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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Boyd, David R. (David Richard), 1964- Cleaner, greener, healthier. (CaOONL)20159038774 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David R Boyd |
ISBN: | 9780774830485 0774830484 9780774830492 0774830492 |
OCLC Number: | 915058782 |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Contents: | Part 1. Examination -- 1. A neglected but vital issue -- 2. Environmental influences on human health -- 3. The environmental burden of disease -- 4. Environmental injustices -- 5. The economic costs of the environmental burden of disease -- part 2. Diagnosis -- 6. Environmental health law and policy : the big picture -- 7. A comparative analysis of environmental health laws and policies -- 8. Canada's failure to make polluters pay -- 9. Why does Canada lag behind? -- part 3. Prescription -- 10. A preventive and precautionary approach -- 11. Systemic changes in pursuit of sustainability -- 12. The time for action is now. |
Series Title: | Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.) |
Responsibility: | David R. Boyd. |
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Abstract:
David R. Boyd reveals striking weaknesses in Canadian environmental law, describes the damage these flaws are wreaking on human health, and identifies practical, proven, and affordable solutions to these problems.
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Boyd does not disappoint in delivering another sweeping, well-researched interdisciplinary overview of the difficult challenge of linking environmental regulation to health in Canada. He makes a compelling case for law reform and, along the way, documents emerging and less well-known areas of environmental harm, such as intergenerational health impacts and the mental health benefits of nature. -- Deborah Curran, University of Victoria * BC Studies * Read more...
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