Environmental Health and Occupational Safety

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-73560-3
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 562 g

The scope of occupational safety and health (OSH) has evolved gradually and consistently in response to variations that are socio-political or scientific, or generated by profit-seeking. In recent years, globalization of the world’s economies and its impacts have been recognized as the greatest force for change in the domain of the workplace, and accordingly in the scope of OSH, both in positive and negative ways. OSH is a key element in achieving suitable working conditions and safety cultures.

Environmental Health and Occupational Safety is a quick, easy-to-consult comprehensive overview of the issues pertaining to environmental health and OSH. This book equips readers with occupational health risks and hazardous environments encountered in various industrial and workplace settings besides providing basic information on issues related to technology, management, regulatory compliance, and important topics like air, water, and vector-borne diseases.

Features:

- Clearly explains the key concepts of environmental health and OSH, and explores the benchmarks in the history of OSH.

- Talks about OSH as a sub-discipline of environmental health and its association with other disciplines.

- Comprehensive coverage of technical and scientific ideas underlying regulatory requirements and elucidates diverse facets of environmental health and OSH using flow charts and tabulations.

- The fact file at the beginning of each chapter highlights the key points on the themes covered in the chapter.

This book serves as a reference book for advanced students and researchers in the disciplines of environmental sciences, environmental health, eco-toxicology, pharmacology, public health, and OSH, as well as industry and government departments dealing with environmental regulations and directives.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gupta, Pankaj

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Environmental Health  

Chapter 2: Occupational Safety and Health

Chapter 3: Workplace Hazards: Biological

Chapter 4: Workplace Hazards: Chemical

Chapter 5: Workplace Hazards: Physical & Ergonomic

Chapter 6: Occupational Diseases

Chapter 7: Workplace Safety and Health Management

Chapter 8: Waterborne Diseases   

Chapter 9: Vector Borne Diseases   

Chapter 10: Air Borne Diseases   

Chapter 11: Natural Disasters & Health

Über Autor(innen)

Holding a Doctorate in Life Sciences from HP University and a Faculty Member in the Department of Environment Sciences, HP University, Dr. Pankaj Gupta is presently a Fellow at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. He is an empaneled consultant of NABARD and HPPCL for conducting Environment & Social Impact Assessment and baseline studies. He is a member of various academic and professional bodies, viz. Life Member, Society for Environment and Development; Member, Ethno-botanical Society, Lucknow and Member, International Society for Ethno-pharmacology. He is also an Editor of Confluence of Knowledge: An International Refereed Journal, since 2013 and Indian Correspondent, Journal of Folk Art of Eurasia. He is a content writer of IGNOU's learning material of M.Sc. (Environmental Sciences) and contributed ten units. Dr. Gupta is the Chief Editor of the SAGES CHRONICLES, a monthly e-magazine of SAGES. He was awarded Best Young Researcher Award for the year 2022 by Himachal Pradesh University on its Foundation Day.

He was awarded Certificate of Appreciation by the Vice-Chancellor, HPU for drafting the Heerak Jayanti Drishtipatr: Diamond Jubilee Vision Document, 2030 and Chief, Institute of Complex Researches in Great Altai, Altai State Technical University, Barnaul City, Russian Federation for his outstanding research and academic work.

He has completed more than 15 research projects and 12 consultancies. He has authored and edited more than 23 books (with national and international publishers), and published 50 research papers in journals of repute and 24 chapters in edited volumes.