Interview: Emerging Challenges In U.S. Environmental Health

From understanding the cumulative impacts of widely used chemicals to preparing for life in a warming world, a host of environmental health issues now face medical experts. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Lynn Goldman, dean of the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, discusses the challenges. One thing is certain, Goldman says: Without bipartisan political support, urgently needed legislative action to deal with 21st century environmental health threats will never come to pass. “I can’t point to a single successful piece of environmental legislation that was enacted by one party,” she says. “Environmental protection has always been the concern of both parties.”

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