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Generations at Risk

Reproductive Health and the Environment

By: Ted Schettler

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Generations at Risk

Reproductive Health and the Environment

By: Ted Schettler

Compelling evidence suggests that human exposure to some toxic chemicals can have lifelong and even intergenerational effects on reproduction and development. Generations at Risk presents compelling evidence that human exposure to some toxic chemicals can have lifelong and even intergenerational effects on human reproduction and development. The result of a collaboration involving public health professionals, physicians, environmental educators, and policy advocates, this book examines how scientific, social, economic, and political systems may fail to protect us from environmental and occupational toxicants. It is an important sourcebook for those concerned about their own health and that of their loved ones, as well as for medical and public health workers, community activists, policymakers, and industrial decision makers.

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MIT Press

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0262692473

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9780262692472

Control of Pests and Weeds by Natural Enemies

An Introduction to Biological Control

By: Roy van Driesche,Mark Hoddle,Ted Center

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Control of Pests and Weeds by Natural Enemies

An Introduction to Biological Control

By: Roy van Driesche,Mark Hoddle,Ted Center

Biological control – utilizing a population of natural enemies to seasonally or permanently suppress pests – is not a new concept. The cottony cushion scale, which nearly destroyed the citrus industry of California, was controlled by an introduced predatory insect in the 1880s. Accelerated invasions by insects and spread of weedy non-native plants in the last century have increased the need for the use of biological control. Use of carefully chosen natural enemies has become a major tool for the protection of natural ecosystems, biodiversity and agricultural and urban environments. This book offers a multifaceted yet integrated discussion on two major applications of biological control: permanent control of invasive insects and plants at the landscape level and temporary suppression of both native and exotic pests in farms, tree plantations, and greenhouses. Written by leading international experts in the field, the text discusses control of invasive species and the role of natural enemies in pest management. This book is essential reading for courses on Invasive Species, Pest Management, and Crop Protection. It is an invaluable reference book for biocontrol professionals, restorationists, agriculturalists, and wildlife biologists. Further information and resources can be found on the Editor’s own website at: www.invasiveforestinsectandweedbiocontrol.info/index.htm

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John Wiley & Sons

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1444300415

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9781444300413

Earth Calling

A Climate Change Handbook for the 21st Century

By: Ellen Gunter,Ted Carter

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Earth Calling

A Climate Change Handbook for the 21st Century

By: Ellen Gunter,Ted Carter

Our earliest mythologies tell us we all start as a little bit of dirt. These stories carry a profound message: each of us is born with a deep and abiding connection to the earth, one that many of us have lost touch with. The Silent Spring for today's environmental activists, this book offers an invitation to reestablish our relationship with nature to repair our damaged environment. Chapter 1 examines the threats to the planet's health through the lens of the human energy system known as the chakras, describing how the broken first chakra relates to our disconnection from our biosphere. Chapter 2 shows how our current environmental crises--global warming, climate change, dwindling water resources, natural disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes--represent severe manifestations of our disconnection from the earth. Chapter 3 describes how the preponderance of oil in our culture--especially agribusiness--compounds this disconnection, from our dependence on other countries for our energy, to current issues of oil depletion, peak oil, and fracking, to the dumbing down of our agricultural polyculture. Chapter 4 explains how the most basic building blocks of our nourishment--seeds--are being compromised with a loss of biodiversity and rise of GMOs, and how that adversely affects the farmers whose sacred connection to the land has in many cases been severed. Chapter 5 describes the ways in which we as individuals can begin to wake up to climate activism as a spiritual practice. This chapter includes specific activities that you can use to implement change and heal your own connection to the earth. By learning and practicing ritual and understanding the earth's rhythms and seasonal rites of passage, each of us can find unique ways to heal our own connections and help others heal theirs. Chapter 6 brings to life Goethe’s wisdom: “Knowing isn’t enough; neither is being willing. We must do,” by providing strategies and resources for exploring how each of us can find our own Earth Calling, then anchoring that calling with the only force that ignites change: Action.

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North Atlantic Books

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1583947671

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Generations at Risk

Reproductive Health and the Environment

By: Ted Schettler

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Reproductive Health and the Environment

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The Ecology of Breast Cancer

The Promise of Prevention and the Hope for Healing

By: Ted Schettler

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The Ecology of Breast Cancer

The Promise of Prevention and the Hope for Healing

By: Ted Schettler

The Ecology of Breast Cancer: the Promise of Prevention and the Hope for Healing looks broadly and deeply into the origins of breast cancer and some of the factors that influence recurrence and progression after initial treatment. It integrates an extensive amount of material from diverse sources. The analysis finds that interactions among many features woven into the fabric of our individual, family, and community lives create conditions that make breast cancer more or less likely. Thinking about this as a design problem helps us identify multi-level interventions that will reduce risk and improve outcomes after diagnosis.Preventing breast cancer and reducing recurrences requires measures that confront the systemic roots of the disease. Generally-accepted individual risk factors are important, but they simply do not explain why many people develop the disease. The food system, many aspects of the built and occupational environments, and pervasive hazardous environmental chemicals also contribute, and they cannot be addressed by individuals alone. The book briefly discusses known risk factors for breast cancer, including family and personal history, genetic susceptibility, early puberty, late menopause, late age of first child or having no children, dense breast tissue, chest irradiation, current use of oral contraceptives, combination hormone therapy, cigarette smoking, and alcohol consumption. It goes on to explore what we know about other variables, their interactions, and the importance of taking a life course approach, since breast biology and later risk of breast cancer can be influenced by conditions experienced during fetal development, infancy, childhood, and adolescence as well as adulthood. The first section of the book proposes that a systems perspective or an ecological framework is best suited for studying the origins of breast cancer and designing interventions intended to prevent it and improve outcomes following treatment. A second section reviews numerous studies addressing the roles of nutrition, physical activity, environmental chemicals, vitamin D, electromagnetic fields, shift work, and stress. Examples of interactions among these variables show the value of a systems-based approach to research and interventions. Section three synthesizes this information and identifies practical opportunities for individuals, health care professionals, public health officials, community planners, businesses, schools, governments, and farmers to help reduce the burden of this disease. Biomedical scientists and clinicians have made enormous advances in treating breast cancer in recent decades. Improved outcomes are likely due to combinations of earlier diagnosis, better understanding of cellular pathology, and refined, targeted therapeutic interventions. For many people with the disease, adding weight control, dietary interventions, exercise, stress reduction, and social support to their initial therapy has not only improved the quality of their lives but also reduced the risk of recurrence. A public health perspective widens the lens to look at breast cancer patterns in populations and offers additional insights into prevention and treatment. An ecological framework accommodates both individual and public health points-of-view and adds new science. It expands the ways we can study and address this disease. Finally, applying the ecological framework more widely to other complex disorders, including other kinds of cancer, diabetes, asthma, cardiovascular disease, learning disabilities, cognitive decline, and dementia, is likely to improve our understanding of their origins and point to better strategies for prevention and treatment. Changes in diet and the food system, the built environment, social environment, and reductions in hazardous chemical exposures designed to address breast cancer will help reduce the burden of many of these as well.

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1495335003

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In Harm's Way

Toxic Threats to Child Development

By: Ted Schettler

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In Harm's Way

Toxic Threats to Child Development

By: Ted Schettler

The intersection between environmental chemicals & child develop. is a new area of public health science. So much hinges on understanding the effects of environmental chemicals on these processes: developmental disabilities, incl. attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism, & neurodevelopmental diseases, affect millions of children. Chapters: nature of the problem; normal brain develop. & developmental toxicology; developmental disorders (DD) & their public health impact; the road from research to real life; the causes of disabilities; known & suspected developmental neurotoxicants; chemicals, reg's. & the environment; & clinical spectrum of DD. "Makes complex scientific literature readily available to non-experts." Illustrated.

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Generations at Risk

Generations at Risk

Control of Pests and Weeds by Natural Enemies

Control of Pests and Weeds by Natural Enemies

Earth Calling

Earth Calling

Generations at Risk

Generations at Risk

The Ecology of Breast Cancer

The Ecology of Breast Cancer

In Harm's Way

In Harm's Way

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