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Books on all aspects of health and environment ranging from toxic chemical or heavy metal exposure in homes, outdoors and at work, health threatening air pollution, water pollution, or direct somatic contact, health threats from household hazardous waste, industrial toxic waste, or radioactive waste, the health risks of pesticide and other food contaminants, health risks associated with environmentally less sustainable lifestyle and dietary choices, and more. Health impacts can include cancer, heart disease, lung disease, asthma, neurological impairment, kidney and liver disease, asbestosis, endocrine disruption, reproductive health problems, birth defects, spread of infectious diseases, dermatological and orthopedic problems, and multiple or extreme chemical sensitivity syndrome.

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The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes. By Dan Chiras. An overview of the pros and cons of fourteen natural building methods. Includes straw bale, rammed earth, cob, cordwood, adobe, earthbags, papercrete, and more. The common goal is to create a house that is economical, energy efficient, nontoxic, and pleasing. This comprehensive sourcebook offers in-depth information that will guide your choice of the materials and methods for building a sustainable natural home. An unabashed advocate of natural building techniques, Chiras takes care not to romanticize, and he alerts readers to avoidable pitfalls. More… | Dan Chiras EcoSpeakers Info >>

High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health. By Elizabeth Grossman. Batteries, plastic computer casings, lead-infused monitors, discarded cellphones, TV remote controls, and other "e-waste" is piling up in landfills and leaching dangerous toxins, including lead, mercury and arsenic, into water tables. These environmental harms are being felt by communities from the Arctic to Australia, with poorer countries and communities getting a disproportionate share of the burden. More... | Elizabeth Grossman EcoSpeakers Info >>

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Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life. By Arlene Blum. Memoir follows the pioneering mountaineer and scientist from her childhood in Chicago to the summits of some of the world's most challenging peaks. "Breaking trail" describes her role as a climber but also as a scientist doing innovative, groundbreaking work in the chemistry laboratory. More… | Arlene Blum EcoSpeakers Info >>

Diet for a Poisoned Planet: How to Choose Safe Foods for You and Your Family. By David Steinman. An in-depth look at the contaminants in foods. Steinman also tells his own story of fishing in the Santa Monica Bay as a child and how he went on to testify before Congress as an expert witness on the contamination of his own body by the fish he ate. More… | David Steinman EcoSpeakers Info >>

Human Biology. By Dan Chiras. Provides students with a clear and concise introduction to the general concepts of mammalian biology and human structure and function. With a focus on health and homeostasis, Human Biology enhances students' understanding of their own health needs and presents the scientific background necessary for students to think critically about biological information they encounter in the media. The completely revised content and new art and photos provide students with a more user-friendly text, while learning tools maximize comprehension of the material. More... | Dan Chiras EcoSpeakers Info >>

Human Body Systems: Structure, Function And Environment. By Dan Chiras. Written for readers who want to learn about their bodies, it focuses primarily on the organ systems that comprise the body. Readers will learn the main parts of each system and how they operate, as well as what happens when things go wrong. More... | Dan Chiras EcoSpeakers Info >>

Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild Places). By Steve Brill and Evelyn Dean. Shows readers how to find and prepare more than five hundred different plants for nutrition and better health. More than 260 line drawings help readers identify the wide range of plants readily available underfoot and waiting to be harvested and used either as food or as a potential therapeutic. Both a field guide to nature's bounty and a source of intriguing information about the plants that surround us. More… | Steve Brill EcoSpeakers Info >>

Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown. By David Steinman. Draws the connection between personal health and a healthy environment and argues both that global warming is a greater threat to national security than terrorism and that a "sound environmental policy" will enhance our standing in the world and strengthen our economy. More… | David Steinman EcoSpeakers Info >>

Sprawl Kills: How Blandburbs Steal Your Time, Health And Money. By Joel Hirschhorn. About urban sprawl, land use, suburbia, automobile addiction, active living, the sprawl industry, the sprawl lobby, and the healthy places alternative to sprawl to improve your quality of life and physical and mental health. More... | Joel Hirschhorn EcoSpeakers Info >>

Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities. By Amy Stewart. Stewart takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature’s most appalling creations. An A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend. Learn which plants to avoid (like exploding shrubs), which plants make themselves exceedingly unwelcome (like the vine that ate the South), and which ones have been killing for centuries (like the weed that killed Abraham Lincoln's mother). Drawing on history, medicine, science, and legend, this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain, alarm, and enlighten even the most intrepid gardeners and nature lovers. More… | Amy Stewart EcoSpeakers Info >>

The Wild Vegetarian Cookbook. By Steve Brill. Cooking found and gathered produce. Includes dozens of recipes using wild foods, and explains "what makes wild food special." For the vegetarian who is both health and environmentally conscious. More… | Steve Brill EcoSpeakers Info >>

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