We Need a Strong Environmental Protection Agency

It’s About Public Health

Bibliographic Data

ID11036552
AuthorsGina McCarthy (Gina McCarthy is with the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Thomas A. Burke is with the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.), Thomas A Burke (0000-0002-6808-1252, Gina McCarthy is with the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Thomas A. Burke is with the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.)
Year2017
Volume107
Issue5
Pages649-651
Publication date2017-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2017.303728
PMID28398776
OpenAlexW2606721275
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited4

An editorial is presented in which the authors discuss the historical aspects of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and public health in America as of 2017. Cholera outbreaks in the 19th century and the Paris Agreement international climate change mitigation deal are examined, along with public health progress in America and the U.S. Clean Air Act. Environmental health is assessed, along with efforts to protect food, water, and air in places such as the U.S

Agency (philosophy) · Cholera · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Geography · Health protection · Outbreak · Political science · Public health · Social science · Sociology · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Public Health Policies and Education

Tools

Open DOISci-HubOpen Access