New Books!

The Public Health Library has the following new books available in print:

1. Toxic injustice: a transnational history of exposure and struggle. By Susanna Rankin Bohme. Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2015.
Call number: RA1270.P4 B586 2015.
Read a description, see the table of contents, and read reviews on the University of California Press website.

2. Our chemical selves: gender, toxics, and environmental health. Edited by Dayna Nadine Scott. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2015.
Call number: RA566.5.C2 O97 2015.
View the table of contents, see a preview, and read reviews on the UBC Press website.

3. Review of California’s risk-assessment process for pesticides. By the Committee to Review California’s Risk-Assessment Process for Pesticides, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2015.
Call number: RA1270.P4 R48 2015.
Also available online from the National Academies Press.

and here is a new title available online from the National Academies Press which require a free registration to download a pdf of the title:

4. Application of Modern Toxicology Approaches for Predicting Acute Toxicity for Chemical Defense. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2015.

Please note that these books are only a small selection of what is newly available. If you are interested in checking out any book(s), submit a request using our online form and we will mail the book(s) to you.

You may also log into your web portal account to request book(s).

If you do not currently possess a UC Berkeley library card, you will need to apply for one before we can check out a book to you.