Your readers are presented with a series of essays that expresses various perspectives on the twenty-first century risks to human health. Readers will explore risks such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. They will evaluate the role of new treatments and technology, and examine America’s health care system. Stellar essay sources include the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee, World Health Organization, The Indoor Tanning Association, and Consumers Union of the United States.