Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment A New Vision of Environmental Health for the 21st Century (2001) / Chapter Skim
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Toward an Integrative Approach to Environmental Health
Toward an Integrative Approach to Environmental Health
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There are many constituencies involved; thus, a new vision of environmental health, as discussed by the some speakers, requires crosscutting research and development and the establishment of new linkages between diverse groups, including the medical and public health communities, industry, government, farmers, policymakers, and international groups. There is evidence that contact with the natural offers health benefits.
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On the public health level, environmental health has a long history of providing data, and advocating action based on these data, to achieve control of environmental hazards, air and water pollution, pesticides, and workplace and other hazards; in the same way, we need to act on emerging evidence of environmental health benefits, noted several speakers. Environmental health could become a factor in policy decisions that affect human contact with nature urban design, land use, and regional planning decisions, even forest policy.
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