Environmental health ethics

Environmental Health Ethics illuminates the conflicts between protecting the environment and promoting human health. In this study, David B. Resnik develops a method for making ethical decisions on environmental health issues. He applies this method to various issues, including pesticide use, antibi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Resnik, David B. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , c2012
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. An overview of environmental health
  • 3. Ethical theory
  • 4. Toward an environmental health ethics
  • 5. Pest control
  • 6. Genetic engineering, food, and nutrition
  • 7. Pollution and waste
  • 8. The built environment
  • 9. Climate change, energy, and population
  • 10. Justice and environmental health
  • 11. Environmental health research involving human participants
  • 12. Conclusion