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Much progress has been made since the passage of the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Clean Water Act. Regulations adopted under these acts served as a means of enacting many beneficial measures. However, issues today for protecting our water supply are more complex, often having societal and personal implications, and are not fixed by quick regulatory decision. The workshop From Source Water to Drinking Water: Emerging Challenges for Public Health, discusses whether the approaches traditionally used by the government are feasible as the United States faces a growing population and increased per capita water consumption.
This workshop, which was sponsored by the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, examined issues critical to protecting our water supply--from the source water to the drinking water. Building off the first workshop sponsored by the Roundtable, the speakers and participants were asked to consider the broadly defined environment--one that includes the natural, built, and social environment--and to identify those areas that will impact the nation's ability to ensure safe water for our health needs.
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Global Environmental Health: Research Gaps and Barriers for Providing Sustainable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Services. Workshop Summary
Humans rely on water, but the rapidly growing human population along with heightened urbanization and poor water management has led to a global water crisis. Increasingly limited water resources and severely limited access to safe drinking water worldwide highlights a global imperative to ensure universal and sustainable access to clean water. The Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine held a workshop on October 17-18, 2007, to stimulate efforts in the urgent issue and reversal of poor water quality, management, and policy.
Released: July 16, 2009
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Environmental Health Sciences Decision Making: Risk Management, Evidence, and Ethics. Workshop Summary
Eighty-two thousand chemicals—both natural and man-made—are used today. Some of these chemicals do not produce notable adverse health outcomes, but others can be toxic and harmful to anyone exposed. Currently, we know very little about basic properties of the majority of these chemicals and even less about the human health impact of these exposures. On January 15, 2008, the workshop Environmental Health Sciences Decision Making: Risk Management, Evidence, and Ethics addressed emerging issues in risk management, weight of evidence, and ethics that influence environmental health decision making.
Released: January 8, 2009
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Environmental Public Health Impacts of Disasters: Hurricane Katrina
The workshop provided an opportunity to explore some of the most pressing research and preparedness needs related to the health risks of Hurricane Katrina and also a chance to discuss the larger issues for scientific collaboration during a disaster of this magnitude.
Released: June 25, 2007
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