Environmental policy and public health : air pollution, global climate change, and wilderness

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Personal Author:

Rom, William N.

Series:

Public health/environmental health ; 14

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2012

Physical Description:

xxvi, 420 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

ISBN:

9780470593431

Abstract:

"This important resource provides an overview of the major environmental policy issues, both historic and topical, and explains how science plays a role in various forms of policy response. It scrutinizes the sources of pollution and threats to environmental integrity, the consequences of pollution on the environment and health and explains the legal basis for environmental action. The book explains science-based environmental regulation versus cost-benefit scenarios and advocacy by regulated industry and public health organizations. This resource is designed for graduate students in public health and environmental studies"

Subject Term:

Environmental health -- Government policy -- United States

Medical policy

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Summary

This textbook provides an overview of the major environmental policy issues, past and present, and explains the interplay among law, science, and advocacy as related to environmental policymaking in the United States and abroad.

Environmental Policy and Public Health examines the main sources of pollution and threats to environmental integrity and explores the consequences of pollution on the environment and the population. Throughout the book, noted environmental policy expert William N. Rom explains the legal basis for environmental action, beginning with the Clean Air Act, the Wilderness Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, and international treaties. In addition to providing information about existing laws, the author presents potential policy alternatives that offer real-world solutions.

Comprehensive in scope, the book incorporates developments in law, economics, global warming, and air pollution. Environmental Policy and Public Health covers these topics and also puts an emphasis on wilderness protection. An important focus of the book is an assessment of the role of policy analysis in the formation and implementation of national and local environmental policy.

Companion Web site: www.josseybass.com/go/rom

Author Notes

William N. Rom MD, MPH, is Sol and Judith Bergstein Professor of Medicine, Departments of Medicine (Pulmonary Disease) and Environmental Medicine and director of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, director of the NYU Lung Cancer Biomarker Center, and director of the Chest Service and Environmental Lung Disease Laboratory at Bellevue Hospital Center. He recently was chair of the American Thoracic Society Environmental Health Policy Committee and on staff for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for the first global warming debate in fall 2003.

Leonardo Trasande The Unique Vulnerability of ChildrenCatherine McVay Hughes and Kimberly Flynn and Craig Hall and Joan ReibmanCaralee Caplan-Shaw and Angeliki Kazeros and Sam Parsia and Joan ReibmanWilliam N. Rom and Kim EllimanWilliam H. Meadows

Figures and Table	p. ix
Foreword	p. xv
Preface	p. xix
The Author	p. xxi
The Contributors	p. xxiii
Chapter 1 The Clean Air Act and the National Environmental Policy Act	p. 1
The Clean Air Act	p. 2
National Ambient Air Quality Standards	p. 7
State Implementation Plans	p. 9
Hazardous Air Pollutants	p. 11
New Source Performance Standards	p. 12
Prevention of Significant Deterioration	p. 12
Clean Air Interstate Quality Rule	p. 13
The National Environmental Policy Act	p. 13
Chapter 2 Particulate Matter	p. 17
Characteristics and Deposition	p. 18
Health Effects	p. 21
Cardiovascular Disease and Particulate Matter	p. 32
Particulate Matter and Public Policy	p. 37
Chapter 3 Ozone	p. 41
Health Effects	p. 42
Nitrogen Oxides	p. 54
Chapter 4 Sulfur Dioxide and Acid Rain	p. 63
SO2 Health Effects	p. 65
Health Policy: National Ambient Air Quality Standards	p. 69
Acid Rain	p. 69
Environmental Effects of Acid Rain and Deposition	p. 73
Acid Rain and Environmental Policy	p. 75
Chapter 5 Environmental Tobacco Smoke	p. 81
The History of Smoking and Disease	p. 82
Tobacco Smoke and Disease	p. 84
Health Effects of Passive Smoking	p. 89
Lung Cancer Epidemiology	p. 91
Carcinogens in Cigarette Smoke	p. 92
Smoking Cessation	p. 94
Policy Controls on Tobacco and Cigarette Smoking	p. 95
Global Smoking Today	p. 97
Chapter 6 Children's Environmental Health: Mercury and Lead 101	p. 102
Mercury as a Case Study	p. 104
Lead as a Case Study	p. 106
Outdoor Air Pollution as a Case Study	p. 107
The National Children's Study	p. 108
Regulatory Policy and Children	p. 109
Chapter 7 The Role of Community Advocacy Groups in Environmental Protection: Example of September 11, 2001	p. 113
The Disaster	p. 116
Chapter 8 The Medical Response to an Environmental Disaster: Lessons from the World Trade Center Attacks	p. 137
Immediate Response to Environmental Exposure	p. 139
Analysis of World Trade Center Dust	p. 140
Role of the Medical Community in Identifying Adverse Health Effects in Diverse Populations	p. 143
Local Residents, Workers, and Children	p. 148
WTC Environmental Health Center	p. 151
The WTC Health Registry	p. 153
Lessons Learned	p. 155
Chapter 9 Chlorofluorocarbons and the Development of the Ozone Hole	p. 159
Chlorofluorocarbons	p. 160
Ozone Layer	p. 160
Field Measurements of Atmospheric Trace Species	p. 167
Ozone Depletion and UV-B Radiation	p. 170
Policy and the Montreal Protocol	p. 172
Ozone Depletion and Climate Change	p. 174
Medihaler Impediments to Controlling Ozone Depletion	p. 175
Chapter 10 Global Warming Science and Consequences	p. 179
Global Warming Basic Science: Greenhouse Gases	p. 181
Environmental Consequences of Global Warming and Climate Change	p. 186
Human Health Effects	p. 197
Global Warming and the International Community	p. 203
Chapter 11 National Green Energy Plan	p. 205
Energy Efficiency	p. 206
Oil	p. 208
Natural Gas	p. 216
Coal	p. 218
Biofuels	p. 223
Nuclear	p. 227
Wind	p. 230
Geothermal Energy and Hydropower	p. 232
Biomass and Hut Lung	p. 234
Solar	p. 236
Chapter 12 Climate Change Policy Options	p. 241
International Efforts to Prevent Climate Change	p. 244
State, City, and Private Actions on Global Warming	p. 247
U.S. Judiciary Branch and Climate Change	p. 250
U.S. Executive Branch and Climate Change	p. 252
Congress: The Climate Stewardship Act of 2003 Through the Climate Security Acts of 2008 and 2009	p. 254
Economic Factors Surrounding Global Warming and Potential Solutions	p. 260
Prospects for Climate Change Legislation Going Forward	p. 262
Chapter 13 Environmental Policy and the Land: Wilderness Preservation	p. 267
The History of Wilderness Protection	p. 269
The History of Wilderness Protection Evolving from New York State's Leadership	p. 275
Debates over Wilderness	p. 283
Problems with Implementation of the Wilderness Act	p. 287
Executive Orders for Wilderness Protection	p. 289
Current Wilderness Legislation	p. 292
The Land and Water Conservation Fund and the Forest Legacy Program	p. 294
National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act	p. 294
The Endangered Species Act	p. 295
Chapter 14 Environmental Policy and Advocacy Groups: The Wilderness Society: A Case Study	p. 299
Federal Public Lands and Wilderness	p. 300
Why Wilderness?	p. 301
Political Framework	p. 302
The Wilderness Society and Public Policy	p. 304
Wilderness Future	p. 313
Chapter 15 Alaska: America's Wilderness Frontier: A Case Study	p. 319
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge	p. 320
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act: National Parks, Wildlife Refuges, and Wilderness	p. 321
Oil Versus Wilderness on the ANWR	p. 329
Chapter 16 The Clean Water Act and Water Ecosystems	p. 337
The Clean Water Act	p. 338
Safe Drinking Water Act	p. 344
Water Ecosystems and Environmental and Public Health	p. 348
Chapter 17 Toxic Chemicals in the Environment: Government Regulations and Public Health	p. 355
Toxic Substances Control Act	p. 356
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund)	p. 360
Notes	p. 369
Index	p. 407ii

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