The book is a hand book, useful for undergraduate and postgraduate students of veterinary colleges and also other students reading the environmental sciences. It is written as per the new VCI Syllabus “Environment and Environmental Hygiene (VPE-511), drafted for UG, Environment Pollution and Safety (VPE-606), for MVSc and Advances in Environmental Pollution and Control for Ph D. Keeping in mind the Syllabus designed for all these three courses we have written this Book entitle “Environmental Hygiene and Safety”, which is contribution of some senior veterinary professionals.
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction to environmental hygiene. 2. Environmental protection acts and related issues. 3. Environment risk and management. 4. Air pollution and health. 5. Global warming. 6. Problems of atmospheric pollution. 7. Soil pollution-human and animal health. 8. Water requirements and purification. 9. Water quality control. 10. Water pollution and health. 11. Disposals of animal farm wastes and sewage. 12. Recycling farm waste and their health implications. 13. Heavy metals and associated health problems. 14. Radiation pollution. 15. Veterinary drugs residues: Associated health hazards. 16. Pesticides pollution. 17. Ecosystem. 18. Bio-diversity uses, threats and conservation. 19. Laboratory bio-safety and risk assessment. 20. Light pollution. 21. Sanitation and disinfection of animal housing. 22. Ventilation and ventilation system within animal houses. 23. Disaster: definition, types and management. 24. Natural resources of India. References.
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