Ebook: Global Atmospheric Change and Public Health: Proceedings of a Conference Sponsored by Center for Environmental Information, Inc., 99 Court Street Rochester, New York 14604–1824
- Tags: Public Health, Environment general, Biochemistry general, Ecotoxicology, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution, Ecology
- Year: 1990
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The world is just beginning to face up to the problems which will be brought about by global climate change. Most people equate climate change with rising temperatures, disturbed weather patterns, agricultural crises, and sea level rises; yet potential health effects may be the most significant factors in the whole developing picture. Man's effect on climate accelerates as population increases. Population increases strain infrastructures and strained infrastructures lead to stresses on society. We already are experiencing higher ultraviolet B radiation through our depleted ozone layer and can expect more cancers, more cataracts, and diminishing immunity. Expected changing weather and storm patterns may result in disturbed and diminished agricultural production with malnutrition and famine on a grandiose scale; diseases would migrate and the number of displaced persons would increase greatly. This book consists of papers presented at a meeting on Global Atmospheric Change and Public Health, held in Washington, D.C., in December 1989. It was sponsored by the Air Resources Information Clearinghouse (ARIC), a project of the Center for En vironmental Information, Inc. (CEI), a nonprofit organization in Rochester, New York, and co-sponsored by thirty-two U.S., Canadian and international organizations and agencies. The conference was the first to bring together in a public forum the health, scien tific, policy and information communities to address the issues. The book examines potential public health and health-related impacts on society, communicable diseases, cancer and cataract, immunity, heat effects, respiratory problems and human nutrition.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Overview of Global Atmospheric Change....Pages 1-21
Immune System and Ultraviolet Light....Pages 23-31
Effects of UVB on Infectious Diseases....Pages 33-45
Infectious Diseases and Atmospheric Change....Pages 47-54
Human Nutrition and Atmospheric Change....Pages 55-60
Cataracts and Ultraviolet Light....Pages 61-66
Skin Cancer and Ultraviolet Light: Risk Estimates Due to Ozone Depletion....Pages 67-79
Respiratory Effects Associated With Global Climate Change....Pages 81-88
Atmospheric Change and Temperature-Related Health Effects....Pages 89-100
Glownet: An Information Clearinghouse Network Concept....Pages 101-107
NEDRES: "Yellow Pages" Directory to Environmental Data....Pages 109-119
A Model Program for Physician Education in Environmental Medicine....Pages 121-129
The Infoterra Network: A Model of International Information Exchange....Pages 131-176
Information Sources and Needs....Pages 177-183
Panel Discussion: Information Sources and Needs....Pages 185-191
Information Trends and Resources....Pages 193-215
Information Needs and Research Priorities....Pages 217-234
Panel Discussion: Research Priorities....Pages 235-259
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Overview of Global Atmospheric Change....Pages 1-21
Immune System and Ultraviolet Light....Pages 23-31
Effects of UVB on Infectious Diseases....Pages 33-45
Infectious Diseases and Atmospheric Change....Pages 47-54
Human Nutrition and Atmospheric Change....Pages 55-60
Cataracts and Ultraviolet Light....Pages 61-66
Skin Cancer and Ultraviolet Light: Risk Estimates Due to Ozone Depletion....Pages 67-79
Respiratory Effects Associated With Global Climate Change....Pages 81-88
Atmospheric Change and Temperature-Related Health Effects....Pages 89-100
Glownet: An Information Clearinghouse Network Concept....Pages 101-107
NEDRES: "Yellow Pages" Directory to Environmental Data....Pages 109-119
A Model Program for Physician Education in Environmental Medicine....Pages 121-129
The Infoterra Network: A Model of International Information Exchange....Pages 131-176
Information Sources and Needs....Pages 177-183
Panel Discussion: Information Sources and Needs....Pages 185-191
Information Trends and Resources....Pages 193-215
Information Needs and Research Priorities....Pages 217-234
Panel Discussion: Research Priorities....Pages 235-259
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