Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I: The Environment and the Health Care Workplace -- 1. Pollutants Produced by the Health Care Industry -- 2. Occupational Health Risks in the Health Care Industry -- 3. Latex Allergy in Health Care -- 4. Ergonomics -- 5. Health Care Without Harm: A Case Study in Advocacy -- Part II: Environmental Health Basics -- 6. Toxicology -- 7. Environmental Epidemiology -- 8. Finding Information About Chemicals in Our Environment -- 9. Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Environmental Exposures -- 10. Risk Communication -- 11. Water Pollution -- 12. Drinking Water Quality -- 13. Air Pollution -- 14. How Food Production Can Affect Safe Consumption -- 15. Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Smoking Cessation -- 16. Hazardous and Municipal Waste Sites -- 17. Pesticide Exposure -- Part III: Environmental Health Risks in Specific Populations and Settings -- 18. Environmental Hazards in the Home -- 19. Children's Environmental Health -- 20. Environmental Health Risks in the Work Setting: Recognizing Sentinel Events -- 21. Environmental Health Risks in Schools -- 22. Cross-Cultural Issues on the Mexican-U.S. Border -- Part IV: Integrating Environmental Health into Nursing Practice -- 23. Occupational and Environmental Health History-Taking -- 24. Understanding Environmental Health Policy -- 25. Environmental Health Education -- 26. Advocating for Environmental Justice: Protecting Vulnerable Communities from Pollution -- 27. Conclusion -- Appendix: Environment Health Resources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.