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... Rather, the aim was to consider the overall tasks of identifying, developing, and using indicators to monitor environmental health. Representatives from federal and state government, local government, academic institutions, industry, private organizations, and global health organizations spoke about current environmental health monitoring efforts and plans for the future.
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... First, the concept of establishing a national system to monitor environmental health, and eventually all of public health, received consistent support. This support came from federal, state, and local government agencies; from leadership within the administration; from private organizations; and from the public.
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... Samuel Wilson of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences noted that substantial research from the biomedical science community is available to inform the process and that newly developed analytic and informatics tools now permit a large body of complex information to be managed and analyzed. Third, several participants acknowledged current efforts to monitor environmental health as a platform for moving forward.
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... Mark Horton of Public Health Services, Orange County, California, described the need for a coordinated approach to environmental problems by institutions and agencies acting at the local level. Richard Jackson of the CDC noted that the federal Children's Environmental Health Initiative provides a successful model of interagency cooperation on crossagency issues.
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... The nation has reached a pivotal time for establishing a national monitoring system. The Pew Commission report of 2000 was instrumental in planting the idea (Pew Environmental Health Commission, 2001)
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