Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health Effects

Morton Lippmann

John Wiley & Sons, 2000 - Science - 987 pages

A comprehensive guide to assessing the health effects of environmental toxicants in nonoccupational settings

Now in a second edition, Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health Effects continues to offer a unique perspective on a topic that is usually focused on exposure and effects in industrial settings. Fully revised and expanded, it presents comprehensive, cutting-edge information on the effects of human exposure to selected chemicals and physical agents in nonoccupational environments. Dr. Morton Lippmann assembles expert contributions by leading authorities on each of the twenty-five environmental agents examined, providing a critical review of the accumulated evidence concerning their known or likely impact on human health, especially after long-term exposure.

Six new chapters have been added to this edition, discussing ambient particulate matter, chromium, mercury, noise, pesticides, and ultraviolet radiation. Existing chapters have been updated to include the most current information on performing risk assessments for established toxicants-from asbestos and benzene to the sick building syndrome. In the closing chapters, the authors place the discussion in a broader social and scientific context, exploring such issues as individual and community risk, environmental engineering for risk reduction, pulmonary medicine, and lessons learned in the industrial sector.

Supplemented with more than 100 illustrations and photographs, and with a view to future research trends, Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health Effects is an indispensable guide for public health officials, industrial hygienists, epidemiologists, and primary care physicians involved in risk assessment and management for exposed individuals and populations.

Contents

• Introduction and Background: 1
• Ambient Particulate Matter: 31
• Diesel Exhaust: 32
• Asbestos and Other Mineral and Vitreous Fibers: 65
• Fiber Deposition in the Respiratory Tract: 71
• Properties of Mineral and Vitreous Fibers Relevant to Disease: 81
• 31: 88
• Benzene: 121
• Carbon Monoxide: 142
• CO Exposure and Dosimetry: 151
• Chromium: 173
• Historical Overview: 193
• Dioxins and Dioxinlike Chemicals: 243
• 151: 251
• 173: 259
• Drinking Water Disinfection: 267
• 642: 269
• Environmental Tobacco Smoke: 318
• Food Constituents Additives and Contaminants: 377
• Formaldehyde and Other Aldehydes: 409
• Indoor Bioaerosol Contaminants: 449
• 643: 474
• 243: 478
• Lead and Compounds: 481
• Treatment of Lead Toxicity: 509
• 267: 520
• Nuclear Weapons Complex: 537
• 319: 541
• Medical Exposures: 544
• Mercury: 563
• 481: 574
• 377: 579
• Nitrogen Oxides: 595
• 577: 633
• Human Auditory System: 639
• Summary: 652
• Background: 661
• Effects of Single Exposures to Ozone: 668
• Effects of MultipleDay and Ambient Episode Exposures: 698
• Summary and Conclusions: 707
• Pesticides: 725
• Radon and Daughters: 741
• Acidic Aerosols and: 771
• 655: 807
• Aluminum Arsenic Cadmium and Nickel: 811
• 523: 846
• Ultraviolet Radiation: 851
• 741: 884
• Volatile Organic Compounds and the Sick Building Syndrome: 889
• Perspectives on Individual and Community Risks: 905
• DoseResponse for Health Effects Caused by LowLevel VOC Exposure 896: 911
• An Environmental Engineering Perspective: 921
• Applications and Use: 929
• Conclusions 922: 942
• Translating the Knowledge Base: 969
• 595: 981
• 889: 987

About the author

MORTON LIPPMANN, PhD, is Professor of Environmental Medicine at the New York University School of Medicine, and the Director of the Research Center for the Health Risks of Ambient Particulate Matter, supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He also directs the Human Exposure and Health Effects Research Program at New York University's Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health Effects
• Editor: Morton Lippmann
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2000
• ISBN: 0471292982, 9780471292982
• Length: 987 pages
• Subjects: Science / Chemistry / General; Science / Chemistry / Industrial & Technical