Environmental Deterioration and Human Health

Part I. Environmental Quality Deterioration and Health

1. Environmental Deterioration and Human Health: An Overview
Farhana Masood, Elisabeth Grohmann, Rais Akhtar, Abdul Malik

2. Environment and Health in Italian Cities: The Case of Taranto
Tiziana Banini, Cosimo Palagiano

3. Environmental Concerns of the Tanning Industry
Farhana Masood, Abdul Malik

4. Environmental and Health Effects of Textile Industry Wastewater
Sana Khan, Abdul Malik

5. Applications of Bacillus thuringiensis for Prevention of Environmental Deterioration
Showkat Ahmad Lone, Abdul Malik, Jasdeep Chatrath Padaria

Part II. Pollution and Health

6. Insecticides: Impact on the Environment and Human Health
M. Shafiq Ansari, Maher Ahmed Moraiet, Salman Ahmad

7. Spread of Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment: Impact on Human Health
Melanie Broszat, Elisabeth Grohmann

8. Persistent Organic Chemicals of Emerging Environmental Concern
Luciana Pereira

9. Application of Microorganisms in Bioremediation of Environment from Heavy Metals
Katarzyna Hrynkiewicz, Christel Baum

10. Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Foodstuffs, Fish, Wildlife, and Human Tissues from India: Historical Trend and Contamination Status
V. Dhananjayan, B. Ravichandran

11. Management of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Leachate: A Global Environmental Issue
Meththika Vithanage, S.S.R.M.D.H.R. Wijesekara, A.R. Siriwardana, Soniya S. Mayakaduwa, Yong Sik Ok

Part III. Climate Change and Health

12. Climate Change and Migration: Food Insecurity as a Driver and Outcome of Climate Change-Related Migration
Celia McMichael

13. Climate Change and Vector Borne Diseases in Latin America
Ulisses EC Confalonieri, Flávia RL Suassuna Dutra

14. Climate Change and Geoenvironmental Problems in Indian Desert
H. S. Sharma

15. Geoecology of Malaria in India: Historical Perspective and a Case Study of Western Rajasthan
Rais Akhtar

Part IV. Water Quality, Exposure and Health

16. Spring Water Quality and Human Health in Foothill Settlements of Pir Panjal Range in Anantnag and Kulgam Districts of Jammu and Kashmir State, India
G. M. Rather, Rafiq A. Hajam, M. S. Bhat, T. A. Kanth

17. Dietary Exposure to Arsenic as an Anthropogenic Factor: Beyond the Recommended Diet
Rebeca Monroy-Torres

18. Land-Use Changes and Their Impact on Water Resources in Himalaya
Bhagwati Joshi, Prakash C. Tiwari

Keywords: Environment, Environmental Health, Agriculture, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution