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Book Human Health and Environmental Pollution in the Great Lakes

Download or read book Human Health and Environmental Pollution in the Great Lakes written by Andrew P. Gilman and published by . This book was released on 1997-08-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reports on the human health effects of environmental pollution of the Great Lakes. Contents: biomarkers for priority contaminants: halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons; approaches to the evaluation of chemical-induced immunotoxicity; immunotoxicity of heavy metals; immunotoxicity of PCBs; immunological effects of chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins; pesticide-induced immunotoxicity; reproductive toxicology of Great Lakes contaminants; neurotoxicity of lead, methylmercury, & PCBs; radionuclides in the Great Lakes basin; & dermal exposure to environmental contaminants in the Great Lakes. Charts & tables.

Book Human Health and Environmental Pollution in the Great Lakes

Download or read book Human Health and Environmental Pollution in the Great Lakes written by Andrew P. Gilman and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Great Lakes Human Health Effects Research Program

Download or read book Great Lakes Human Health Effects Research Program written by Barry L. Johnson and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000-07 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1990, Congress amended the Great Lakes (GL) Critical Programs Act, also known as the Fed. Water Pollution Control Act, mandating that the EPA and the ATSDR and the GL states submit a research report assessing the harmful human health effects of water pollutants in the GL basin. ATSDR developed the GL Health Effects Research Strategy to identify human populations residing in the GL basin that may be at greater risk of exposure to chemical contaminants, and to help prevent any adverse health effects. This report provides insight into ATSDR efforts to assess the adverse effects of water pollutants in the GL system on the health of people in the GL states.

Book Great Lakes  Great Legacy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Theo Colborn
  • Publisher : Washington, D.C. : Conservation Foundation ; Ottawa : Institute for Research on Public Policy
  • Release : 1990
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 360 pages

Download or read book Great Lakes Great Legacy written by Theo Colborn and published by Washington, D.C. : Conservation Foundation ; Ottawa : Institute for Research on Public Policy. This book was released on 1990 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study argues that simply augmenting actions already taken to remedy environmental degradation in the Great Lakes region, such as control of polluters, and piecemeal restrictions of physical development, is not a sufficient response. Rather, it shows that a far-reaching commitment to reduce the environmental assault on the Great Lakes from all sources is necessary. It also underscores the need for a dramatic break from the crisis management approach to environmental degradation that persists in the region, and to develop a commitment to anticipate and prevent future legacies of environmental destruction.

Book Toxic Substances Control Programs in the Great Lakes Basin

Download or read book Toxic Substances Control Programs in the Great Lakes Basin written by Great Lakes Water Quality Board. Toxic Substances Committee and published by Windsor, Ont. : International Joint Commission, Great Lakes Regional Office. This book was released on 1983 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Effects of Great Lakes Contaminants on Human Health

Download or read book The Effects of Great Lakes Contaminants on Human Health written by Barry Leonard and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000-02 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapters: historical overview; persistent toxic substances; pathways of exposure; a review of the Great Lakes (GL) human health literature; human health studies outside of the Great Lakes -- exposure to similar persistent toxic substances; limitations of human health studies; characterization of exposure and determination of the profiles and levels in human biologic tissues and fluids; identification of sensitive and specific human reproductive end points; determination of the short- and long-term risk(s) of adverse health effects in the children of exposed parents; and establishment of registries &/or surveillance cohorts in the GL. Illustrated.

Book Human Health Risks from Chemical Exposure

Download or read book Human Health Risks from Chemical Exposure written by R. Warren Flint and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1991-04-22 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 100 professionals have contributed to this important book summarizing much of what is known about the issue of chemicals in the Great Lakes environment and the risks these chemicals pose to human health. The book makes significant recommendations for action in policy, communication, education, and research regarding the chemicals and their risks. The views of individuals from government, universities, industries, and public special interest groups in Canada and the United States have been integrated into a comprehensive statement that reflects scenarios that are applicable worldwide.

Book State of Knowledge Report on Environmental Contaminants and Human Health in the Great Lakes Basin

Download or read book State of Knowledge Report on Environmental Contaminants and Human Health in the Great Lakes Basin written by Canada. Health Canada and published by Environment Canada. This book was released on 1997 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report contains a detailed review of the literature on contaminants, exposure, and health effects of those contaminants in the Great Lakes basin. The report is based on a series of papers prepared for the Great Lakes Health Effects Program, and is supplemented by additional data from related studies. After an introduction on health concerns in the basin and an overview of priority contaminants (organochlorines, metals, radionuclides, microbes, and airborne contaminants), further sections of the review cover the following topics: adverse health effects of persistent environmental contaminants in fish and wildlife; biomarkers for exposure and health effects; human exposure to chemical contaminants and their health effects; reproductive and developmental effects; neurotoxicity; immunotoxic effects; cancer incidence in the basin; health effects associated with radionuclides; Great Lakes water quality and effects associated with microbial contaminants; air quality and associated respiratory health effects; and overall conclusions.

Book A Five Year Program Strategy for the Great Lakes National Office of the U S  Environmental Protection Agency

Download or read book A Five Year Program Strategy for the Great Lakes National Office of the U S Environmental Protection Agency written by United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Great Lakes National Program Office and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Summary  State of Knowledge Report on Environmental Contaminants and Human Health in the Great Lakes Basin

Download or read book Summary State of Knowledge Report on Environmental Contaminants and Human Health in the Great Lakes Basin written by Canada. Health Canada and published by Environment Canada. This book was released on 1998 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overall this report presents a multi-faceted message of interest to environmental health specialists, policy-makers and the 36 million Canadian and U.S. citizens who live in communities surrounding the Great Lakes. Researchers know more about environmental health issues in the region than they ever did. This report summarizes detailed research on a range of priority contaminants including PCBs, lead and mercury.

Book Toxic Chemicals in the Great Lakes and Associated Effects

Download or read book Toxic Chemicals in the Great Lakes and Associated Effects written by Canada. Environment Canada and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report summarizes what is currently known about the levels and the effects of toxic chemicals in the water, sediments, fish, wildlife and human residents of the Great Lakes basin. A list of critical pollutants is included. Particular attention is paid to the effects of toxic contaminants on double-crested cormorants, bald eagles, herring gulls, common terns, mink, common snapping turtles, and lake trout.

Book Cleaning Up Our Great Lakes

Download or read book Cleaning Up Our Great Lakes written by International Joint Commission and published by The Commission. This book was released on 1991 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Dismal State of the Great Lakes

Download or read book The Dismal State of the Great Lakes written by James P. Ludwig, Ph. D and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Ludwig tells powerful stories about places, people and environmental issues. He narrates with unfl inching honesty his experiences investigating and tracking down the culprits in continuing environmental contamination. He rises to meet the beauty and grace of the Great Lakes with lively tales of decades out on their waters as a researcher. This book is an indispensable part of the Great Lakes literary canon.” Dave Dempsey, author of “On the Brink: The Great Lakes in the 21st Century” and “The Blanchard Connection”. “Ludwig has written a monumental compendium about the largest source of fresh water in the world, a life support system whose function he reveals has been under siege. It refl ects what happened as peer reviewed science, public health, and common sense were set aside and corporate-creep infected the chambers where policy decisions are made. It also parallels the same problem where humanity is now under siege from a growing list of epidemics of endocrine-related disorders – the problem fi rst reported by Ludwig and his cronies back in the early 80s.” Theo Colborn, Ph.D President, The Endocrine Disruption Exchange

Book No Place to Hide

    Book Details:
  • Author : Barry Boyer
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1991
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 54 pages

Download or read book No Place to Hide written by Barry Boyer and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Trends in Levels and Effects of Persistent Toxic Substances in the Great Lakes

Download or read book Trends in Levels and Effects of Persistent Toxic Substances in the Great Lakes written by Michael Gilbertson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `Are the Great Lakes getting better or worse?' This is the question that the public, scientists and managers are asking the International Joint Commission after a quarter-century of cooperative action by the United States and Canadian governments to clean up the Great Lakes. This volume contains papers from the workshop on Environmental Results, hosted in Windsor, Ontario, by the Great Lakes Science Advisory Board of the International Joint Commission, on September 12 and 13, 1996. The Great Lakes have been through almost a century of severe pollution from the manufacture, use and disposal of chemicals. In the 1960s wildlife biologists started to investigate the outbreaks of reproductive failure in fish-eating birds and ranch mink and to link these to exposure to organochlorine compounds. Human health researchers in the 1980s and 1990s linked growth retardation, behavioral anomalies and deficits in cognitive development with maternal consumption of Great Lakes fish prior to pregnancy. The Great Lakes became the laboratory where the theory of endocrine disruptors was first formulated. Now a group of Great Lakes scientists, hosted by the International Joint Commission, has compiled the story of the trends in the concentrations and effects of persistent toxic substances on wildlife and humans. The technical papers review the suitability of various organisms as indicators, and present the results of long-term monitoring of the concentrations and of the incidence of effects. The evidence shows that there was an enormous improvement in the late 1970s, but that in the late 1990s there are still concentrations of some persistent toxic substances that have stubbornly remained at levels that continue to cause toxicological effects.