Ethics of Environmental Health

Friedo Zölzer is Head of the Department of Radiology, Toxicology and Civil Protection at the University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Gaston Meskens works part-time with the Centre for Ethics and Value Inquiry of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy at the University of Ghent, Belgium and with the Science and Technology Studies group of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK-CEN, Belgium.

• Foreword Henk ten Have, Director, Pittsburgh, USAformer Director, Division of Ethics of Science and Technology, UNESCOPart I. Insights from the Discussion of Related Topics Global, Regional and Local Ecological Change: Ethical Aspects for Public Health Research and PracticeColin L. Soskolne, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaEnvironmental Ethics and Environmental PoliciesMarie Claire Cantone, Milan, ItalyJustice, Environmental Health Laws and Relations Between PeopleCarl Cranor, Riverside, California, USAPart II. PrinciplesA Common Morality Approach to Environmental Health Ethics Friedo Zölzer, České Budějovice, Czech RepublicBioethics, the Precautionary Principle, and Future GenerationsRobin Attfield, Cardiff, UKRecent Reflections on the Ethical Basis of the System of Radiological ProtectionChristopher Clement, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaPart III. Decision Making on Environmental Health ProblemsThe Phenomenology of Environmental Health Risk: Vulnerability to Modern Technological Risk, Alienation, and Risk PoliticsMark Coeckelbergh, Leicester, UKTaking Public Opinion Serious in Post-Fukushima JapanMichio Miyasaka, Niigata, JapanBetter Living (in a Complex World) - An Ethics of Care for our Modern Co-Existence Gaston Meskens, Mol, BelgiumPart IV: Ethics of Radiological ProtectionConsiderations on Medical Radiation UsageJürgen Kiefer, Giessen, GermanySocial and Ethical Issues in RemediationDeborah Oughton, As, NorwayRadioactive Waste: Some Ethical Aspects of its Disposal Christian Streffer, Essen, GermanyConclusions and recommendations

Ethics of Environmental Health makes a valuable and unique contribution to the emerging field of environmental health ethics. The book includes papers discussing important aspects of environmental health ethics, including risk assessment, precaution, distribution of health risks, ethical decision-making, and global and local issues. I recommend it highly.David B. Resnik, National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, USAThe International Commission on Radiological Protection has long recognised the importance of ethics for the system of radiological protection. We are delighted to have played an active role in the completion of this book project and to give it our full endorsement.Dr Claire Cousins, Chair of the International Commission on Radiological ProtectionImportant environmental health determinants go unacknowledged in policy and law. This volume discusses a number of these, intending to inspire a return to the awareness of the harms we condone, neglect, or allow others to perpetrate with impunity when we ignore the ethical dimensions of health research, policy and law. Laura Westra, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada (Founder and Leader of the Global Ecological Integrity Group)