From the quality of the air you breathe to the condition of the roads you drive on, environmental factors can have a major influence on your health. What’s more, these factors have evolved considerably over time, due to both natural and human-caused events. Professionals in the environmental health field examine how people interact with the […]

Overall child mortality declined significantly in the 1990s, but environmental hazards still kill at least 3 million children under age 5 every year.1 Such young children makeup roughly 10 percent of the world’s population but comprise more than 40 percent of the population suffering from health problems related to the environment.2 Children worldwide require special protection […]