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The Environment and Your Health - Softcover

 
9781421453965: The Environment and Your Health
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1421453967 ISBN 13: 9781421453965
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2026

Synopsis

An essential textbook on how the environment influences our health and well-being.The Environment and Your Health

Everything around us―air, water, food, buildings, neighborhoods―shapes our health in profound ways. Edited by Megan Weil Latshaw and Joseph P. Bressler, this essential textbook offers a comprehensive foundation in environmental health to help students understand how physical, chemical, biological, and social environments influence well-being.

This textbook provides clear, accessible coverage of the key topics required by instructors, including legacy content from traditional environmental health syllabi and new competency-based standards. Students will explore environmental exposure assessment, toxicology, epidemiology, air and water pollution, food safety, occupational health, and risk assessment.

They'll also examine broader systemic issues, such as climate change, food systems, environmental justice, and the intersection of human, animal, and ecosystem health. Emerging concerns like "forever chemicals," global waste, and the health impacts of the built environment are addressed alongside traditional core topics. Through a systems-thinking lens, the book encourages readers to analyze complex, real-world challenges and consider policy and intervention strategies that can improve health outcomes at individual, community, and global scales. Engaging case studies and clear learning objectives reinforce each chapter's key concepts.

The Environment and Your Health equips students with the knowledge and perspective to understand how their environment shapes their health―and how they can help shape healthier environments.

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About the Authors

Megan Weil Latshaw is an associate teaching professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Joseph P. Bressler is an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date
2026
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1421453967
ISBN 13 
9781421453965
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
520
Editor
Weil Latshaw Megan, Bressler Joseph P.