Research Catalog

Title

The silent epidemic : coal and the hidden threat to health / Alan H. Lockwood.

Author

Lockwood, Alan H.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012.

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Details

Description

xi, 229 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"Alan Lockwood, a physician, describes and documents the adverse health effects of burning coals. Lockwood's comprehensive treatment examines every aspect of coal, from its complex chemical makeup to details of mining, transporting, burning, and disposal--each of which generates significant health concerns. He describes coal pollution's effects on the respiratory, cardiovascular, and nervous systems, and how these problems will only get worse; explains the impact of global warming on coal-related health problems; and discusses possible policy approaches to combat coal pollution."--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• Coal > Environmental aspects
• Pollution > Health aspects
• Air Pollution > adverse effects
• Smoke > adverse effects
• Coal > adverse effects
• Respiration Disorders > etiology
• Cardiovascular Diseases > etiology
• Nervous System Diseases > etiology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Coal -- The pollutants -- From mine to ash -- Mitigation of pollutants from burning coal -- Pathophysiology: how pollution damages cells and tissues -- Basic health considerations -- Diseases of the respiratory system -- Diseases of the cardiovascular system -- Diseases of the nervous system -- Health effects on the horizon -- Coal, global warming, and health -- Energy and health care economics -- Policy implications.

ISBN

• 9780262017893
• 026201789X

LCCN

2011053211

OCLC

• ocn777945794
• 777945794
• SCSB-9217479

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library