ABSTRACT
Since its first publication in 1933, Clay’s Handbook of Environmental Health (under its different names) has provided a definitive guide for the environmental health practitioner (EHP), and an essential reference for the consultant and student. This 22nd edition continues with its more recent successful structure, reviewing the core principles, techniques, competencies and skills required of an EHP, and then outlining the specialist subjects without getting bogged down in a legalistic approach, seeking to broaden the content for a more global audience.
This new edition seeks to educate the EHP on the public health impacts of global heating and the climate emergency and also reflects the COVID-19 pandemic, as might be expected. Although seeking to have global appeal, the impact of the UK leaving the EU is also addressed. The book examines environmental health in different settings, including in the military, working in both conflict and natural disaster settings, and environmental health at sea and airports. In line with previous editions, case studies are used to illustrate how EH problems have been resolved. This new edition includes guidance on key issues in public and environmental health including air pollution, contaminated land, housing and health, noise, water, food safety, pests and vector control, chemicals in the environment and radiation, as well as sustainability and public health and humanitarian crises.
This handbook aims to give a basic understanding of the philosophical basis of environmental health, as well as the required technical aspects and an understanding of environmental health in different settings. All chapters have sections on further reading and sources of information. Clay’s Handbook is essential reading for all practitioners, students and researchers in environmental and public health wherever they are working.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section 1|28 pages
A historical perspective
section Section 2|25 pages
The 21st century; the principles and philosophy of environmental health
section Section 3|5 pages
Further thoughts on environmental health
section |20 pages
Moral foundations of the precautionary principle: JUUL and the hazards of vaping
section Section 1|34 pages
The human body in health and disease
section Section 2|19 pages
Principles of environmental public health risk assessment and application to chemical incident response
section Section 3|11 pages
Radiation (ionising and non-ionising) and health
section Section 4|15 pages
Radon
section Section 5|17 pages
Epigenetics and relevance to public health
section Section 6|29 pages
Communicable Diseases
section Section 1|15 pages
Overview of health and safety in the UK
section Section 2|11 pages
Strategies for the management of health and safety and for achieving compliance
section Section 3|6 pages
The working environment
section Section 4|31 pages
Workplace hazards
section Section 5|20 pages
Occupational hazards
section Section 6|4 pages
The investigation of incidents, accidents and dangerous occurrences in the working environment
section Section 7|2 pages
Emerging threats to health and safety
section Section 1|12 pages
Basic concepts
section Section 2|11 pages
Water and risks
section Section 3|7 pages
Water quality monitoring and assessment
section Section 4|5 pages
Emergencies and interventions
section Section 5|7 pages
Emerging issues – what events are taking place that could change the risks to environmental health through the water cycle?
section Section 6|8 pages
Special issues related to water and environmental health in developing (low-income) countries
section Section 1|16 pages
Air pollution and air quality as a public health matter
section Section 2|14 pages
Local Air Quality Management
section Section 3|6 pages
Measurement of ambient air pollutant
section Section 4|9 pages
Industrial emissions
section Section 5|6 pages
Industrial emissions
section Section 1|20 pages
Pests as vectors of public health significance
section Section 2|13 pages
Pest management strategies and integrated pest management
section Section 3|3 pages
The use of anticoagulant rodenticides in the UK – risk mitigation measures
section Section 4|15 pages
Legal provisions available to Environmental Health Practitioners
section Section 1|14 pages
Contaminated land in the UK – a brief history
section Section 2|17 pages
Understanding part IIA Environmental Protection Act 1990
section Section 3|15 pages
Town & Country Planning and the development of contaminated land
section Section 4|8 pages
Getting the right sort of help
section Section 5|3 pages
Remediation techniques
section Section 1|10 pages
Basic acoustics
section Section 2|34 pages
Land use planning and regulation
section Section 3|4 pages
Health effects
section Section 4|3 pages
Occupational health and safety
section Section 5|8 pages
Noise and Nuisance
section Section 6|2 pages
Licensing
section Section 7|4 pages
Strategic noise mapping
section Section 8|5 pages
Sound insulation
section Section 9|4 pages
Vibration
section Section 10|11 pages
International regulation of noise
section Section 1|8 pages
Public health at airports
section Section 2|16 pages
Public health at seaports
section Section 3|2 pages
International Catering Waste (ICW)
section Section 4|15 pages
Imported food, animals and other goods
section Section 5|1 pages
Shellfish
section Section 1|19 pages
Extreme events – the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 and planning for extreme weather events and other disasters
section Section 2|10 pages
Environmental health in the military context – ‘enabling not constraining the mission'
