Environment and Health

Course Type	Course Code	No. Of Credits
Foundation Elective	SHE2ED310	2

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course will introduce students to the issues of environment and its implications on Health. It will cover vast areas of human activities and its effects which are detrimental to environment particularly human health. It will cover areas like air and water pollution, hazardous waste (home and occupational), occupational health, health studies in the changing world etc. Case studies will use to simplify the whole actions and reactions of man and environment. This will also throw a base for discussion mode in the area concerned.

Growing environmental issues promote infectious chemical and biological agents escalating human health to a crucial situation. Understanding and dealing such issues become a challenging task for world community. So, it is necessary to analyse and review various environmental issues on time from a multidisciplinary approach.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The main objective of the study is to understand the critical issues of health hazards and it analysis in order to gain a light for future studies and procedures.

To study common global environmental issues
To understand the reasons and efforts made for various issues in developing risks minimisation strategies
To acknowledge the efforts of people in resolving some issues (case studies)
To find out the possible measures of tackling certain health hazard

S. No.	Module
	Introduction to Environmental Problems
	Air Pollution
	Solid and Hazardous Waste
	Toxic Chemicals and Water Pollution
	Occupational Health
	Changing Human Health

INDICATIVE READING LIST

Altaman, R.G. et al (2008). Pollution comes home and gets personal: Women’s experience of household chemical exposure. American Sociological Association, 49(4): 417-435.
Bentham, G (2003). Global environmental change and health. In Phillips, D.R. and Verhasselt, Y. (Eds.). Health and Development (Chapter 2). New York: Routledge Publication.
Carson, Rachel. (1982). Silent Spring.
Colborn, T., Dumanoski, D., & Meyers,J.P.(1997). Our Stolen Future: How we are threatening our fertility, intelligence, and survival. New York: Plume.
Johnson, B.J. (1999). Impact of Hazardous Waste on Human Health. New York: Lewis Publishers.
Last, J, M. (1998). Human Health in a changing world, In Public Health and Human Ecology, pp.395-425. New Delhi: Prentice Hall International Inc.
Lodha, R.M. (Ed.). (1993). Environmental Ruin: The crisis of Survival. New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company.
Mandal, A.S. (2009). Strategies and policies deteriorate occupational health situation in India: A review based on social determinant framework. Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 13 (3): 113-120.
Mosley, S. Encyclopaedia of Life Support system. Environmental history of air pollution and protection.
Parkes, M., Panelli, R.& Weinstein, Ph. (2003). Covering paradigms for environmental health theory and practice. Environmental Health Perspectives 111(5): 669-675.
Ruston, L. (2003). Health hazards and waste management. British Medical Bulletin 68: 183- 197.
Sinha. R.K. (2006). Development and Environment: The 20th century debate that continues till 21st Century in Development, Environment, Human Health, and Sustainability, pp-3-27. Jaipur: Pointer Publications.