Global Environmental Health in the 21st Century From Governmental Regulation to Corporate Social Responsibility: Workshop Summary (2007) / Chapter Skim
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This is a challenge in the United States and around the world as our understanding of the impact of the environment on human health continues to evolve. As we move forward, scientists and policy makers realize that new paradigms and partnerships are needed to address the complex environmental health challenges facing society.
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The World Health Organization defines environmental health as the direct pathological effects on health of chemical, physical, and biological agent and of the effects of the broad physical and social environment on human health (World Health Organization, 1986)
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With the adoption of a broader view of environmental health, environmental health scientists' strategies for addressing issues have changed. In a speech in 1997, then President of MIT, Charles Vest, suggested that "For the past 30 years, environmental concerns in this country have been dominated by a mentality of government regulation and remediation." He further noted that, "In the future, industry and academia must instead play an increasingly important role in exercising environmental responsibility.
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The planning group reflected this in the diversity of the speakers on this program. By sponsoring the workshop, the Roundtable wanted to explore the following: · Better understand the systems approach, that is, understanding the bidirectional contributions of individual components in environmental health by understanding the linkages and interactions of the elements from a holistic view.
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