Critical condition : human health and the environment / edited by Eric Chivian [and others].

Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Press, [1993], ©1993.

xi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Urban and transboundary air pollution: Human health consequences / David C. Christiani -- Drinking-water pollution and human health / Howard Hu and Nancy K. Kim -- Food contamination due to environmental pollution / Elizabeth L. Bowen and Howard Hu -- Occupational exposures and human health / Dean B. Baker and Philip J. Landrigan -- Radiation and health: Nuclear weapons and nuclear power / Kenneth Lichtenstein and Ira Helfand -- War and the environment: Human health consequences of the environmental damage of war / Jennifer Learning -- Loss of stratospheric ozone and health effects of increased ultraviolet radiation / Alexander Leaf -- The possible effects of climate change on health / Andrew Haines -- Human health and population growth / Michael McCally -- Species extinction and biodiversity loss: The implications for human health / Eric Chivian.

Includes bibliographical references and index