Hesperian Health Guides
A Community Guide to Environmental Health
Table of Contents
- Introductory Material
- Chapter 1: Promoting Community Environmental Health
- Chapter 2: Understanding and Mobilizing for Community Health
- Chapter 3: Protecting Natural Resources for All
- Chapter 4: Environmental Rights and Justice
- Chapter 5: Health Problems from Unsafe Water
- Chapter 6: Protecting Community Water
- Chapter 7: Building Toilets
- Chapter 8: Health Problems from Mosquitoes
- Chapter 9: Protecting Watersheds
- Chapter 10: Forests
- Chapter 11: Restoring Land and Planting Trees
- Chapter 12: Community Food Security
- Chapter 13: The False Promise of Genetically Engineered Foods
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Chapter 14: Pesticides Are Poison
- Pesticides Cause Many Health Problems
- Children and Pesticide Poisoning
- Protecting Children from Pesticides
- Treatment for Pesticide Poisoning
- Long-term Health Effects of Pesticides
- Pesticide Poisoning Can Look Like Other Illnesses
- How to Reduce Harm from Pesticide Use
- Pesticides on Food
- Pest Control at Home
- Pesticides Harm the Environment
- Pesticide Education
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Chapter 15: Sustainable Farming
- Farming for Health and a Better Life
- Improving Soil
- Protecting Soil from Erosion
- Contour Barriers
- Use Water Wisely
- Managing Pests and Plant Diseases
- Plant Diseases
- Planting Trees and Crops Together
- Saving Seeds
- Safe Food Storage
- Raising Animals
- Fish Farming
- Sustainable Farming in the City
- Marketing Farm Products
- Farmer Field Schools
- Chapter 16: Harm from Toxic Chemicals
- Chapter 17: A Healthy Home
- Chapter 18: Solid Waste: Turning a Health Risk into a Resource
- Chapter 19: Health Care Waste
- Health Problems from Health Care Waste
- The Problem of Burning Waste
- Preventing Harm from Health Care Waste
- Disinfecting with Chemicals
- Disinfecting with Heat
- After Disinfection
- Treatment and Disposal of Sharps
- Disposing of Infectious Waste
- Immunization Programs
- Burying Health Care Waste
- Safe Disposal of Chemical Waste
- Do a Health Care Waste Assessment
- Community Solutions
- Chapter 20: Preventing and Reducing Harm from Toxics
- Chapter 21: Mining and Health
- Chapter 22: Oil, Illness, and Human Rights
- Chapter 23: Clean Energy
- Appendix A: Safety and Emergencies
- Appendix B: Using Laws to Fight for Environmental Rights
- Other Environmental Health Resources
- Other Nutrition, Food, and Farming Resources
- Other Water and Sanitation Resources
- Other Books from Hesperian
- Weight and Volume Conversions
This page was updated:17 Nov 2022