![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/sites/dl/free/0072452706/title/CUNNINGHAM1E_sm.jpg) Principles of Environmental Science William P. Cunningham,
University of Minnesota Mary Ann Cunningham,
Vassar College
Environmental Health and Toxicology
Further Readings
| Ames, B.N., and Gold, L.S. (2000). "Misconceptions about pollution, pesticides and the prevention of cancer". New York: McGraw-Hill. The Standard Handbook of Environmental Science, Health and Technology | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| K. Smith. (1994). "Alar Five Years Later: Science Triumphs over Fear". American Council on Science and Health, New York: American Council on Science and Health. An industry group claims that Alar was never a threat to the American public | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Ames, B.N.. (1997). "Environmental Pollution, Pesticides, and the Prevention of Cancer: Misconceptions". : . Argues that natural toxins are a much greater threat to most of us than trace amounts of industrial pollutants | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Buck, G.M.. (1997). "Consumption of contaminated sport fish from Lake Ontario and time-to-pregnancy". : American Journal of Epidemiology. Connections between dietary toxins and birth defects | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Burger, J.. (1997). "Recreation and Risk: Potential Exposure". : Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. (52(3):269-284). An examination of the risks from recreation on public lands | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Burger, J. and M. Gochfeld.. (1997). "Risk, Mercury Levels, and Birds: Relating Adverse Laboratory Effects to Field Biomonitoring". : Environmental Resources. (75(2):160-172). An overview of mercury contamination in wild birds | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Calver, M. C.. (2000). "Lessons from Preventive Medicine for the Precautionary Principle and Ecosystem Health". : Ecosystem Health. (6(2): 99-107). A comparison of public health and ecosystem health | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Carrer, P.. (2001). "Allergens in indoor air: environmental assessment and health effects". : The Science of the Total Environment. (270(1-3): 33-42). An evaluation of allergens as potential causes of "sick house-syndrome." A special double issue on chronic low-level exposures and environmental health. | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Clarke, David. (1997). "Comparative Risk". Detroit, MI: Gale Research: Environmental Encyclopedia. (2e: 215-217). A good survey of risk assessment | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Colborn, Theo. (1996). Our Stolen Future: How We Are Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival -- A Scientific Detective Story. New York: Dutton Book. A frightening account of the effects of endocrine hormone-disrupting environmental pollutants | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Cone, Richard A. and Emily Martin. (1997). "Corporeal Flows: The Immune System, Global Economies of Food & Implications for Health". : The Ecologist. (27(3):107-111). Changes in food production, transport, and consumption may be linked to increasing levels of allergies and autoimmune diseases | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Cornell University Center for the Environment. (1997). "Environmental Risk Factors,". Ithica, NY: Cornell University: Cornell University. [Web site: http://www.cfe.cornell.edu] A useful examination of environmental risk, especially as related to breast cancer and toxics in the environment | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Cunningham, William P.. (1997). "Environmental Health". Detroit, MI: Gale Research: Environmental Encyclopedia 2e. (p361-363). A brief overview of environmental health. See many other articles in this volume on other specific topics | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Daszak, P.. (2000). "Emerging Infectious Diseases of Wildlife-Threats to Biodiversity and Human Health". : Science (US). (287: 443-449). New diseases sometimes cross species barriers threatening both humans and other species | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Davidson, N.E., et al.. (1997). "Pesticides and Breast Cancer: Fact or Fad?". : Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (89(23):1743-1744).
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| Dibb, Sue. (1995). "Swimming in a Sea of Oestrogen: Chemical Hormone Disrupters". : The Ecologist. (25(1):27-35). Expresses concern that a range of natural and synthetic chemicals, such as PCBs and dioxins and those contained in certain foods, detergents and plastics, can disrupt the body's hormonal balance | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Dumanoski, Diane. (1997). "Child's Plague". : Sierra. (82(6):46-51). Cancer, asthma, birth defects, aggression -- is pollution making kids sick? | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Epstein, Paul R.. (2000). "Is Global Warming Harmful to Health?". : Scientific American. (283 (2): 50-57). Suggests that infectious diseases will surge as the climate warms | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Fackelmann, Kathleen. (1998). "Tuberculosis Outbreak: An ancient killer strikes a new population". : Science News. (153:73-75). A sad but interesting account of how a naive population reacts to its first encounter with a deadly disease | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Glass, G. E.. (2000). "Using Remotely Sensed Data To Identify Areas at Risk for Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome". : Emerging Infectious Diseases. (6(3): 28-40).
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| Gaskel, G. et al. (1999). "Worlds apart? The Reception of Genetically Modified Foods in Europe and the U.S.". : Science (US). (285: 384-387). Controversy around acceptance of genetically modified organisms in human food | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Gibbs, W. W.. (1999). "Trailing a Virus". : Scientific American. (281(2): 80-85). The detective story of how the origin of a new viral disease was discovered in Malaysia | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Glenister, C.S and M.P. Hoffman. (1996). "Mass-Reared Natural Enemies: Science, Technology, and Information Needs". Lanham, MD: Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of American. (Chapter 11, Conference Proceedings). Mass production of organisms for biological pest control | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Gold, L.S., Slone, T.H., and Ames, B.N.. (2001). "Natural and Synthetic Chemicals in the Diet: A Critical Analysis of Possible Cancer Hazards". : . Food Safety and Food Quality | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| R.E. Hester & R.M. Harrison. Issues in Environmental Science and Technology. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry. (pp. 95-128).
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| Goldstein, Bernard D, MD.. (1996). "Health and Environment: Global Partners for Global Solutions". : World Information Transfer's World Ecology Report. (8(2):1-16). The lead article in a general review of human health and the environment | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Greenpeace. (1997). "United They Stand". : Greenpeace Quarterly. (2(1):6-10). People in rural Louisiana fight pollution and environmental racism | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Grein, T. W., et al. (2000). "Rumors of Disease in the Global Village: Outbreak Verification". : Emerging Infectious Diseases. (5(2):7-15). Discusses the need for rapid assessment of disease outbreaks | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Grifo, Francesca and Joshua Rosenthal, eds.. (1997Leading thinkers on the global environment and biomedicine explore the human health consequences of the loss of biological diversity). Biodiversity and Human Health. Covelo, CA: Island Press.
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| Gurunathan, S.. (1998). "Accumulation of Chlorpyrifos on Residential Surfaces and Toys Accessible to Children". : Environmental Health Perspectives. (106(1):9-16). A quantitative examination of major pathways and routes of exposure to pesticides for determining human risk | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Hooper, K., et al. (1997). "Analysis of Breast Milk to Assess Exposure to Chlorinated Contaminants in Kazakstan". : Environmental Health Perspectives. (105(11):1250-1254).
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| Jensen, S., et al. (1997). "Environmental Pollution and Child Health in the Aral Sea Region in Kazakhstan". : Sci Total Environment. (206(2-3):187-193). Inadequate nutrition, poor sanitation, collapse of the health care system and pollution from Soviet agriculture and industries have caused a catastrophic decline in human health | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Kaiser, Jocelyn. (1996). "Power Lines and Health: Panel Finds EMFs Pose No Threat". : Science. (274(5289):910). One in a long series of research articles for and against the health effects of EMFs | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Keith, Lawrence H.. (1997). Environmental Endocrine Disrupters: A Handbook of Property Data. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. A comprehensive collection of data on this important topic | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| McGinn, Anne P.. (2000). "POPs Culture". : World Watch. (13(2): 26-36). Discusses the threats from persistent organic pollutants | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Mitchell, Jennifer D.. (1997). "Chemical Explosion". : World Watch Journal. (10(2):26). The release of new synthetic chemicals are out of control, and so are their apparent effects on alligators, frogs, and children | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Montague, P.. (2000). "Dumbing Down the Children". http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/index: Rachel's Environment and Health Weekly. (no. 687 February 17, 2000 [on line]). The first in a three-part series on the dangers of lead in the environment | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Montague, Peter. (1997). "The Truth About Breast Cancer". Annapolis, MD [Web site:http://www.monitor.net/rachel]: Rachel's Environment & Health Weekly. (#571). A rather shrill but useful probe of the causes of breast cancer | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Morse, Stephen S.. (1996). Emerging Viruses. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. A systematic exploration of the rapid evolution of emerging viruses with practical suggestions for prevention of future epidemics | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Murray, C .J. L. and A. D. Lopez. (2000). "Progress and directions in refining the global burden of disease". : Health Economics. (9: 69-82). An analysis of the daily burden of disease from different sources | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| National Research Council. (1996). Carcinogens and Anticarcinogens in the Human Diet: A Comparison of Naturally Occurring and Synthetic Substances. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences USA.
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| Nendza, M., et al. (1997). "Potential for Secondary Poisoning and Biomagnification in Marine Organisms". : Chemosphere. (35(9):1875-1885). Discusses how food webs accumulate and magnify toxins | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| O'Brien, Mary. (2000). Making Better Environmental Decisions: An Alternative to risk Assessment. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Recommends "alternatives assessment" as a new approach to health protection | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Osterholm, M. T.. (2000). "Emerging Infections -- Another Warning". : The New England Journal of Medicine. (342(17): 4-5). An overview of the dangers of emergent diseases with some recent examples from around the world | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Pantani, C.. (1997). "Comparative acute toxicity of some pesticides, metals, and surfactants to Gammarus italicus Goedm. and Echinogammarus tibaldii pink. and stock". : Bull Environ Contem Toxicol. (59(6):963-967).
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| Platt, Anne E.. (1996). Infecting Ourselves: How Environmental and Social Disruptions Trigger Disease. Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute. (Worldwatch Paper 129).
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| Pogoda, J.M., et al. (1997). "Household Pesticides and Risk of Pediatric Brain Tumors". : Environmental Health Perspectives. 105(11):1214-1220 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Raffensperger, C. and J. Tickner. (1999). Protecting Public Health and the Environment: Implementing the Precautionary Principle. Covelo, CA: Island Press. Discusses the philosophical foundation and application of the precautionary principle in health planning | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Reiter, P.. (2000). "From Shakespeare to Defoe: Malaria in England in the Little Ice Age,". : Emerging Infectious Diseases. (6(1):9-18). Discusses connections between climate, social conditions, and infectious diseases | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Ridley, M.. (2000). "Asthma, Environment, and the Genome". : Natural History. (109(2):54-64). What is the connection between pollution and asthma? | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Rolston, H.. (1996). "Science, Advocacy, Human and Environmental Health". : Sci Total Environment. (184(1-2)51-56). Argues that ecosystem health should replace commodity-based sustainable development as a policy goal because of the links between ecosystems and human health | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Ritter, L.. (1997). "Report of a Panel on the Relationship between Public Exposure to Pesticides and Cancer". : National Cancer Institute of Canada. (80(10):2019-2033). A Canadian view of cancer risks of pesticides | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| Wargo, John. (1996). Our Children's Toxic Legagy: How Science Failed to Protect Us from Pesticides. Covelo, CA: Island Press. The history of pesticide law and science with a focus on the special hazards faced by children | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
| World Health Organization. (2000). "Health and Development in the 20th Century". New York: Oxford University Press. (1-10). World Health Report | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) |
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