The Big picture

 

References

This list includes all sources used to prepare the web pages of “The Larger Story”.  Links available on the Web can be accessed directly by clicking on the desired source whereas peer reviewed sources are not publicly available and can be accessed via university libraries, paid subscriptions, or similar access.  Books and Related Sources can be borrowed from local libraries or purchased via retail venues.  


Links available on the Web:

World Health Organization: 

Status of Environmental Health (an overview/fast facts of environmental factors in global health)

Indoor Air Quality Guidelines (an assessment of the role of indoor air quality in global health)

Drinking Water Guidelines (an overview of the priority contaminants in drinking water worldwide) 

Drinking Water Quality (an assessment of the global disease burden incurred by poor water quality)

Food Safety (an overview of food safety with an emphasis on biological contaminants)

Biological Contamination of Food (summary of primary micro-organisms that cause illness in humans)


Stockholm Convention:

Persistent Organic Pollutants (identifies pesticides in food & water of top health concern)


ATSDR Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons Toxicological Profile (an overview of TPH & health risks)


  1. Peer Reviewed Sources:

  2. •Cohen, Aaron J., Hr. Ross Anderson, Bart Ostro, Kiran Dev Pandey, Michal Krzyzanowski, Nino Kunzli, Kersten Gutschmidt, Arden Pope, Isabelle Romieu, Jonathan Samet, and Kirk Smith (2005).  The Global Burden of Disease Due to Outdoor Air Pollution, Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, vol. 68, pp 1301-1307. (an overview of the magnitude and distribution of outdoor air quality problems worldwide) 

  3. •Porta, Miquel, Elisa Puigdomenech, Ferran Ballester, Javier Selva, Nuria Ribas-Fito, Sabrina Llop, and Tomas Lopez (2008).  Monitoring concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in the general population:  The international experience.   Environment International, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 546-561.  (an overview of organic pollutants in the human body coming from soil, water, and food sources).

  4. Books and Related Sources

  5. •Cornell, D.W. (2005)  Soil Contamination in Basic Concepts of Environmental Chemistry.  CRC Press, Chapter 17  (an overview of major soil contaminants and how they enter the human body).