Living with COVID-19 : economics, ethics, and environmental issues.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hussain, Chaudhery Mustansar.

Contributor:

Hussain, Chaudhery Mustansar.

ProQuest ebook central.

John Morgan Society Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

COVID-19 (Disease).

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1 online resource

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Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Jenny Stanford Publishing, 2021.

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Biography/History:

Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an adjunct professor and director of laboratories at the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials in environmental protection, analytical chemistry, and various industrial sectors. Dr. Hussain has authored numerous papers published in peer-reviewed journals and edited several scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas, published by Elsevier, Royal Society of Chemistry, Wiley, and Springer, among others. Gustavo Marques da Costa is a professor with experience in diverse levels of education. His research focuses on the methods used to evaluate the quality of atmospheric air and water in urban areas with an emphasis on nanotechnology, biomonitoring, genotoxicity, and abiotic parameters that can influence the quality of the environment. His other areas of interest are ichthyology, neuroscience, and plant biotechnology. Dr. da Costa is author of several book chapters and scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals. He is also reviewer of journals focusing on environmental sciences.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: COVID-19 in the Environment

1.1: Definition and Origin of COVID-19

1.2: Transmission of COVID-19

1.3: Environmental Impacts

1.4: Prevention of COVID-19

Chapter 2: Environmental Fate of COVID-19

2.1: COVID-19 Lifetime on Surfaces

2.2: Presence of COVID-19 in Atmospheric Air/Decline in Air Pollution due to COVID-19 Lockdown

2.2.1: Presence of COVID-19 in Atmospheric Air

2.2.2: Decline in Air Pollution due to COVID-19 Lockdown

2.3: Studies of COVID-19 in Sewage Water

2.4: Protocols for Managing Health-Care Waste with COVID-19

2.5: Conclusion

Chapter 3: Health Hazards of COVID-19

3.1: Pathways of Entry of the Virus into the Human Body

3.2: Proteins Involved

3.3: Effects on Human Health

Chapter 4: Personal Protective Equipment and Coronavirus Disease

4.1: Importance of Using PPE in Disease Prevention

4.2: Transmission of Bioaerosols

4.3: Standards Currently in Force for PPE

4.3.1: Respiratory PPEs

4.3.1.1: Masks

4.3.1.2: Respirators

4.3.1.3: Homemade masks

4.4: Results/Effectiveness in Previous Epidemics

4.5: PPE Modifications to Combat SARS-CoV-2

4.6: Final Considerations and Perspectives

Chapter 5: Health Service Waste and COVID-19: Monitoring, Risk Assessment, Approaches, and Challenges

5.1: Introduction

5.2: Sources, Transport, and Environmental Fate of COVID-19

5.3: Monitoring and Analysis Techniques for COVID-19

5.4: COVID-19 in the Socioeconomic Spectrum

5.5: Risk Assessment Tools for COVID-19

5.6: Challenges for COVID-19

5.7: Conclusions and Future Directions

Chapter 6: Coronavirus: Exposure and Risk to Workers' Health

6.1: Historical Trajectory of Occupational Health

6.2: Exposure of Workers to the Environment Labor

6.3: Risks and Risk Perception

6.4: Occupational Exposure and Human Health Risks

6.5: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

6.6: Prevention and Control of the Transmission of SARS-Cov-2 within Health Services: Exposure and Occupational Risk

Chapter 7: Ethical Issues in COVID-19

7.1: Introduction

7.2: Ethical Challenges

7.3: Risk and Harm: Patients and Tests?

7.4: Fake News

7.5: Patent Rights for the Common Good: A Necessary Discussion

7.6: Conclusion

Chapter 8: Brazil against COVID-19: Analysis from a Typology of Public Policies to Face the Pandemic with Development

8.1: Public Policies as Instruments of Social Welfare in Territories

8.1.1: The Public Policies

8.1.2: Public Policies and Development in the COVID-19 Context

8.2: Policies of Federated States to Combat the Negative Effects of COVID-19 on Development

8.2.1: Contextualization of COVID-19 in Brazil

8.2.2: Public Policies Developed by Brazilian Federated States to Fight the Effects of COVID-19

8.2.2.1: COVID-19 in Brazil

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