Moreover, environmental health at the local level has become narrowly focused, very much defined around regulations and the attendant regulatory debates.
As population susceptibilities are better understood, we will be in a better position than we are in today to make informed decisions about risk management.
One of the responsibilities faced by the Environmental Genome Project is to provide the science base upon which society can make better informed risk management decisions.
There was an opening in the ER program at King Drew, so I spent the next month there, fascinated with the range of pathology that I observed, the diversity of skill that the ER physicians had to acquire, the variety of cases, and the ability to interact closely with people.
The infrastructure for linking environmental health and public health is not working as well as it should.
To maximize our potential to enhance our health and our knowledge, we should remain open to new understanding and evolving technology or resources that might inspire a change in our approach to these important questions.