Summary: "Provides basic health information about the health effects of environmental hazards and diseases linked to environmental causes, with facts about the impact on specific populations. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Omnigraphics, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.9 ENVHunnes, Dana
Summary: "What can YOU do to improve your health and at the same time improve the health of our home planet? Do you want to be a healthier and more sustainable consumer? In this straightforward, easy-to-understand and entertaining book, dietitian and environmentalist Dr. Dana Ellis Hunnes outlines the actions we can all take. Many people feel overwhelmed by the scope of climate change and believe that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 HUNSomers, Suzanne
Summary: "Women's health pioneer and beloved bestselling phenomenon Suzanne Somers aims to provide readers with an arsenal of solutions for thriving, not just surviving in an increasingly toxic world. Suzanne interviews cutting-edge doctors in the fields of environmental medicine and integrative health, providing a clear identification of the core reasons we're so 'tox-sick' as well as a whole-life plan...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 SOMBell, Alan
Summary: "After years of prosecuting hard-core criminals, rising legal star Alan Bell took a private sector job in South Florida's newest skyscraper. Suddenly, he suffered such bizarre medical symptoms, doctors suspected he'd been poisoned by the Mafia. Bell's rapidly declining health forced him to flee his glamorous Miami life to a sterile "bubble" in the remote Arizona desert. As his career and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BELL, ALAN BELLourie, Bruce.
Summary: There are over 80,000 synthetic chemicals in commerce today, including hormone-disrupting phthalates and air pollutants. Smith and Lourie prove how easily our bodies absorb these chemicals from the foods we eat, the air we breathe, and the products we smear on our skin-- day after day. Then they give us the good news about what is in our control and the steps we can take for reducing our toxic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 LOUBarnett, Sloan.
Summary: A guide to making a home less toxic identifies the harmful effects of everyday household items and foods, in a volume of eco-friendly alternative options that also addresses the myths about toy-industry recalls, organic foods, and hazardous chemicals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.5 BARBoyd, David R. (David Richard)
Summary: Boyd helps you identify and avoid a range of environmental health hazards, including mercury in fish, lethal strains of E. coli in water, carcinogens in cleaning products, lead in toys, and the ultraviolet radiation in sunshine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.9 BOYGesler, Wilbert M.
Contents: Epidauros : Asclepius and dream healing -- Bath : healing mineral springs -- Lourdes : healing pilgrimages -- Therapeutic hospital environments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.122 GESMichaels, David
Contents: The manufacture of doubt -- Workplace cancer before OSHA : waiting for the body count -- America demands protection -- Why our children are smarter than we are -- The enronization of science -- Tricks of the trade : how mercenary scientists mislead you -- Defending secondhand smoke -- Still waiting for the body count -- Chrome-plated mischief -- Popcorn lung : OSHA gives up -- Defending the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.9 MICJohnson, Nathanael.
Summary: Scrutinizes "all-natural" philosophies to consider the negative aspects of extreme approaches to health care, an investigation that explores potential sources of health-care paradoxes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 JOHZaroff, Marci
Summary: "ECOrenaissance provides inspiring tips and tricks for how to live and shop in harmony with nature without sacrificing style or luxury, and how best to benefit from the current renaissance--a global rebirth of sustainable economics, progressive ethics, and green culture--through the wisdom of eco-entrepreneurs, green fashion designers, organic food purveyors, and innovative leaders of this new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria/Enliven Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 ZARSimon, Matt
Summary: In A Poison Like No Other, Matt Simon reveals a whole new dimension to the plastic crisis, one even more disturbing than plastic bottles washing up on shores and grocery bags dumped in landfills. Dealing with discarded plastic is bad enough, but when it starts to break down, the real trouble begins. The very thing that makes plastic so useful and ubiquitous – its toughness – means it never...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.738 SIMSeneff, Stephanie
Summary: "The Silent Spring of our time From an MIT scientist, mounting evidence that the active ingredient in the world's most commonly used weedkiller is responsible for debilitating chronic diseases, including cancer, liver disease, and more Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup, the most commonly used weedkiller in the world. Nearly 300 million pounds of glyphosate-based herbicide are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.738 SENFlyn, Cal
Summary: "As if Annie Dillard walked into THE WORLD WITHOUT US: a beautiful, lyrical exploration of the places where nature is flourishing in our absence Some of the only truly feral cattle in the world wander a long-abandoned island off the northernmost tip of Scotland. A variety of wildlife not seen in many lifetimes has rebounded on the irradiated grounds of Chernobyl. A lush forest supports...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.73 FLYGrenz, Jennifer
Summary: "Building on sacred stories and field observations, Dr. Jennifer Grenz shares her personal journey of joining her head (Western science) and her heart (Indigenous worldview) to find a truer path toward ecological healing. Eloquent, inspiring, and disruptive, Medicine Wheel for the Planet circles around an argument that we need more than a singular worldview to protect the planet and make the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "Daniella Chace, a professional toxicologist and health writer, teaches readers how to identify potential toxins in the household, with an easy-to-follow, room-by-room evaluation. She explains the connection between toxins in everyday objects and chronic health issues, and offers strategies for eliminating toxins, along with easy recipes for effective homemade cleaning solutions"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2023
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Summary: "The story of the invention and use of electricity has often been told before, but never from an environmental point of view. The assumption of safety, and the conviction that electricity has nothing to do with life, are by now so entrenched in the human psyche that new research, and testimony by those who are being injured, are not enough to change the course that society has set. Two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2020
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Summary: "The dramatic story of the signature environmental disaster of our time and an inspiring tale of scientific resistance by a relentless physician who stood up to power. Flint was already a troubled city in 2014 when the state of Michigan--in the name of austerity--shifted the source of its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Soon after, citizens began complaining about the water...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2018
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: 615.9 HAN Book Club KitHanna-Attisha, Mona
Summary: "The dramatic story of the signature environmental disaster of our time and an inspiring tale of scientific resistance by a relentless physician who stood up to power. Flint was already a troubled city in 2014 when the state of Michigan--in the name of austerity--shifted the source of its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Soon after, citizens began complaining about the water...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Environ Hanna-AttishaBower, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Healthy House Institute 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 693.8 BOWKirby, David
Summary: Massive fish kills from flesh-eating parasites. Unusual concentrations of cancer and other diseases. Recalls of meat, vegetables, and fruits because of deadly E-coli bacterial contamination. Recent public health crises raise urgent questions about how our animal-derived food is raised and brought to market. This book is about our American food system gone terriby wrong--and the people who are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.7 KIRSummary: This edition is the most up-to-date and comprehensive source for Environmental Resources and Statistics. Section I: Resources, provides detailed contact information for thousands of information sources, including Associations & Organizations, Awards & Honors, Conferences, Foundations & Grants, Environmental Health, Government Agencies, National Parks & Wildlife Refuges, Publications, Research...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grey House Publishing 2017
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 363.7 ENVHayes, Denis
Summary: Presents an assessment of America's dependence on cows that traces the historical role of bovines while exploring the environmental and health challenges posed by the cattle industry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 HAYMcAnulty, Stacy
Summary: Meet Earth. Planet Awesome! And your awesome home! Actually, Earth is home to all the plants and all the animals in the solar system, including nearly eight billion people. Humans have accidentally moved Earth's climate change into the fast lane, and she need your help to put on the brakes. Earthlings need Earth, and Earth needs Earthlings, so let's save Earth together!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022