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CURRENT EVENTS AND ISSUES / CONTEMPORARY WORLD ISSUES

The Global NEW
Water Crisis Food Safety

A Reference Handbook A Reference Handbook,
DAVID E. NEWTON
Third Edition | NINA E. REDMAN
“ This concise, single- AND MICHELE MORRONE
volume resource would
Highly recommended.
be a good addition to “ High school
high school and academic through beginning
libraries in need of undergraduates;
ABC-CLIO information on this hot ABC-CLIO professionals/
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April 2016, 354pp, 6x9 topic. February 2017, 328pp, 6x9 practitioners.
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$60.00, £47.00, €55.00 —Booklist, September 14, 2016 $60.00, £47.00, €55.00 —Choice, July 1, 2017
eBook: 978-1-4408-3981-8 eBook: 978-1-4408-5263-3
How is water scarcity becoming a serious problem worldwide— Presenting compelling and current information about some of
including in the United States? This book provides a broad the most important food safety issues, this book is an invaluable
overview of water, sanitation, and hygiene problems faced by reference for anyone interested in avoiding foodborne disease or
both developing and developed nations around the globe and understanding how food safety standards could be improved.
suggests how these problems can be solved by imaginative and
innovative thinking. NINA E. REDMAN is a professional writer and former librarian at
Glendale Community College, Glendale, CA.
DAVID E. NEWTON, EdD, has been a freelance writer of MICHELE MORRONE, PhD, is professor of environmental health
nonfiction books and ancillary materials for young adults for science at Ohio University in Athens, OH.
nearly 55 years.
Global
DNA Technology Pandemic Threats
A Reference Handbook A Reference Handbook

Second Edition | DAVID E. NEWTON
MICHAEL C. LEMAY
“ For libraries that own “ Dense with information.
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in biology, biomedical a jumping-off point for
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eBook: 978-1-4408-5048-6 This accessibly written book
introduces readers to DNA—one This book offers an accessible reference on epidemic and
of the most important technologies for the manipulation of all pandemic diseases that provides background information and
forms of life, from simple bacteria to plants and animals. It also history, explains why pandemics are a newly emerging threat,
addresses the most important social, ethical, political, economic, identifies the difficulties in coping with them, and provides
and other issues raised by this form of technology. hope in the form of modern medicine.

DAVID E. NEWTON, EdD, has been a freelance writer of MICHAEL C. LEMAY, PhD, is professor emeritus of political
nonfiction books and ancillary materials for young adults for science at California State University-San Bernardino, where he
nearly 55 years. chaired the department of political science.

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