LibGuides: COH608: Module 3 Resources

Module 3 Required Resources

Articles

An Expansive Review on Environmental Pollution
Xu, H., Jia, Y., Sun, Z., Su, J., Liu, Q. S., Zhou, Q., & Jiang, G. (2022). Environmental pollution, a hidden culprit for health issues. Eco-Environment & Health, 1(1), 31-45.
This publication reviews environmental pollution and the effects on human health. The authors highlight the cause-and-effect relationship and the impacts on human populations through epidemiological and pathological studies. This is an interesting and intensive paper with two comprehensive tables on toxicological and epidemiological evidence on pollutant exposure and disease outcomes.
The EPA’s Approach to Air Pollution Over Time
Environmental Protection Act (EPA). (2024). Air pollution: Current and future challenges. https://www.epa.gov/clean-air-act-overview/air-pollution-current-and-future-challenges
This is a review on air pollution from the Enviornmental Protection Act (EPA) in the United States. This website offers an overview of changes made to address air pollution since the 1970s. Also, read about climate change and how federal, state, and local governments have accepted the challenge of tackling air pollution.
A Global View on Water by the WHO
World Health Organization (WHO). (2023). Drinking water. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/drinking-water
It is important to understand poor access to drinking water and how a significant amount of people in the world not only lack access to water but also are exposed to poor water quality. When water is contaminated and people are exposed to it, they can suffer from diseases. This website offers a global perspective on the challenges of drinking water.
Water Pollution and Treatment in the Americas
Warren-Vega, W. M., Campos-Rodríguez, A., Zárate-Guzmán, A. I., & Romero-Cano, L. A. (2023). A current review of water pollutants in American continent: Trends and perspectives in detection, health risks, and treatment technologies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public, 20(5), 4499. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054499
Contaminated water can contribute to adverse effects in affected populations or the environment, and this paper discusses some of these contamination issues as well as the challenges to preserving clean drinking water. This paper does a great job of highlighting some of these areas.

Videos

Medical Centric. (2023). Environmental factors and your health: Understanding the impact [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMONRrLd-NU&t=38s

This is a brief video on exposures in environmental health. It reviews all areas of transmission and how it can contribute to adverse health in humans. Contaminants and exposures may exist in various parts of our lives, even areas we do not even notice, like noise and food.

American Public Health Association. (2022). How do social determinants impact public health? [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utBlfjihvAs

This is an important overview of how the environment, including economic stability, housing, access to healthcare, health literacy, can affect health. Within these settings, exposures or contaminations, poor air quality or water, and other exposures can exist, and also significantly have an impact on people’s health. These differences and outcomes are called the social determinants of health. This will help you to understand why people in low-and middle-income countries are more exposed to contaminants and have more significant health outcomes because of these exposures.

Neira, M. (2021). TED talks: This is your brain on air pollution [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utiLrnvawQQ

This video is a TED talk from the director of the World Health Organization. She discusses air pollution and how it is important to understand the impacts of exposures and what can happen if exposed, physically and cognitively.

Module 3 Optional Resources

Air from a Global Health Perspective
Zolnikov, T. R. (2017). Autoethnographies on the environment and human health. Springer.
This is an enjoyable read using an autoethnography to understand water pollution from a global health perspective.
Autoethnography on Access to Water
Zolnikov, T. R. (2016). My walk to water. American Journal of Public Health, 106(4), 623. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4816013/
This is an enjoyable read using an autoethnography to understand water pollution from a global health perspective.

Particulate Matter Measured in an American City
Masri, S., Kang, C. M., & Koutrakis, P. (2015). Composition and sources of fine and coarse particles collected during 2002–2010 in Boston, MA. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 65(3), 287-297. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10962247.2014.982307
National University adjunct professor describes a city in the United States and how particulate matter was measured. This is an interesting manuscript with quantitative data on what contributes to particulate matter 2.5-10 in a city in present day time.