CSE: Health links on Environmental Health

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INDIA

Dr Dipankar Chakraborti Designation: Director & Head Category: Environmental health, toxicology Email: dcsoesju@vsnl.com Speciality: Toxics and chemicals, arsenic expert, industrial and air pollution, water quality monitoring Organisation: School of Environmental Studies Address: Jadavpur University Kolkata 700032 West Bengal Telephone: 033-24146233, 24146760 Fax: 033-24146266 Work done: Dr Chakraborti is involved in studying arsenic content in groundwater in various parts of the country especially West Bengal. He is involved in creating awareness on health hazards posed due to arsenic contamination in drinking water. He has also worked on some aspects of air pollution and industrial pollution and conducted environment impact assessment studies.	Dr P K Das Designation: Director Category: Environmental health, public health, researcher, technical expert Email: pk_das707@yahoo.com Speciality: Water and sanitation related diseases (or waterborne diseases), infectious and communicable diseases, vectorborne diseases Organisation: Vector Control Research Centre Address: Indira Nagar Medical Complex Gorimedu Pondicherry 605006 Telephone: 0413-2272396, 2272397 Fax: 0413-2272041 Website: http://www.pon.nic.in/vcrc Work done: The institute is involved in research activities for solving the community problems related to environmental degradation and vector borne diseases. It is also involved in development of risk assessment and promoting preventive and curative tools for vector borne diseases.
Dr Abdhesh Gangwar Designation: Programme Coordinator Category: Academic, environmental health Email: ceehimalaya@ceeindia.org, abdhesh.gangwar@ceeindia.org Speciality: Organisation: Centre for Environment Education, Himalaya Initiative Address: 19/323, Indira Nagar Lucknow 226016 Uttar Pradesh Telephone: 0522-2715301 Fax: 0522-2716628 Website: www.ceehimalaya.org Work done: The organisation is involved in spreading awareness and imparting education on quality of environment and quality of human life. It is also inculcating environment friendly attitude and generating conservation action in selected communities in the mountain region.	Dr Pradeep Kumar Designation: Associate Professor Category: Academic, environmental health, public health Email: drpkumar_55@yahoo.com, pkumpsm@wilnetonline.net Speciality: Vectorborne diseases, cardiovascular diseases, adolescent health Department: Department of Community Medicine Organisation: Government Medical College Surat 395001 Gujarat Telephone: 0261-2230155 Fax: 0261-2230155 Work done: Dr Kumar is involved in teaching and research activities. He deals in epidemiology of hypertension in urbanites (especially in school children where its severity is not perceived), population and demography and sexual health and adolescents.
Mr Raghunath K Manwar Designation: Secretary Category: Environmental health Email: newohsa1@yahoo.com Speciality: Occupational diseases, industrial safety Organisation: Occupational Health and Safety Association (OHSA) Address: 217/1, Nirnay Nagar Ahmedabad 382481 Gujarat Telephone: 079-27620088 Work done: Manwar is working amongst different workgroups especially workers in thermal power stations to create awareness about occupational diseases and industrial safety.	Mr Kisan Mehta Designation: President Category: Activist, environmental health, public health Email: kisansbc@vsnl.com Speciality: Respiratory illnesses, water and sanitation related diseases (or waterborne diseases), infectious and communicable diseases Organisation: Save Bombay Committee Address: 620, Jame Jamshed Road Dadar East Mumbai 400014 Maharashtra Telephone: 022-24149688 Fax: 022-24149688 Work done: Save Bombay Committee is involved in awareness campaigns and camps for promotion of natural living and public health. It is working within communities, providing natural living and sustainable agriculture as well as consumption of chemical free foods for improving public health.
Dr Mrutyunjaya Mishra Designation: Lecturer in Economics Category: Academic, environmental health, health economics Email: m_mishra_99@yahoo.com Speciality: Respiratory illnesses, cardiovascular diseases, water and sanitation related diseases (or waterborne diseases) Organisation: Science College Address: Hinjilicut Ganjam 761102 Orissa Telephone: 06811-280024 Fax: 0680-2204076 Work done: Dr Mishra is working on "Air pollution-Human health damage, in Angul Talcher in Orissa: An economic assessment".	Dr Prashant Kumar Mishra Designation: Reader & Head Category: Academic, environmental health Email: malay_mishra@yahoo.com Speciality: Waterborne diseases Department: Department of Botany Organisation: R S More College Address: P O Gobindpur Dhanbad 828109 Jharkhand Telephone: 06540-262539 Work done: Dr Mishra is involved into bio-monitoring of water pollution with respect to human health and exploring cost effective water purifying technologies based on traditional knowledge. He has researched on water quality of Damodar River and groundwater of Jharia coalfield and has developed low cost water purification method using Moringa plant parts.
Dr J S Thakur Designation: Assistant Professor Category: Environmental health (epidemiology, health effects), public health Email: jsthakur_in@yahoo.co.in Speciality: Water and sanitation related diseases (or waterborne diseases), lifestyle diseases, cardiovascular diseases, maternal and child health Department: Department of Community Medicine Organisation: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) Address: Sector -12 Chandigarh 160012 Punjab Telephone: 0172-2755219 Fax: 0172-2744993, 2744401 Work done: Dr Thakur was involved in epidemiological study of cancer in Bhatinda, Punjab, time series study of air pollution and respiratory morbidity in Ludhiana. He was also involved in multicentric study on environmental health and comparative health risk assessment in Ludhiana.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ABROAD
Mr Jeff Conant Designation: Environmental Health Coordinator Category: Environmental health, public health Email: envirohealth@hesperian.org Speciality: Toxics and chemicals, water and sanitation related diseases (or waterborne diseases) Organisation: The Hesperian Foundation Address: 1919 Addison Street Suite 304 Berkeley 94704 California USA Telephone: 001-510-8451447 Fax: 001-510-8459141 Website: www.hesperian.org Work done: The orgnisation is working on a global scale to help communities understand their environment and how it affects their health. Involved in the process of publishing "A Community Guide to Environmental Health" which would help communities worldwide identify and address the hazards in their environment that are harming their health. It has produced many books: 'Where there is no Doctor', 'Where there is no Dentist', 'Where women have no doctor, 'Helping health workers learn', ' Disabled village children', and 'Helping children who are blind'.	Dr Thomas Goehl Designation: Category: Environmental health Email: goehl@niehs.nih.gov Speciality: Toxicology Organisation: Environmental Health Perspectives, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Address: Post Office Box 12233 Research Triangle Park 27709-2233 NC USA Telephone: 001-919-5417961 Fax: 001-919-5410273 Website: http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/ Work done: The organisation is involved in extensive international outreach programme. It aims to provide credible original research and news developed in the field of environmental health.
Mr Dan Greenbaum Designation: President Category: Environmental health Email: dgreenbaum@healtheffects.org Speciality: Respiratory illnesses, cardiovascular diseases Organisation: Health Effects Institute Address: Charlestown Navy Yard 120 Second Avenue Boston 2129 MA USA Telephone: 001-617-8869330 Fax: 001-617-8869335 Website: www.healtheffects.org Work done: HEI has funded over hundred and seventy studies and published over a hundred research projects, and several special reports, producing important research findings on the health effects of a variety of pollutants, including carbon monoxide, methanol and aldehydes, nitrogen oxides, diesel exhaust, ozone, and most recently, particulate air pollution. HEI has also been called upon periodically to produce special reports reviewing an entire area of scientific literature on topics such as the health effects of asbestos, diesel exhaust, and oxygenates in fuel.	Mr Llewellyn Leonard Designation: Health Care Waste Projects Co-ordinator Category: Academic, activist, environmental health, technical expert Email: llewellyn@groundwork.org.za Speciality: Health care waste management Organisation: groundWork Address: P O Box 2375 Pietermaritzburg 3200 South Africa Telephone: 0027-33-3425662 Fax: 0027-33-3425665 Website: www.groundwork.org.za Work done: The organisation works with poor state hospitals and communities affected by unsafe dumping of medical waste. It is involved in reducing the impacts of health care waste and incineration and the potential impacts that it poses towards enhancing a sustainable society.
Mr Robert O'Keefe Designation: Vice President Category: Environmental health Email: rokeefe@healtheffects.org Speciality: Respiratory illnesses, cardiovascular diseases Organisation: Health Effects Institute Address: Charlestown Navy Yard 120 Second Avenue Boston 2129 MA USA Telephone: 001-617-8869330 Fax: 001-617-8869335 Website: www.healtheffects.org Work done: HEI has funded over hundred and seventy studies and published over a hundred research projects, and several special reports, producing important research findings on the health effects of a variety of pollutants, including carbon monoxide, methanol and aldehydes, nitrogen oxides, diesel exhaust, ozone, and most recently, particulate air pollution. HEI has also been called upon periodically to produce special reports reviewing an entire area of scientific literature on topics such as the health effects of asbestos, diesel exhaust, and oxygenates in fuel.	Richard Wilson Designation: Professor Category: Academic, environmental health, public health Email: wilson5@fas.harvard.edu Speciality: Arsenic Organisation: Harvard University Cambridge MA 02138 USA Telephone: 001-617-4953387 Fax: 001-617-4950416 Website: http://phys4.harvard.edu/~wilson Work done: Prof Richard Wilson is an activist on human rights issue. He has done a study on cancer at old age. He is also studying the problem of chronic arsenic exposure and how to help the millions who are overexposed.