Book Review Archive

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116-12 (December 2008)

• Risk Assessment for Environmental Health
  Edited by Mark G. Robson and William A. Toscano
  Reviewed by Reuben Thomas
  

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116-11 (November 2008)

• Bending Science: How Special Interests Corrupt Public Health Research
  Thomas O. McGarity and Wendy E. Wagner
  Reviewed by Jennifer Sass
  

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116-10 (October 2008)

• Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Children
  By Philip Shabecoff and Alice Shabecoff
  Reviewed by Ruth A. Etzel
  

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116-9 (September 2008)

• Water War in the Klamath Basin: Macho Law, Combat Biology, and Dirty Politics
  By Holly Doremus and A. Dan Tarlock
  Reviewed by John Krist
  

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116-7 (July 2008)

• Biological Monitoring: Theory and Applications— Bioindicators and Biomarkers for Environmental Quality and Human Exposure Assessment
  Edited by M.E. Conti
  Reviewed by Dana B. Barr
  

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116-6 (June 2008)

• Where We Stand: A Surprising Look at the Real State of Our Planet
  By Seymour Garte
  Reviewed by Paul J. Lioy
  

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116-5 (May 2008)

• Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power
  by Mark Schapiro
  Reviewed by C.W. Jameson
  

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116-4 (April 2008)

• Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: From Basic Research to Clinical Practice
  edited by Andrea C. Gore
  Reviewed by Sylvia Hewitt
  

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116-2 (February 2008)

• The Secret History of the War on Cancer
  By Devra Davis
  Reviewed by James Huff
  

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116-1 (January 2008)

• The Great Lead Water Pipe Disaster
  By Werner Troesken
  Reviewed by P. Barry Ryan
  

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115-12 (December 2007)

• Global Environmental Governance
  By James Gustave Speth and Peter M. Haas
  Reviewed by Jacobo Finkelman
  

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115-11 (November 2007)

• Barry Commoner and the Science of Survival: The Remaking of American Environmentalism
  By Michael Egan
  Reviewed by Peter R. Jutro
  

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115-8 (August 2007)

• The Law and Policy of Ecosystem Services
  By J.B. Ruhl, Steven E. Kraft, and Christopher L. Lant
  Reviewed by Robert Epting
  

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115-4 (April 2007)

• The Navajo People and Uranium Mining
  Edited by Doug Brugge, Timothy Benally, and Esther Yazzie-Lewis
  Reviewed by Alexandra C. Miller
  

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115-3 (March 2007)

• How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace
  By Paul D. Blanc
  Reviewed by Howard M. Kipen
  

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115-2 (February 2007)

• Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction
  By Terry Tamminen
  Reviewed by Peter W. Preuss
  

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115-1 (January 2007)

• What's Toxic, What's Not
  By Gary Ginsberg and Brian Toal
  Reviewed by David O. Carpenter
  

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114-12 (December 2006)

• Autism, Brain, and Environment
  By Richard Lathe
  Reviewed by Gayle C. Windham
  

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114-11 (November 2006)

• Environmental Health: From Global to Local
  Edited by Howard Frumkin
  Reviewed by Bernard D. Goldstein
  

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114-10 (October 2006)

• Power, Justice, and the Environment: A Critical Appraisal of the Environmental Justice Movement
  Edited by David Naguib Pellow and Robert J. Brulle
  Reviewed by Peggy Shepard
  

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114-9 (September 2006)

• The Cutter Incident: How America's First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis
  By Paul A. Offit
  Reviewed by John Treanor

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114-8 (August 2006)

• High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxins, and Human Health
  Edited by Elizabeth Grossman
  Reviewed by Andreas Sjödin
  
  Note: There was no book review in the July issue.

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114-6 (June 2006)

• Gene–Environment Interactions: Fundamentals of Ecogenetics
  Edited by Lucio G. Costa and David L. Eaton
  Reviewed by Ronald E. Cannon

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114-5 (May 2006)

• Fed Up! Winning the War Against Childhood Obesity
  By Susan Okie
  Reviewed by Sandra G. Hassink

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114-4 (April 2006)

• Precautionary Tools for Reshaping Environmental Policy
  Edited by Nancy J. Myers and Carolyn Raffensberger
  Reviewed by Peter Saunders

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114-3 (March 2006)

• From Resource Scarcity to Ecological Security: Exploring New Limits to Growth
  Edited by Dennis Pirages and Ken Cousins
  Reviewed by Angus Cook

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114-2 (February 2006)

• Molecular Medicine: An Introductory Text, 3rd Edition
  By Ronald J. Trent
  Reviewed by Y. James Kang

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114-1 (January 2006)

• Handbook of Urban Health: Populations, Methods, and Practice
  Edited by Sandro Galea and David Vlahov
  Reviewed by Tord Kjellstrom

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113-12 (December 2005)

• The Environmental Science of Drinking Water
  By Patrick J. Sullivan, Franklin J. Agardy, and James. J.J. Clark
  Reviewed by Shawna Bourne

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113-11 (November 2005)

• Essentials of Medical Geology: Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health
  Edited by Olle Selinus, Brian Alloway, José A. Centeno, Robert B. Finkleman, Ron Fuge, Ulf Lindh, and Pauline Smedley
  Reviewed by Mark Pokras

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113-10 (October 2005)

• Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance
  By Jeffrey P. Koplan, Catharyn T. Liverman, and Vivica I. Kraak
  Reviewed by Jeffrey B. Schwimmer

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113-9 (September 2005)

• Prescription for a Healthy Nation: A New Approach to Improving Our Lives by Fixing Our Everyday World
  By Tom Farley and Deborah Cohen
  Reviewed by Rudolph Rull

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113-8 (August 2005)

• Street Science: Community Knowledge and Environmental Health Justice
  By Jason Corburn
  Reviewed by Julie Sze

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113-7 (July 2005)

• Nanotechnology: Environmental Implications and Solutions
  By Louis Theodore and Robert G. Kunz
  Reviewed by Eva Oberdörster

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113-6 (June 2005)

• Environmental Health, Third Edition
  By Dade W. Moeller
  Reviewed by Michael Greenberg

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113-5 (May 2005)

• The Bhopal Saga: Causes and Consequences of the World's Largest Industrial Disaster
  By Ingrid Eckerman
  Reviewed by Carol S. Wood

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113-4 (April 2005)

• America's Environmental Report Card: Are We Making the Grade?
  By Harvey Blatt
  Reviewed by Terri Damstra

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113-3 (March 2005)

• Urban Sprawl and Public Health: Designing, Planning, and Building for Healthy Communities
  By Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, and Richard Jackson
  Reviewed by Kenneth Olden

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113-2 (February 2005)

• Biomedical Applications of Proteomics
  Edited by Jean-Charles Sanchez, Garry L. Corthals, and Denis F. Hochstrasser
  Reviewed by David R. Goodlett

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113-1 (January 2005)

• Diamond: A Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor
  By Steve Lerner
  Reviewed by Dan VanderMeer

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112-17 (December 2004)

• The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China's Future
  By Elizabeth C. Economy
  Reviewed by Giovanna Dore

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112-15 (November 2004)

• Heal the Ocean: Solutions for Saving Our Seas
  By Rod Fujita
  Reviewed by Paul A. Sandifer

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112-14 (October 2004)

• Children's Health, The Nation's Wealth: Assessing and Improving Child Health
  By the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
  Reviewed by Adrienne S. Ettinger

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112-13 (September 2004)

• Unnatural Disasters: Case Studies of Human-Induced Environmental Catastrophes
  By Angus M. Gunn
  Reviewed by Johan M. Havenaar

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112-11 (August 2004)

• An Air that Kills: How the Asbestos Poisoning of Libby, Montana, Uncovered a National Scandal
  By Andrew Schneider and David McCumber
  Reviewed by Howard M. Kipen

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112-10 (July 2004)

• The Role of Environmental Hazards in Premature Birth
  Edited by Donald R. Mattison, Samuel Wilson, Christine Coussens, and Dalia Gilbert
  Reviewed by Jørn Olsen

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112-8 (June 2004)

• The Ethics of Environmentally Responsible Health Care
  By Jessica Pierce and Andrew Jameton
  Reviewed by Ted Schettler

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112-6 (May 2004)

• War and Tropical Forests: Conservation in Areas of Armed Conflict
  Edited by Steven V. Price
  Reviewed by Peter H. Raven

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112-5 (April 2004)

• Pediatric Environmental Health, 2nd edition
  by Ruth A. Etzel and Sophie J. Balk, eds.
  Reviewed by Catherine Karr

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112-3 (March 2004)

• Environmental Health Science: Recognition, Evaluation, and Control of Chemical and Physical Health Hazards
  by Morton Lippmann, Beverly S. Cohen, and Richard B. Schlesinger .
  Reviewed by Paul J. Lioy

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112-2 (February 2004)

• New Tools for Environmental Protection: Education, Information, and Voluntary Measures
  Edited by Thomas Dietz and Paul C. Stern.
  Reviewed by Patricia A. Buffler

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112-1 (January 2004)

• Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them
  By Mark Jerome Walters.
  Reviewed by Donald S. Burke

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111-16 (December 2003)

• Achieving Sustainable Freshwater Systems: A Web of Connections
  Edited by Marjorie M. Holland, Elizabeth R. Blood, and Lawrence R. Shaffer.
  Reviewed by Stanley Dodson

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111-14 (November 2003)

• Health and Community Design: The Impact of the Built Environment on Physical Activity
  By Lawrence D. Frank, Peter O. Engelke, and Thomas L. Schmid.
  Reviewed by Virginia A. Rauh

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111-13 (October 2003)

• Child Health and the Environment
  By Donald T. Wigle.
  Reviewed by Lynn R. Goldman

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111-12 (September 2003)

• Dioxins and Health, 2nd edition
  Edited by Arnold Schechter and Thomas A. Gasiewicz.
  Reviewed by George W. Lucier

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111-10 (August 2003)

• Endocrine Disruptors in Wastewater and Sludge Treatment Processes
  Book cover Edited by Jason W. Birkett and John N. Lester .
  Reviewed by Robert C. Hale

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111-9 (July 2003)

• Precaution, Environmental Science, and Preventive Public Policy
  Edited by Joel A. Tickner .
  Reviewed by Gary Marchant

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111-7 (June 2003)

• Climate Change Policy: A Survey
  Edited by Stephen H. Schneider, Armin Rosencranz, and John O. Niles.
  Reviewed by Pim Martens

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111-5 (May 2003)

• Environmental Health and Nursing Practice
  Edited by Barbara Sattler and Jane Lipscomb.
  Reviewed by Jacqueline Agnew

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111-4 (April 2003)

• Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice
  Edited by A. Alonso Aguirre, Richard S. Ostfeld, Gary M. Tabor, Carol House, and Mary C. Pearl.
  Reviewed by Robbie Ali

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111-3 (March 2003)

• The Particulate Air Pollution Controversy: A Case Study and Lessons Learned
  Robert F. Phalen.
  Reviewed by Richard B. Schlesinger

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111-2 (February 2003)

• Sound Science, Junk Policy: Environmental Health Policy and the Decision-Making Process
  By Michelle Morrone and Timothy W. Lohner.
  Reviewed by George W. Lucier

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111-1 (January 2003)

• When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle Against Pollution
  By Devra Davis.
  Reviewed by George W. Lucier