Environmental Health

Earth’s Sixth Mass Extinction: A Call to Action for Biodiversity A Planet on the Brink We stand at a crossroads in history, facing a challenge of staggering proportions. Earth’s sixth mass extinction is not a distant, abstract threat; it is unfolding around us in real-time. Species are vanishing at an alarming rate, ecosystems are unraveling, and the delicate web of life that sustains us all is fraying under the weight of human activity. Yet within this crisis lies an extraordinary opportunity—a chance to reverse course and become stewards of the living planet, preserving its wonders ...

Are you still carrying the toxic load of spike proteins, environmental chemicals, and cellular waste—without even knowing it? In today’s world, chronic inflammation, brain fog, immune dysfunction, and long COVID symptoms are no longer rare—they’re the new baseline. But beneath these symptoms lies a deeper cause: a body overwhelmed by toxins it was never designed to handle. Permanent Detox is your complete blueprint for reclaiming your health by clearing spike proteins, eliminating environmental toxins, and activating your body’s built-in detox systems at the cellular level.

More than 80,000 new chemicals have been developed and released into the global environment during the last four decades. Today the World Health Organization attributes more than one-third of all childhood deaths to environmental causes, and as rates of childhood disease skyrocket, it raises serious, difficult questions around how the chemical environment is impacting children's health. Children and Environmental Toxins: What Everyone Needs to Know® offers an accessible guide to understanding and identifying the potential sources of harm in a child's environment.

In Jared Diamond’s follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author explores how climate change, the population explosion, and political discord create the conditions for the collapse of civilization. Environmental damage, climate change, globalization, rapid population growth, and unwise political choices were all factors in the demise of societies around the world, but some found solutions and persisted.

It begins on a perfect summer day. A family trip to a warm, freshwater lake ends in an unthinkable tragedy. Days later, a child complains of a headache, and within a week, the unthinkable happens. This is the terrifying reality of Naegleria fowleri, a microscopic predator that triggers a rare but devastating brain infection: primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). MEDICAL MYSTERIES: Brain-Eating Amoeba takes you beyond the sensationalist headlines and deep into one of medicine’s most harrowing challenges. This exhaustively researched narrative combines gripping true stories, cutting-...

The Digital Age was expected to usher in an era of clean production, an alternative to smokestack industries and their pollutants. But as environmental journalist Elizabeth Grossman reveals in this penetrating analysis of high tech manufacture and disposal, digital may be sleek, but it's anything but clean. Deep within every electronic device lie toxic materials that make up the bits and bytes, a complex thicket of lead, mercury, cadmium, plastics, and a host of other often harmful ingredients.

CHST Exam Essential Practice Simply and Thoroughly Explained as the name implies, an essential set of questions for anyone taking the Construction Health and Safety Technician certification exam. This book draws the listener in, which certainly assists with their increased retention of the amount of material that must be covered.

New York Times best-selling author Seth Siegel tells how contaminants got in our drinking water, what they’re doing to us, and what we must do to make our water safe.

The CIH Exam Essential Practice Questions by Farcas and Cena is, as the name implies, an essential set of questions in industrial hygiene. It is well laid out in 17 sections. The questions are well introduced with a short narrative before the introduction of the pertinent equations and solution to the over 500 example problems. The book serves not only as a formidable preparation for the CIH exam, but a good review of basic principles.

A concise guide to help you reduce your exposure to environmental toxins. We have all seen the increases in chronic disease, obesity, diabetes, cancer, autoimmune diseases, neurological conditions etc. but where is it coming from? What has changed? What can we do to protect our health? If you or someone in your family suffers from chronic illness, weight problems, lack of energy or even cancer, you need to look to your environment. In the last century, we have added about 85,000 chemicals to our world, many with minimal testing or regulation. We are exposed to a cocktail of various ...

Many of us have concerns about the effects of climate change on Earth, but we often overlook the essential issue of human health. This book addresses that oversight and enlightens listeners about the most important aspect of one of the greatest challenges of our time. By weighing in from a physician's perspective, authors Jay Lemery and Paul Auerbach clarify the science, dispel the myths, and help listeners understand the threats of climate change to human health.

Environmental Science For Dummies is a straightforward guide to the interrelationships of the natural world and the role that humans play in the environment. This book tracks to a typical introductory environmental science curriculum at the college level—and is great as a supplement or study guide for AP Environmental Science, too. If you're in need of extra help for a class, considering a career in environmental science, or simply care about our planet and want to learn more about helping the environment, this friendly Dummies resource is a great place to start.

New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon...

Conquer the REHS/RS Exam: Your Guide to a Career as a Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Registered Sanitarian is designed for practical, focused exam prep. This study guide helps you review essential topics like food safety, water quality, air and waste management, vector control, housing, and emergency response—along with key environmental health regulations. Clear explanations aim to simplify complex material without unnecessary filler. Whether you're new to the field or reviewing for recertification, this guide provides a structured way to study core subjects that appear on ...

In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as “wrenching and revelatory” (The Nation), “vivid and unsettling” (New York Review of Books), Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of twenty-first-century America’s most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible.

50 Things to Know for Toxic-Free Living offers an approach to creating a healthier lifestyle by identifying cleaner choices in a variety of areas. This audiobook offers a practical guide to choosing better options and can be implemented without the hassle of sorting through scientific jargon. Based on knowledge from the world's leading experts, this audiobook provides a simple outline for detoxing. You'll discover the tools to start making empowered decisions for your well-being, and cultivate the foundation for prioritizing your health and the health of our planet.

Here is the inspiring story of how Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, alongside a team of researchers, parents, friends, and community leaders, discovered that the children of Flint, Michigan, were being exposed to lead in their tap water - and then battled her own government and a brutal backlash to expose that truth to the world. Paced like a scientific thriller, What the Eyes Don’t See reveals how misguided austerity policies, broken democracy, and callous bureaucratic indifference placed an entire city at risk.

This is Citizen Jack’s book, a masterful demonstration of a personal view turned sociopolitical gold. —CHARLES R. AULT JR., Professor Emeritus, Lewis & Clark College Discover the truth about the Trump years with Citizen Jack's gripping and detailed account in The Trump Files. Renowned science educator, researcher, blogger, and author Jack Hassard vividly documents the nation's turbulent Trump years and brings readers back to those troubling days. Through sharp, clear-eyed prose, he takes on racial injustice, the Trumpist worldview, and how science was diminished in the Trump era. The ...

A landmark book by marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols on the remarkable effects of water on our health and well-being. Why are we drawn to the ocean each summer? Why does being near water set our minds and bodies at ease? In Blue Mind, Wallace J. Nichols revolutionizes how we think about these...

Unlock the secrets of sustainable living and revolutionize your gardening practices with The Compost Connection. This comprehensive guide delves deep into the art and science of composting, offering invaluable insights and practical techniques that both novices and seasoned gardeners can benefit from. Start your journey with an introduction to compost harvesting, exploring the vital role of finished compost in building robust soil health. Discover the diverse methods of composting, from traditional techniques to innovative approaches like vermicomposting and bokashi composting, each ...