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Author Davies, Kate, 1956-

Title Rise of the U.S. environmental health movement / Kate Davies.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Internet  WORLD WIDE WEB E-BOOK EBSCOEBC    Downloadable
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Description 1 online resource.
Contents Historical and Cultural Roots. The European ancestry of environmental health ; Early environmental public health in the United States ; Environmentalism and economic growth ; The birth of the U.S. environmental health movement. -- The Contemporary Movement. Organizations and issues ; Making environmental issues personal ; Precaution and the limitations of science ; Environmental justice and the right to a healthy environment ; Changing economics, the markets, and business. -- Conclusion and next steps: strategies for social change.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Description based on print version record.
Summary This is the first book to offer a comprehensive examination of the Environmental Health Movement, which unlike many parts of the environmental movement, focuses on ways toxic chemicals and other hazardous agents in the environmental effect human health and wellbeing.
Note GMD: electronic resource.
Subject Environmental health -- United States -- History.
Pollution -- United States.
Environmentalism -- United States -- History.
Other Form: Print version: Davies, Kate, 1956- Rise of the U.S. environmental health movement. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013] 9781442221376 (DLC) 2013000229 (OCoLC)825047421
ISBN 9781442221383 electronic bk
1442221380 electronic bk
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