<p>Sections I: Environmental Quality Deterioration and Health<br><br></p><ol><li>Environmental Deterioration and Human Health: An Overview, Farhana Masood, Elisabeth Grohmann, Rais Akhtar and Abdul Malik</li><li>Environment and health in Italian Cities: the case of Taranto Cosimo Palagiano, and Tiziana Banini</li><li>Environmental Concerns of the Tanning Industry, Farhana Masood and Abdul Malik</li><li>Environmental and health effects of textile industry wastewater, Sana Khan and Abdul Malik</li><li>Applications of Bacillus thuringiensis for prevention of environmental deterioration, Showkat Ahmad Lone, Abdul Malik and Jasdeep Chatrath Padaria, India </li></ol><p>Section II: Pollution and Health </p><ol><li>Insecticides: Impact on the Environment and Human Health, M. Shafiq Ansari, Maher Ahmed Moraiet and Salman Ahmad</li><li>Spread of Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment: Impact on Human Health, Melanie Broszat and Elisabeth Grohmann</li><li>Persistent Organic Chemicals of Emerging Environmental Concern - persistence and bioavailability, Luciana Pereira</li><li>Application of microorganisms in bioremediation of environment from heavy metals Katarzyna Hrynkiewicz and Christel Baum</li><li>Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Foodstuffs, Fish, Wildlife and Human Tissues from India: Historical Trend and Contamination Status, V. Dhananjayan, B. Ravichandran</li><li>Management of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Leachate: A Global Environmental Issue, Meththika Vithanage, S.S.R.M.D.H.R. Wijesekara, S.S. Mayakaduwa, A.R. Siriwardana, Y.S. Ok </li></ol><p>Section III Climate Change and Health </p><ol><li>Climate change and migration: Food insecurity as a driver and outcome of climate change related migration, Celia McMichael</li><li>Climate Change and Vector Borne Diseases in Latin America, Ulisses E, C Confalonieri </li><li>Climate change and geo-environmental problems in Indian desert, H.S. Sharma, India</li><li>Geoecology of Malaria in India: Historical perspective and a case study of Western Rajasthan, India, Rais Akhtar </li></ol><p>Section IV Water Quality, Exposure and Health </p><li>Spring Water Quality and Human Health in Foothill Settlements of Pir Panjal Range in Anantnag and Kulgam Districts of J & K State – India, .G.M.Rather; Rafiq A. Hajam; Sajad A.Wani, Suhaib A. Bandh<sup> </sup>& ,T.A.Kanth, India </li><li>Dietary Exposure to arsenic as an anthropogenic factor: Beyond the recommended diet Rebeca Monroy Torres, NC, </li><li>Land Use Changes and their Impact on Water Resources in Himalayas, Prakash C. TiwariTiwari and Bhagwati Joshi</li></ol><p> </p>