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A 4 page paper that briefly summarizes the contents from 4 chapters in Environmental Health, From Global to Local, edited by Howard Frumkin. Chapters 24-27 are summarized. No additional sources cited.
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topic within a historical context that provides pertinent background information. Ionizing radiation is then described and in terms of its possible effects, such as types of injury it can cause;
genetic effects; somatic effects; carcinogenic effects; and effects on a developing embryo. Risk assessment and radiation protection are described before moving on to ultraviolet radiation, visible light, infrared radiation, microwave
radiation, and ultrasound. In each chapter of this text, boxed text addresses topics of current interest and in this chapter, a particularly interesting box describes the possible dangers of cell
phones, which operate using radio-frequency radiation. The author concludes with a list of concerns that need to be addressed by public health policy. Some these issues are "residential exposure to
indoor radon"; the problem of what to do with radioactive waste; and how depletion of the earths ozone layer may be increasing risks associated with sunlight exposure. Chapter 25 Injuries
These authors begin by defining "injury" as "physical damage caused by the excessive transfer of energy," which can be "mechanical, electrical, chemical, thermal or radiation" (Razzak, Hess and Kellermann 715).
Historically, public health officials have ignored injuries as they were assumed to be random; however, contemporary officials recognize that injuries can follow a predictable chain of events and, therefore, can
be prevented. Therefore, this chapter outlines a public health view on injuries, which focuses on environmental factors. Injury prevention involves defining the problem; identifying risk and protective factors; and developing
and testing interventions. The 3 Es f injury control are "education, enforcement of regulations...(and) engineering of physical structures," which includes environmental changes (Razzak, Hess and Kellermann 723). In discussing specific
injuries, the authors identify the risk factors and interventions associated with violence, burns, poisoning, and drowning, as well as injury control for specific environment, such as the workplace, playgrounds, roadways
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