WASHINGTON SQUARE, SPRING 2018

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EHSC-GA1004

Taught by a leading expert on environmental pollution and its

human health effects: Professor George Thurston NYU School of Medicine

Pollution in the air we breathe and in the water & food we consume

have been identified by the World Health Organization as major human health threats around the globe.

Course covers the basic concepts of environmental health, including pollutant sources, fate, and impacts in environmental media (air, water,

food, and soil) and occupational settings, in the context of today’s environmental controversies, such as fracking and climate change.

Tuesdays, Spring Semester 2018: 2 PM-4:45 PM

(Open to Grad Students, or 3rd or 4th Year Undergraduates with permission) Course Text: Essentials of Environmental Health, R.H. Friis. Jones and Bartlett, 2011.

For more information, contact: george.thurston@nyu.edu