Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Jerome Nriagu is Professor Emeritus in the School of Public Health and Research Professor Emeritus at the Center for Human Growth & Development, University of Michigan, where he directed the environmental health program for over two decades. Earlier, he was a Senior Research Scientist with Environment Canada and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on metals in the environment, environmental justice, and global environmental health, with fieldwork conducted across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. Nriagu has authored or edited thirty books and more than three hundred articles, and from 2000 to 2008 was among the most-cited scientists in Environmental Studies and Ecology. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Science of the Total Environment for over 25 years, Editor-in-Chief of the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, and Founding Editor of Global Health Perspectives. His honors include the Alexander von Humboldt Distinguished Research Award, an Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Alberta, and Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada.