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World Resources 1998-99: Environmental change and human health
Potential exposure to air polluted with lead from gasoline: Developed countries
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The following map portrays the geographic distribution of various environmental threats to health. This map shows countries where the populations face an elevated risk from potential exposure to air polluted with lead from gasoline.
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World Resources 1998-99: Environmental change and human health
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Adopting less disruptive agricultural practices
Bioinvasions: Stemming the Tide of Invasive Species
Ozone pollution
Part I: Environmental Change and Human Health
Chapter 1. Linking environment and health: Introduction
Box 1.1 Demographic regions used in this report
Changing environments, changing health threats
The drivers of change
Box 1.2 Indicators of environmental threats to health
Potential exposure to air polluted with lead from gasoline: Developed countries
Linking environment and health: Global health patterns
Leading causes of death
Box 1.3 Counting deaths differently
Disability-adjusted life year
Box 1.4 Malnutrition
Characterizing environmental hazards
Box 1.5 Children's special vulnerability
Box 1.6 Cholera returns
Box 1.7 The spread of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
Box 1.8 From exposure to effect
The environmental contribution
Box 1.10 Smoking-related deaths
Chapter 2. Changing environments, changing health
Chapter 3. Improving health through environmental action
Controlling disease vectors in the local environment
Addressing the unintended consequences of development: Industrialization
The problem of POPs
Addressing the unintended consequences of development: Rising energy use
Guest commentaries
Toward an idea of international environmental justice
Commentary: Breast cancer and the environment
Regional Profile: China's health and environment
Environmental Risks to Human Health: New indicators
Trends point to gains in human development, while many negative human impacts on vital ecosystems are increasing
Critical trends
Chapter 4. Population and human well-being
Feeding the world
Feeding the World: Disappearing land
Global environmental trends: Production and consumption
Wasting the material world: The impact of industrial economies
The global commons
Power Surge: Energy use and emissions continue to rise
Resources at risk
Diminishing returns: World fisheries under pressure
The environment and China
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