Environmental Management and Health: Volume 1 Issue 2
Table of contents
Highlights: I. Amino Acid Hazard: Recall of L‐Tryptophan; II. From the Industrial Revolution to the Mental Institution; III. Human Genome Project
J.G. LlauradoThree items are highlighted: I. The recall of L‐tryptophan by theUSA Food and Drug Administration because of its near certain causalrelation to eosinophilia‐myalgia syndrome; II…
Copper‐carbohydrate Interaction: Part II
Meira FieldsIn this second part of the review the roles that copper and dietarycarbohydrate play in the cardiovascular system, pregnancy and lactation,haemopoiesis, and in male and female…
Asbestos Fibres in the Ambient Air of Israel
S. Brenner, E. Ganor, Z. AnaviThe growing attention paid to the adverse health effects ofexposure of the Israeli public to asbestos fibres has resulted in acomprehensive programme of sampling and analysis…
A Radiological Assessment of Scottish Edible Seaweed Consumption
P. McDonald, G.T. Cook, M.S. BaxterSeaweeds are known accumulators of trace elements and edibleseaweeds are popular commodities in health food outlets. This particularstudy covered an area directly affected by…
Empirical Determination of Environmental Assets: Noise Abatement
Thijs Zuidema, Hans Ten KateThis article deals with the determination of the benefits ofenvironmental assets, involving an application for noise. In determiningthese benefits the so‐called Cost of Illness…