy sources, climate change, and creationism vs. evolution, plus expanded information on food safety that covers genetically modified foods, organic foods, free-radicals and antioxidants, and dietary supplements.

This book is a great resource for environmental science professionals and a thought-provoking textbook for students in medicine and public health, the social sciences, earth science, and other areas. Most of all, it's an eye-opening reference for concerned officials and citizens who want a clear, unbiased perspective on environmental issues in order to separate scientific fact from alarmist propaganda.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Scientific evidence that challenges the environmental myths of our time

This new and expanded Fourth Edition of Dr. Benarde's myth-defying book uses an evidence-based approach to refute today's pervasive, environmental doomsday hype. With up-to-date information consolidated from authoritative scientific journals and presented in highly readable form, Our Precarious Habitat . . . It's In Your Hands:

• Covers hot-button issues like global warming, nuclear energy, electromagnetic fields, alternative health practices, and more

• Cites barometers of environmental health such as: cancer death rates; birth and infant mortality rates; air, water, and noise pollution; hazardous wastes; and more

• Includes facts, figures, tables, and charts derived from respected scientific sources and presented in easy-to-understand terms

• Provides practical risk assessment tools and techniques to help readers examine issues objectively

• Includes new sections on alternative energy sources, climate change, and creationism vs. evolution, plus expanded information on food safety that covers genetically modified foods, organic foods, free-radicals and antioxidants, and dietary supplements

• Covers illnesses such as SARS, avian flu, West Nile virus, and prion diseases like mad cow (BSE) and its human forms

This book is a great resource for environmental science professionals and a thought-provoking textbook for students in medicine and public health, the social sciences, earth science, and other areas. Most of all, it's an eye-opening reference for concerned officials and citizens who want a clear, unbiased perspective on environmental issues in order to separate scientific fact from alarmist propaganda.

About the Author:

MELVIN A. BENARDE, PhD, is the author of ten books, including Global Warning, Global Warming (Wiley) and previous editions of Our Precarious Habitat. He is the former director of Temple University's Environmental Resource Center and a professor in their Graduate Program in Industrial Hygiene, professor and acting chairman in the Department of Community Medicine at Hahnemann Medical School, and Associate Director of the Environmental Studies Institute at Drexel University. Dr. Benarde has studied environmental issues and their impact on human health for more than three decades.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0471740659
• ISBN 13: 9780471740650
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 472