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Environment and Health in the Twenty-First Century.
- Source :
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; Oct2008, Vol. 1140, p1-21, 21p
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- There are major challenges facing the countries in the Pacific Basin. These include issues of hazardous waste management and the consequent adverse effects of hazardous wastes on human health, the potential disruption of our whole way of life as a consequence of global climate change, and the increasing problem on human health of air pollution and the effects of breathing polluted air. These issues and others were the focus of the 12th meeting of the Pacific Basin Consortium for Environment and Health Sciences, held in Beijing in late 2007. This volume is a collection of papers presented at that meeting, and this introductory chapter provides some perspective on three of the major issues that are of concern in all of the countries in this region. This meeting provided an opportunity for Chinese scientists and those from other countries in the Pacific Basin to share perspectives and possible solutions with others from the international community, and these various approaches are reflected in these proceedings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ENVIRONMENTAL health
PUBLIC health
HAZARDOUS wastes
CLIMATE change
AIR pollution
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00778923
- Volume :
- 1140
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34909638
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1196/annals.1454.048