Addressing Pollution-Related Global Environmental Health Burdens
Filippelli, G.M.; Taylor, M.P.
Geohealth 2(1): 2-5
2018
ISSN/ISBN: 2471-1403 PMID: 32158996 DOI: 10.1002/2017gh000119Document Number: 379688
New analyses are revealing the scale of pollution on global health, with a disproportionate share of the impact borne by lower-income nations, minority and marginalized individuals. Common themes emerge on the drivers of this pollution impact, including a lack of regulation and its enforcement, research and expertise development, and innovative funding mechanisms for mitigation. Creative approaches need to be developed and applied to address and overcome these obstacles. The existing "business as usual" modus operandi continues to externalize human health costs related to pollution, which exerts a negative influence on global environmental health.