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Over 12 million people die each year due to environmental health concerns such as soil, water, food, and air contaminants. [1] These health issues can lead to cancer, respiratory, heart and complications.[1] Natural,anthropogenic disasters,waste, inporoper land use and climate change are all contrinuting factors to environmental health issues among the community. Many studies have been done citing the dangers related to environmental health found in the further reading section. One issue that is usually missed is environmental racism. Racial discrimination is the act of omitting persons of color and minorities out of the decision, law making and enforcement process concerning environmental issues.[2]

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Overview of main health effects on humans from some common types of pollution. FEMA/EPA Hazardous Materials Team removing hazards left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, 2005. Lecture of Joyeeta Gupta (University of Amsterdam) on environmental health

Environmental health addresses all human-health-related aspects of the natural environment and the built environment. Environmental health concerns include:


Environmental health professionals may be known as environmental health officers, public health inspectors, environmental health specialists or environmental health practitioners. Researchers and policy-makers also play important roles in how environmental health is practiced in the field. In many European countries, physicians and veterinarians are involved in environmental health.[citation needed] In the United Kingdom, practitioners must have a graduate degree in environmental health and be certified and registered with the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health or the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland. In Canada, practitioners in environmental health are required to obtain an approved bachelor's degree in environmental health along with the national professional certificate, the Certificate in Public Health Inspection (Canada), CPHI(C). Many states in the United States also require that individuals have a bachelor's degree and professional licenses in order to practice environmental health.[citation needed]

The environmental health profession had its modern-day roots in the sanitary and public health movement of the United Kingdom. This was epitomized by Sir Edwin Chadwick, who was instrumental in the repeal of the poor laws, and in 1884 was the founding president of the Association of Public Sanitary Inspectors, now called the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.[citation needed]

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Chiesa, F., Tomassone, L., Savic, S., Bellato, A., Mihalca, A. D., Modry, D., Häsler, B., & De Meneghi, D. (2021). A survey on one health perception and experiences in Europe and neighboring areas. Frontiers in Public Health, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.609949

Daniel L. Moeller* 104 Iowa L. Rev. 1523 (2019). (n.d.). Superfund, Pesticide Regulation, and Spray Drift: Rethinking the Federal Pesticide Regulatory Framework to provide alternative remedies for pesticide damage. Iowa Law Review. Retrieved April 5, 2022, from https://ilr.law.uiowa.edu/print/volume-104-issue-3/superfund-pesticide-regulation-and-spray-drift-rethinking-the-federal-pesticide-regulatory-framework-to-provide-alternative-remedies-for-pesticide-damage/

Dionne, J., & Walker, T. R. (2021). Air pollution impacts from a pulp and paper mill facility located in adjacent communities, Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada and Madawaska, Maine, United States. Environmental Challenges, 5, 100245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100245

Edwin Chadwick. History Learning Site. (2015, March 17). Retrieved May 19, 2022, from https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/a-history-of-medicine/edwin-chadwick/

Environmental health. Environmental Health - Healthy People 2030. (n.d.). Retrieved May 14, 2022, from https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/environmental-health

All appropriate inquiries - epa.gov. (n.d.). Retrieved May 19, 2022, from https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2017-07/documents/aai_factsheet_environmental_professional_epa_560_f_17_191_508.pdf

Gensburg, L. J., Pantea, C., Kielb, C., Fitzgerald, E., Stark, A., & Kim, N. (2009). Cancer incidence among former Love Canal residents. Environmental Health Perspectives, 117(8), 1265–1271. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0800153

James, W., Jia, C., & Kedia, S. (2012, December 3). Uneven magnitude of disparities in cancer risks from Air Toxics. International journal of environmental research and public health. Retrieved April 5, 2022, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3546767/

Perry, M. J., Arrington, S., Freisthler, M. S., Ibe, I. N., McCray, N. L., Neumann, L. M., Tajanlangit, P., & Trejo Rosas, B. M. (2021). Pervasive structural racism in environmental epidemiology. Environmental Health, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-021-00801-3

Werner, A. K., Vink, S., Watt, K., & Jagals, P. (2015). Environmental health impacts of unconventional natural gas development: A review of the current strength of evidence. Science of The Total Environment, 505, 1127–1141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.084

Bullard, R. D. (1993). Confronting environmental racism: Voices from the grassroots. South End Press.

  1. ^ a b "Environmental Health - Healthy People 2030 | health.gov". health.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  2. ^ "Environmental racism", Wikipedia, 2022-05-19, retrieved 2022-05-19