environmentally induced diseases

Explores how global warming has impacted human health and the spread of disease and discusses measures that can be taken to lessen the effects of global warming.

Analyzes the connection between the increased use and prevalence of chemical toxins throughout twenty-first-century society and the number of childhood cases of disease and death.

Describes biological hazards for general readers, covering human pathogens in water, food, and air; crop and livestock pathogens; venoms and toxins; and predators; and provides statistics, primary sources, and a bibliography.

Examines the health consequences of local and global pollution, sharing the story of how her family was affected by pollution, and arguing that the government needs to take a proactive position to prevent environmental hazards from killing and incapacitating the public.

Describes the medical practices and treatments used to cure and help ailing sailors while at sea during the 1700s, revealing the kinds of medicine kept by the ship's surgeon, and detailing methods to remove a tooth, cure seasickness, amputate limbs, and more.