Environmental Deterioration and Human Health: Natural and Anthropogenic Determinants

ISBN-13: 9789400778894 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 421 str.

Abdul Malik; Elisabeth Grohmann; Rais Akhtar

Opis

This book discusses the natural and anthropogenic determinants of the environment and their impact on human health. It throws light on the perspectives of climate change with case studies from Australia, India, Italy, and Latin America. Themes covered are ecology of antibiotic resistant microorganisms, pesticide and heavy metal (arsenic) problems in natural environment; molecular advances in understanding of microbial interactions; ecological studies of human/animal health and diseases; food security, technological developments and more. The various chapters incorporate both theoretical and applied aspects and may serve as baseline information for future research through which significant development is possible.

Spis treści

Sections I: Environmental Quality Deterioration and Health

1. Environmental Deterioration and Human Health: An Overview, Farhana Masood, Elisabeth Grohmann, Rais Akhtar and Abdul Malik
2. Environment and health in Italian Cities: the case of Taranto Cosimo Palagiano, and Tiziana Banini
3. Environmental Concerns of the Tanning Industry, Farhana Masood and Abdul Malik
4. Environmental and health effects of textile industry wastewater, Sana Khan and Abdul Malik
5. Applications of Bacillus thuringiensis for prevention of environmental deterioration, Showkat Ahmad Lone, Abdul Malik and Jasdeep Chatrath Padaria, India 

Section II:  Pollution and Health 

1. Insecticides: Impact on the Environment and Human Health, M. Shafiq Ansari, Maher Ahmed Moraiet and Salman Ahmad
2. Spread of Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment: Impact on Human Health, Melanie Broszat and Elisabeth Grohmann
3. Persistent Organic Chemicals of Emerging Environmental Concern - persistence and bioavailability, Luciana Pereira
4. Application of microorganisms in bioremediation of environment from heavy metals Katarzyna Hrynkiewicz and Christel Baum
5. Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Foodstuffs, Fish, Wildlife and Human Tissues from India: Historical Trend and Contamination Status, V. Dhananjayan, B. Ravichandran
6. Management of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Leachate: A Global Environmental Issue, Meththika Vithanage, S.S.R.M.D.H.R. Wijesekara, S.S. Mayakaduwa, A.R. Siriwardana, Y.S. Ok 

Section III Climate Change and Health 

1. Climate change and migration: Food insecurity as a driver and outcome of climate change related migration, Celia McMichael
2. Climate Change and Vector Borne Diseases in Latin America, Ulisses E, C Confalonieri
3. Climate change and geo-environmental problems in Indian desert, H.S. Sharma, India
4. Geoecology of Malaria in India: Historical perspective and a case study of Western Rajasthan, India, Rais Akhtar 

Section IV  Water Quality, Exposure and Health 

Spring Water Quality and Human Health in  Foothill Settlements of Pir Panjal Range in  Anantnag and Kulgam Districts of  J & K State – India, .G.M.Rather; Rafiq A. Hajam; Sajad A.Wani,  Suhaib A. Bandh & ,T.A.Kanth, India

Dietary Exposure to arsenic as an anthropogenic factor: Beyond the recommended diet Rebeca Monroy Torres, NC,

Land Use Changes and their Impact on Water Resources in Himalayas, Prakash C. TiwariTiwari and Bhagwati Joshi

 

O autorze

Abdul Malik is Associate Professor and Former Chairman (Head), Department of Agricultural Microbiology. He has been awarded several International fellowships, awards and honors including DBT CREST, DAAD fellowship (Germany), BOYSCAST overseas fellowship, Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Fund award etc. He has collaborative project with TU Berlin and University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. He has received research grants from several funding agencies of the Govt. of India including DST, CSIR, UGC as Principal Investigator. Dr. Malik has published a number of research papers in leading scientific journals of the world and edited Five books published by the leading international Publishers. His major areas of Research are Environmental Microbiology, Ecotoxicology, and Agricultural Microbiology.

Elisabeth Grohmann is Professor at the Institute of Biology, Section Microbiology, at Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany. She received her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Technical University, Graz, Austria. In 2003 she completed her habilitation (Venia legendi) in Molecular Biology at the Institute of Environmental Engineering, Technical University Berlin, Germany. Her research focuses on conjugative plasmids and the elucidation of the antibiotic resistance transfer mechanism.

Rais Akhtar is Adjunct Professor at the International Institute of Health Management and Research, New Delhi. Formerly Professor of Geography, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, National Fellow, ICSSR, and Emeritus Scientist, CSIR, in Geography, JNU, New Delhi, India. Recipient of a number of international fellowships like Leverhulme Fellowship (University of Liverpool), Henry Chapman Fellowship etc (University of London), and Visiting Professor University of Paris. His major thrust areas of research are Environment and health and sustainable development with focus on climate change and health scenario.