In this book, Russellyn Carruth and Bernard Goldstein—experts in the field of environmental health law—introduce the major environmental laws that govern air and water pollution; regulate the manufacturing, distribution, uses, and ...

And as with the first edition, histories of policymaking for specific environmental hazards are portrayed. This edition differs from its antecedent in three significant themes.

The structure of this eighth edition has been revised for ease of use, with each chapter now addressing a single topic instead of a piece of legislation.

This book is not an exposition of all Environmental Health law, it is designed to indicate how that law may be applied, emphasising those skills and attributes which are essential if the theory of law is to be put into professional practice ...

This is an essential and practical book for environmental health and housing professionals, as well as for advisers and lawyers in the private and public housing sectors.

This book takes a practical approach and is written to appeal not only to practitioners but to the specialist environmental health officer and students of environmental health.

As with earlier editions, this book outlines and discusses laws in a range of important areas including environmental health, food safety, communicable disease, obesity, tobacco and alcohol, the human health impacts of pollution control and ...