Environmental Health departments grow in importance

According to the Journal of Urban Health, Environmental Health departments world-wide are growing in importance—and in the number of department responsibilities—as concerns about global warming escalate.

They say...

"Climate change is an emerging threat to global public health. It is also highly inequitable, as the greatest risks are to the poorest populations, who have contributed least to greenhouse gas emissions. The rapid economic development and the concurrent urbanization of poorer countries mean that developing-country cities will be both vulnerable to health hazards from climate change and, simultaneously, an increasing contributor to the problem."

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