A Community Guide to Environmental Health
Hesperian foundation just published an excellent book, The Community Guide to Environmental Health. This book is in print but can also be downloaded for free. Chapter 21 covers Mining and Health including the use of retort for gold processing. It's a great resource book for working with communities.
Best Regards, Rini
A Community Guide to Environmental Health
Jeff Conant and Pam Fadem
Paperback, 600 pages, illustrated, $28
ISBN: 978-0-942364-56-9
Free as a Digital book
This highly illustrated guide helps health promoters, development workers, environmental activists, and community leaders take charge of their environmental health. In small villages and large cities. It contains activities to stimulate critical thinking and discussion, inspirational stories, and instructions for simple health technologies such as water purification methods, safe toilets, and non-toxic cleaning products. 23 chapters cover topics including:
- preventing and reducing harm from toxic pollution
- forestry, restoring land, and planting trees
- protecting community water and watersheds
- food security and sustainable farming
- environmental health at home
- solid waste and health care waste
- how to reduce harm from mining, oil, and energy production