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American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 82, Issue 7 941-943, Copyright © 1992 by American Public Health Association

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Commentary: environmental disease--a preventable epidemic.

P J Landrigan

Department of Community Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10009.

Toxic environmental diseases are highly preventable causes of morbidity and mortality. Toxic diseases in the work environment cause an estimated 50,000 to 70,000 deaths and 350,000 new cases of illness each year in the United States; the asbestos pandemic will ultimately claim at least 300,000 lives; pediatric lead poisoning is epidemic, and an estimated 3 to 4 million US preschool children have blood lead levels above 10 micrograms/dl and could suffer long-term neuropsychological impairment. Prevention of environmental diseases can be achieved through legislation and regulation that control common-source exposures to chemical toxins. Modification of personal behaviors, such as tobacco and alcohol consumption, complements but does not replace control of toxic environmental exposures.


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