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This paper builds on the work of Neil A. Manson arguing that the precautionary principle is fraught with vagueness and ambiguity.

James Nelson considers what kind of normative work might be done by speaking of ecosystems utilizing a “medical” vocabulary—drawing, that is, on such notions as “health,” disease,” and “illness.”

Tapped is an insightful look at the big business of bottled water.

The true story of the postman and gardener who took on McDonald’s—and won.

This book is the first comprehensive account of the causes, context, and consequences of the the worst accident in the history of commercial nuclear power in the United States, which occurred at Three Mile Island.

Bryan Norton differs between two types of sustainability definitions, ‘social scientific’ and ‘ecological’ ones, in order to define our moral obligation to act sustainably.

Ken Cruikshank and Nancy Bouchier’s research on the environmental history of the Hamilton, Ontario, waterfront since 1955 looks at who determines the environmental health of a community.

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Ferrieres, Madeleine. Sacred Cow, Mad Cow: A History of Food Fears. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006.

Leading health scholars reveal the impact of globalization on human health, as it is mediated through environmental change.

An original history of “ecological” ideas of the body as it unfolded in California’s Central Valley.