Armed conflict poses a huge threat to public health but perhaps not in the way you would think. It's time to reconsider our entire approach to human security. Thanks to our increasingly connected world, we can now witness the worst manifestations of war in ways we never could before. This makes it easier than ever to recognize dangerous conflicts as a threat to health and well-being—at least for those populations living in war zones. In How War Kills, Yara M. Asi exposes the devastating repercussions of war that extend far beyond the battlefield. By tracing the trajectory of violence throughout history, with a focus on contemporary conflicts, Asi argues that war has been overlooked from a public health perspective. From the breakdown of sanitation and other vital infrastructure to the scarcity of essential resources, war creates a perilous environment ripe for disease outbreaks and widespread suffering far beyond the reach of bullets and bombs. She also challenges the reactive nature of current humanitarian responses and calls for more proactive measures to prevent the catastrophic consequences of war and militarism. Drawing on data and stories from around the world, Asi breaks down the complex mechanics of war and how they impact human security. War is not an inevitable part of the human condition but is rather a global health crisis in dire need of intervention. Aimed at anyone seeking to understand why increased national security spending has left us feeling more insecure than ever, this book provides an eye-opening perspective on the "war machine" and makes an urgent call to dismantle it for everyone's sake.

This volume examines the making of the Constitutional Treaty of the European Union. It does so by paying attention to the way in which the political actors operated within the Convention, by analysing civil society's input, and by tracking the development of the constitutional text beyond the Convention itself, through the IGC process and within the EU legal system. In discussing the European experience, the authors also address the question of whether its transnational character represents a new development for the theory of constitution making.

This volume examines the 'Convention on the Future of Europe' as a moment of European constitutional politics. It discusses the contested nature of constitutional politics in the EU, and how the Convention dealt with these issues. The book also assesses the Convention's aftermath.

Arsenic (As) has been identified as the number one environmental chemical of concern with regard to the human health according to the World Health Organization. It is estimated that more than 100 millions people are at serious risk of high As exposure (>50 g/L) in groundwater. In terms of magnitude of exposure and number of people affected, the problem of As contamination in groundwater of North Matlab, Southeastern Bangladesh is devastating. Groundwater is the prime source of drinking water in Matlab North upazila, sub-district of Chandpur district, and where population is heavily rely on groundwater from Holocene alluvial aquifers. The distribution of lithofacies, and its relation to hydraulic conductivity and hydrochemistry in such heterogeneous deposits are of fundamental importance for the analysis of groundwater conditions and arsenic enrichment in the groundwater aquifers. This book, therefore, helps to understand the sediments' relation with groundwater chemistry and arsenic enrichment.