Reference List:Pharmaceuticals in the Environment

 

     Although pharmaceuticals and personal care products are used to treat disease, ease suffering, beautify, and prolong life, their usage and disposal should be more regulated, reduced, or avoided, because they are polluting our aquifers and surface waters, destroying aquatic environments, and poisoning agricultural soil.

Boyd,G.R.,  Reemtsma, H.,  Grimm, D., & Mitra, S. (2003). Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in surface and treated waters of Louisiana, USA and Ontario, Canada. Science of the total environment, 311, 1-3, 135. Doi:10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00183-4

Chenxi, W,.   Spongberg, A.,  Witter, J,.  Min, F., & Czajkowski, K. (2010). Uptake of pharmaceutical and personal care products by soybean plants from soils applied with biosolids and imgated with contaminated water. Environmental Science and Technology, 44, 16, 6157-6161.  Doi:10.1021/es1011115

Corcoran, J., Winter, M.J., & Tyler, C.R. (2010). Pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment: A critical review of the evidence for health effects in fish. Critical Reviews in Toxicology, 40, 4, 287-304. Doi:10.3109/10408440903373590

Daughton, C.G., & Jones-Lepp, T.L. (2001).  Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the Environment. Washington, DC: Oxford University Press.

EPA, US. (2007). Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs). Basic information: www.epa.gov/pppc/basic2.html

Fisher, P.M.J., & Scott, R. (2008). Evaluating and controlling pharmaceutical emissions from dairy farms: a critical first step in developing a preventative management approach. Journal of Cleaner Production, 16, 14, 1437-1446. Doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2008.04.024

Guerin, T.F. (2010). Co-composting of pharmaceutical wastes in soil. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 33, 4, 256-263. Doi:10.1046/j. 1472-765X2001.00992.x

Kim, I., & Tanaka, H. (2009). Photodegradation characteristics of PPCPs in water with UV treatment. Environment  International, 35, 5, 793-802. Doi:10.1016/j.envint.2009.01.003

Kummerer, K. (2001). Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Sources, Fate, Effects and Risks. Berlin: Printed in Germany.

Lapen, D.R., Topp, E., Metcalfe,C.D., Li, H., Edwards, M., Gottschall, N., Bolton, P., . . . & Beck, A. (2008). Pharmaceutical and personal care products in tile drainage following land application of municipal biosolids. Science of the Total Environment, 399, 1-3, 50-65. Doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.02.025

Monteiro, S., & Boxall, A.B.A. (2008). Factors affecting the degradation of pharmaceuticals in agricultural soils: Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 28, 12, 2546-2554. Doi: 10.1897/08-6571/pdf

Parrott, J.L., & Bennie, D.T. (2009). Life-cycle exposure of flathead minnows to a mixture of six common pharmaceuticals and Triclosan. Journal of Toxicology & Environmental Health, 72, 10, 633-641.  Doi: 10.1080/15287390902769428

Rodriguez-Mozaz, S., & Weinberg, H.S. (2010). Meeting Report: Pharmaceuticals in water- An interdisciplinary approach to a Public Health challenge. Health Perspect, 118, 1016-1020. Doi:10.1289/ehp.0901532

Corcoran, J., Winter, M.J., & Tyler, C.R.  (2010). Pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment: A critical review of the evidence for health effects in fish. Critical Reviews in Toxicology, 40, 4, 287-304. Doi:10.3109/10408440903373590

USGS. (2008). Water-quality data for pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater contaminants in ground water and untreated drinking water sources in the United States. Open-File Report 2008, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston Virginia.  http:// pubs.usgs.gov.of.2008/1293/pdf/ofr2008-1293.pdf

Xu, I., Wu, L., & Chang, A.C. (2009). Degradation and absorption of selected pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in agricultural soils. Chemosphere, 77, 10, 1299-1305. Doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.09.063

Plagiarism

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Reference List- Fast Food, Sure Death

Although fast food is convenient and inexpensive, we as a society need to stop eating fast food because it has increased health problems, destroys the environment, and has created a food economy dominated by giant corporations.

Austin, B.S., Melly, S.J., Sanchez, B.N., Patel, A., & Buka, S. (2005). Clustering of fast-food restaurants around schools: a novel application of spatial statistics to the study of food environments. American Journal of Public Health, 95(9), 1575-1591, 7, Retrieved October 9, 2010, from Academic Search Premier (18105804)

Blanchard, T., & Matthews, T.L. (2006). The configuration of local economic power and civic participation in the global economy. Social Forces, 84(4), 2241-2257, 17, Retrieved October 10, 2010, from Academic Search Premier (21517486)

Brownell, K. (2010). In your face: how the food industry drives us to eat. Nutrition Action Health Letter, 37(4), 3-6, 4, Retrieved October 10, 2010, from Academic Search Premier (49668950)

Chang, W., Li, K., Filiaggi, A., Huang, Y., & Courtney, T.K. (2008). Friction variation in common working areas of fast-food restaurants in the usa. Ergonomics, 51(12), 1995-2012, 15, Retrieved October 9, 2010, from Academic Search Premier (35484748)

Freeman, A. (2007). Fast food: oppression through poor nutrition. California Law Review, 95(6), 2221-2259, 39, Retrieved October 9, 2010, from Academic Search Premier (31317284)

Jahren, A. H., & Kraft, R.A. (2008). Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in fast food: signatures of corn and confinement. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(46), 17855-17860, Retrieved October 9, 2010, from Agricola (35634717)

Kenner, R. (Director). (2008). Food, Inc. [Motion Picture]. United States: Magnolia Pictures

McIlvaine-Newsad, H., McLaughlin, P., Maakestad, W., & Merrett, C.D. (2008). Slow food lessons in the fast food midwest . Southern Rural Sociology, 23(1), 72-93, 23, Retrieved October 9, 2010, from Agricola (44174934)

Mead, M.N. (2008). The sprawl of food deserts. Environmental Health Perspectives, 116(8), A335-A335, 5/6, Retrieved October 10, 2010, from Academic Search Premier (34370727)

Morgan Erickson-Davis, mongabay.com (April 28, 2008). Fast-food industry destroying forests in the Southern U.S. http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0428-davis_nofreerefills.html

Prakash, M.S., & Stuchul, D.L. (2005). Fast food and environmental awareness. Encounter, 16(4), 49-54, 6, Retrieved October 9, 2010, from Academic Search Premier (12204954)

Schlosser, E. (2001). Fast food nation. New York, NY: HarperCollins.

Staley, L. (2010). Cupcake consumerism. Institute of Public Affairs Review, 62(3), 30-33, Retrieved October 10, 2010, from Academic Search Premier (53885243)

Thow, A.M. (2009). Trade liberalization and the nutrition transition: mapping the pathways for public health nutritionists. Public Health Nutrition, 12(11), 2150-2158, 9, Retrieved October 9, 2010, from Academic Search Premier (44789321)

Walker, R., Keane, C., & Burke, J. (2010). Disparities and access to healthy food in the united states: a review of food deserts literature. Health & Place, 16(5), 876-884, 9, Retrieved October 10, 2010, from Academic Search Premier (52878108)

 

 

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Part #2: Reference Guide List

Although vegetarianism is viewed mainly as ethical and religious personal expression, we should thrive towards a minimal meat consumption society, because our excessive meat based diets in the United States have a negative influence on our environment, world hunger, animals, and it compromises our health.

References

Alemanno, A., (2009). The European Reform of Organic Farming. European Food & Feed Law Review, 4 (6), 406-419. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier. (47081706)

American Dietetic Association. 2009. Position of the American Dietetic Association: Vegetarian Diets. Retrieved from http://www.eatright.org/about/content.aspx?id=8357

Bond, M., (2008). The trouble with meat [meat industry]. Engineering & Technology, 3 (11), 16-19. DOI 10.1049/et:20081100

Chlebowski, G.(n.d.). Livestock Affect Our Planet. The Vegetarian Resource Group. Retrieved from http://www.vrg.org/environment/

Gilchrist, M., Greko C., Wallinga D., Beran G., Riley D., Thorne P. (2007). The Potential Role of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in Infectious Disease Epidemics and Antibiotic Resistance. Environmental Health Perspective, 115 (2), 313-316. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier. (24222563)

 Kenner, R. (Director). (2008). Food, Inc. [Motion Picture]. United States: Magnolia Pictures.

Lahnham-New, S.A., Lee, W.T.K., Torgerson, D.J., Millward, D.J. (2007). Is vegetable protein more beneficial to bone than animal protein? 1297, 310-318.  doi: 10.1016/j.ics.2006.11.003

Lehmkuhl, V. (2008, February). Water We Waiting For? Retrieved from http://www.earthsave.org/environment/

McMichael, A.J., Powles, J.W., Butler C.D., Uauy R.(2007). Food, livestock production, energy, climate change, and health. The Lance, 370 (9594), 1253-1263. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61256-2

Mench, J., (2008). Farm animal welfare in the U.S.A.: Farming practices, research, education, regulation, and assurance programs.  Applied Animal and Behaviour Science, 113 (4), 298-312. doi: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.01.009

Motavalli, J. (n.d.). The Case Against Meat. Retrieved from http://www.emagazine.com/view/?142

Paarlberg, R. (2009). The Ethics of Modern Agriculture.  Society, 46 (1), 4-8. doi: 10.1007/s12115-008-9168-3

Stokstad, E. (2010). Could Less Meat Mean More food? Sience, 327 ( 5967), 810 – 811. doi: 10.1126/science.327.5967.810

Thornton, P. K. (2010). Livestock production: recent trends, future prospects. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 365, 2853-2867. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0134

Wang Y., Beydoun M. (2009). Meat consumption is associated with obesity and central obesity among US adults. International Journal of Obesity, 33, 621–628. Doi: 10.1038/ijo.2009.45