Title: Environment and Health

Author: Arvind Kumar

Publisher: A.P.H. Publishing Corporation

Year:2004

            The Present book is the compilation 57-research articles of eminent environmental scientists.  The main motto of the book is to highlight the spectrum of environmental hazards like biodegradation, toxicological effects, heavy metal pollution effects of nitrogen and farmyard manure, assessment of noise pollution, influence of soil moisture regimes on periodical fruits, effect of

Micronutrients on growth and yield attributes, growth and development of weeds in saline sodic soil, effect of Fe, Mn and Zn on soil amendments etc,.

            The challenge of creating and maintaining a sustainable environment is probably the most pressing issue of our times throughout the world and India is no exception.  As humans increasingly alter earth’s land, water and atmosphere on local, regional and global levels, the resulting environmental hazards can seem insurmountable.  Technological civilization uses the atmosphere and lithosphere both as resource and medium for discharge of waste products.  This results in acute environmental hazards such as physico-chemical change in the quality of air, water and soil.

Water pollution causes severe ailments like kidney, liver, brain, bones, skin, gonads and other organs.  Some of these have also been found to cause cancer and teratogenic effects.  The pathogenic organisms present in polluted water are responsible for spread of several water-borne epidemic diseases like typhoid, cholera, diarrhea, gastroenteritis, poliomyelitis, jaundice and intestinal colitis.  The air pollution showed adverse effects on eye and respiratory system. Likewise, the toxic substance can leach into soil and water and pose a great danger.  If the present trend to neglect the environmental issues continues, future generations will not excuse us in the times to come.  Keeping this burning problem in view, the author ventured to bring out such an informative and comprehensive volume with a hope that environmental Scientists may undertake further investigation on these aspects which will bring Ecological Socialism on this watery planet.

Title: Environmental Pollution and Health Hazards

Author: Arvind Kumar & Manish C. Varma

Publisher: A.P.H. Publishing Corporation, New Delhi

Year:2004.

Although people are aware of importance of sustainable environment, they behave like ecologically illiterate citizen; so, mass awareness about the status of the eco- health right from the grass root level to the top ecoplanners is the crying need of the hour.  A healthy environmental forms the basis for the societies and their people if prospering and enjoying a descent level of development.  Growing public awareness brought a halt to some of the destructive spiral environmental problems.  It is a moral and ethical issue to try to avoid costly environmental mistaken in future.  Only then our long cherished dream of establishing eco-socialism on this watery planet could come true.

             This book is a unique compilation of 53 research articles of eminent environmental scientists which will be useful for  academicians, researchers, scientists administrators and ecoplanners and it would also be used as an invaluable reference book for the generations to come.

            There is a growing awareness that environmental health is as much a question of life styles as of agricultural or industrial activity.  Therefore, it is necessary to change people’s attitudes with regard to the environment. So, a new eco-friendly behavior is necessary in which quantitative demands and confrontations must be replaced by the qualitative appreciations and co-ordination.  Development is the crying need of the hour, no doubt, but should not be at the cost of environmental health.  This will hopefully lead us into a new era of sweet harmony between human and environment where all care for the well being of life on earth will be automatically fulfilled.  Since the environment in which we live is of special interest and importance to us, there is an urgent need to know the status of the environmental health and to develop appropriate strategy for proper ecorestoration.  Therefore in order to know the lesser-known facts, the author dared with humble notion to bring out such a comprehensive review volume with a hope that the environmental scientists and ecoplanners may undertake further investigation, which are neglected hitherto.