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The nexus of biofuels, climate change, and human health : workshop summary / Robert P. Pool, Rapprrteur Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine Board on Population He ealth and Public Health Practice.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- Pool, Robert, creator.
- Institute of Medicine (U.S.).
- Conference Name:
- Nexus of Biofuels, Climate Change, and Human Health (Workshop) (2013 : Washington, D.C.), sponsor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biomass energy--Climatic factors--Congresses.
- Biomass energy.
- Biomass energy--Health aspects--Congresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (202 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "In January 2013, the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine of the Institute of Medicine held a 2-day, interactive, public workshop on the intersection of biofuels, climate change, and human health. Workshop attendees explored public health issues related to the composition of traditional and alternative fuels and fuel additives, and they discussed the known and potential health impacts associated with the use of these fuels and fuel additives. The Nexus of Biofuels, Climate Change, and Human Health is the summary of that workshop. This report examines air, water, land use, food, and social impacts of biomass feedstock as an energy resource, and the state of the science and health policy implications of using different types (and generations) of biofuels as an energy source."-- Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 Overview""; ""2 Case Study: The Palm Oil Example""; ""3 Occupational Health and Biofuels Production""; ""4 Biofuels Impact on Air, Atmosphere, and Health""; ""5 Water Use, Water Pollution, and Biofuels""; ""6 Implications of Biofuels for Land Use and Health""; ""7 Ethical and Social Issues""; ""8 Biofuels and Food Security Issues""; ""9 Environmental Health Policies and Opportunities""; ""10 Government Perspectives on Biofuels and Human Health""; ""11 Closing Session""; ""Appendix A: Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Speaker Biosketches""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed May 17, 2014).
- Cited as:
- IOM (Institute of Medicine). 2014. The nexus of biofuels, climate change, and human health: Workshop summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
- ISBN:
- 0-309-29244-1
- 0-309-29242-5
- OCLC:
- 923290704
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