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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.
List of contributors
Foreword
Preface
Historical context, philosophy and principles of environmental health
The environmental health practitioner
Communication in environmental health
Research and evidence for environmental health policy and practice
Law and practice to achieve outcomes
Legal implications of the UK leaving the EU
Business management, environmental health and the EHP/business interface
Quality management systems: environmental management systems as examples
Constructions and related matters relevant to environmental health
Human physiology, hazards and health risks
Understanding and responding to the health and the climate emergency
Housing, health, and the domestic environment
The influence of society on the UK’s food and food regulatory systems
The work and leisure environments
Water and environmental health
Air quality
Pest management and vector control
Waste and resource management
Contaminated land and land use
Noise and vibration
Port health
Environmental health in different situations
A global perspective on environment and health
Index