INDEX
Refrigerator, natural, 306
Refugee camps, sanitation
and, 113
Rehydration drink, recipe for, 53
also see Dehydration
Renewable energy see
Clean energy
Replanting forests, 189
Reproductive health, damage to
burning plastic, 423
endometriosis, 326
oil, 507
pesticides, 263
sterility, 263, 325
toxic chemicals, 323, 325–326
Rescue breathing, 557
Reserves and parks, 193, 194, 195
Resistance to drugs, 145, 242,
420, 442
Resistance to pesticides, 151,
243, 250, 273
Resource recovery
starting a center, 407–408
workers and working
conditions, 387, 388, 395,
406
also see Recycling; Solid
waste
Resources, 584–593
environmental law, 593
food and farming, 588–590
general, 594
health problems from
water, sanitation, and
mosquitoes, 585–587
healthy homes, 590–591
international law, 567, 568
mining, oil, and energy, 592–593
natural resource management
and land restoration,
587–588
toxics and waste, 591–592
training for environmental
health and justice, 584–585
Resources, natural see Natural
resources
Respirators, for pesticide use, 268
Restaurant waste oil, 462
Restoring land, 199–215
mine closures and, 495–496
native and non-native plants
and trees, 202
natural succession and,
202, 203
oil spills and, 520
resources for, 587–588
seed balls, how to make, 204
also see Erosion; Tree planting
Retorts for mercury reclaiming,
489–490
Reuse of waste
coconut shells, 404, 416
electronics, 406, 464
greywater, 41, 100–101
packaging, 389, 397, 404, 408
rubber, 404
sawdust, 404
tin cans, 404
tires, 404, 405
also see Compost
Rice, genetically engineered, 242
Rice paddies
fish farming in, 309
mosquito control and, 150
Rights
of children, 475
environmental health, 35, 42,
512, 558, 566
to food security, 231, 235
human, 558, 566, 568
of miners, 478, 492
to pesticide information, 276
to protective equipment, 548
to water, 62–63, 67, 233
working at home and
lack of, 376
also see Environmental
justice; International law;
Working for change
Ring beam, 120, 122
Risk, acceptable, 43, 449
Rivers and streams
micro hydropower and,
434–435
mining and, 483, 484
restoring, 214–215
as veins of the earth, 156
also see Dams, large; Erosion;
Watersheds
Roaches see Cockroaches
Roads, watershed protection and,
161-162, 167
Rocket stove, 362
Rock walls and fences
to prevent erosion, 201, 295
and technical solutions,
limitations of, 201
for tree planting in desert
climates, 205
Rodenticides see Pesticides
Rodents
grain storage protection
from, 305
pesticides, synthetic, 249, 367
traps recommended for, 367
Role plays, 18
Roof, rainwater collection and,
86, 87
Roofing
metal, 381
rainwater collection and, 86, 87
thatch, 367, 379
Root crops, storing, 306
Rope pump, 83
Rotating crops, 300
Rotterdam Convention on Prior
Informed Consent, 467
Roundworms, 51
Routine flares, 511–512
Rubber
burning of, as toxic, 409
recyling of, 405
reuse of, 404
Runner bean, 285
S
Safety see Emergencies;
Protective clothing and
equipment; specific
activities
Safety flares, 511
Salt, in rehydration drink, 53
Sanitary landfills
filling and capping, 414, 415
how to make, 413
need for, 409
problems with, 415
protection of health by, 412
site selection, 412
working for change to
provide, 5
Sanitation
benefits of, 105
for cities and towns, 114–117
community involvement in
planning for, 107–109
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