The Impact of Anthropogenic Activities on the Natural Environment and Societies during the Contemporary Period

Preface

HUMAN IMPACT IN THE ATMOSPHERE

How Has Air Pollution Impacted Societies Since the Industrial Era?

Barrak Alahmad, Weeberb Requia and Carolina L. Zilli Vieira

Anthropogenic Impacts in Space: Challenges and Opportunities

Christopher E. Carr

As Night Became Day: Light Pollution, An Underappreciated Environmental and Human Stressor

Waleska Do Valle Santos, Ken Walczak and Carolina L. Zilli Vieira

Past, Present and Future Impacts of Energy in the Environment and Populations

José Goldemberg

Power Systems, Telecommunications, and Diabetes

Paul Heroux

Escalating Non-ionizing Electromagnetic Fields from Telecommunications and Electricity: Comparing and Contrasting U.S. and International Policies and Approaches to Protecting Public and Environmental Health

Theodora Scarato and Meg Sears

HUMAN IMPACT IN THE HYDROSPHERE

Water Pollution: How Human Activities Have Shaped the XXI Century Water Crisis

Usharani Rathinam Krishnaswamy, Rodrigo Braga Moruzzi and Gustavo Henrique Ribeiro da Silva

Drinking Water, Sanitation and Health: A Foreseeable 21st Century Crisis

Mary Jean Brown and Sahir Iqbal

HUMAN IMPACT IN THE GEOSPHERE

Soil Pollution Since the Industrial Revolution: A Historical and Geoethics Perspective

Rosely Aparecida Liguori Imbernon, Clara Vasconcelos, Jorge Espinha Marques and Carolina L. Zilli Vieira

Sources of Metal Contamination in Soils, Impact on Children, and Implications for Food Safety 

Gabriel Filippelli

Critical Zone Observatory in Megacities – A Case Study in the City of São Paulo, Brazil

R.A.L. Imbernon, A. Ustra, R. Hirata, V.R. Elis, S.I. Rodrigues and L.R. Dantas

IMPACT ON ALL EARTH SYSTEMS

The Global Pesticide Market: Value of Life and Exemption

Brian Garvey and Larissa Bombardi

Permaculture in Commercial Agriculture: Ecology Framework ‘One-Eleven’ and Four Pertinent Case Studies

Immo Fiebrig, Alfréd Szilágyi, Svenja Lohrer and Mai Abbas

Pathways to Sustainability: Industry, Development, Business, Agriculture, Economy, and Politics

Andreas Hernandez, Pablo Arias-Benavides, Dayana M.C. Machado, Ousmane Aly Pame, Alice Main and Per Moller

The impact of Food Industry on Human Health and Environment

Maria Raimundo

The Environmental Impact of Medicine and Dentistry

 Nara Santos Araujo, Carolina Letícia Zilli Vieira and Patricia Ramos Cury

From Beauty to Beast: History of Cosmetic Industries, Health and Environmental Impact

Hulder Henrique Zaparoli, Samuel de Mattos Alves, Flavia Toqueti, Marina Piacenti-Silva and Carolina L. Zilli Vieira

 Potentials and Challenges in Artificial Intelligence

 Danilo Samuel Jodas and João Paulo Papa

Historical Awareness of Human-Originated Environmental Change

Robin Attfield

Index

Biography

Dr. Carolina L. Zilli Vieira, DDS, PhD, is a Research Associate and Instructor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. With expertise in oral medicine, periodontology, cardiology, and environmental health, she studies the impact of environmental risk factors on oral and systemic health. Her research spans air and water pollution, radiation, oral and environmental medicine, and prevention. Through epidemiology, interventional studies, and preventive programs, Dr. Zilli Vieira integrates science, teaching, and advocacy to advance environmental and public health.