Global crises, global solutions

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Barbara Graves

"This new book focuses on sampling and analysis, radon and radium in water supply wells, predictive models, geologic and hydrogeologic controls that influence radon occurrence, monitoring radon and other radioactivity from geologic sources and mining impacts on occurrence of radioactivity in ground water. Also discussed are occurrence, testing, treatment, and reduction of radon from groundwater. Because the most severe health hazard from indoor radioactivity results from inhalation of short-lived radioactive decay products of radon, the EPA scheduled a major conference early in 1987 on Radon, Radium, and Other Radioactivity in Ground Water-Hydrogeologic Impact and Application to Indoor Airborne Contamination. The result is this book."--Publisher description (LoC).

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Rudo Gaidzanwa

"Most attempts at studying the effects of economic crisis and structural adjustment on the health sector in Africa have concentrated on the impact of cuts in the public health budget and the introduction of user charges/cost recovery measures on the capacity of the populace, especially the working poor, to maintain or improve access to modern medical services. Very useful insights have certainly been gained from those studies, especially with regard to the documentary evidence that has been marshalled to capture the declines in the health and nutritional status of the majority of the consumers of health services. However, there remains a major gap in the literature on the consequences of structural adjustment for the African health sector, and this has to do with the fact that the experiences of the medical professionals who work in the sector have remained unstudied. Yet, there is no doubt that the sharp cutbacks in the health sector with which these professionals have had to cope also affect their capacity to carry out their work effectively. This fact, together with the deterioration of their working and living conditions during the adjustment years, has compelled many of them to re-think their livelihood strategies. The ways in which these professionals have sought to respond to the changing environment of work and livelihood in Zimbabwe since the country adopted an IMF /World Bank structural adjustment programme constitute the essence of this research report. Of particular interest are those doctors and nurses who took a decision to migrate from Zimbabwe to Botswana and South Africa in Search of "greener" pastures."--BOOK JACKET.

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Antonietta M. Gatti, Stefano Montanari

Describes the impact of nanoparticles and microparticles on human and animal health and offers criteria for preventing potential problems deriving from these particles.

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[Kim Barnouin

Kim blows the lid on all of the nasties in our everyday stuff (everything from lipstick to sofa upholstery), and shows how we can make both small and big changes in our home, wardrobe, and beauty regimen--for living the Ultimate Skinny Bitch lifestyle! --