Environment and Health

Author: Zhang Baolu
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Publish Date: 2000-06-01
Features: Environmental pollution issues are increasingly attracting people's attention. How to build and protect a good environment to ensure our physical health has become a major concern of society. This book uses many examples to explain in an accessible way the various impacts and constraints of environmental factors on human health. The book is divided into three main parts: (1) Concepts of Environment and Health, which emphasizes the relationship between the environment and health; (2) Earth's Environment and Health, which discusses the effects of ozone layer depletion, ultraviolet rays, acid rain, global warming, deforestation, etc., on human health; (3) Living Environment and Health, which explains the impacts of the atmosphere, water quality, food and clothing, housing, schools, occupational environments, and other aspects of the living environment on human health.