| Description |
xviii, 236 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Environmental health : Third World problems--first world preoccupations / edited by Lorraine Mooney and Roger Bate. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- Executive summary -- Malaria and DDT -- cholera and chlorine -- sociology of health panics -- ecological risk - actual and hypothetical -- food scares -- nitrates -- the end of chlorine -- natural organochlorines -- nature's hormone factory -- sperm counts -- commentary -- index. -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Environmental health |
| Summary |
Annotation. This book underlines the differences in health priorities that exist around the world, and cautions against the export of inappropriate attitudes from developed to less developed countries. Case studies of malaria in South Africa and cholera and Peru show the fatal consequences of allowing western preoccupations with trivial risks (such as the cancer effects of pesticide residues in foods and chlorine compounds in water) to influence health policy in the third world. The western health paradox - we are healthier yet more concerned about our health - is described, and the sociological factors that explain the paradox are examined. We discover why people needlessly worry themselves to the point of illness. Numerous examples of western health concerns are shown to be folly or hugely exaggerated. Nitrates in drinking water, industrial use of organic chlorine (such as PVC and other plastics, pesticides, PCBs, Dioxin) and speculation about declining sperm counts are systematically exposed. Perhaps worst of all, measures prompted by concerns for public safety may be making us less safe. Food poisoning incidents appear to be increasing and much of the blame can be laid at the door of excessive government nannying. Up-to-date discussion of current issues surrounding health |
| Notes |
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Knovel |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Environmental health.
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Pesticides -- Health aspects.
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Public health.
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Environmental Health.
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Developing Countries.
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Politics.
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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
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Developing Countries.
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Disciplines and Occupations
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Environmental Health.
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Health Occupations.
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International Cooperation.
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Internationality.
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Politics.
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Social Sciences.
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| Author |
Bate, Roger.
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Mooney, Lorraine.
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European Science and Environment Forum, Content Provider
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| LC no. |
98055393 |
| ISBN |
0750642238 |
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1591242266 (electronic bk.) |
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