Environmental Epidemiology of the Great Lakes Basin[五大湖流域的环境流行病学](-209).ppt

Environmental Epidemiology of the Great Lakes Basin Industrial Pollution and Human Health August 1999 Overview 1. Pollutants 2. Local examples, reaction of public health officials 3. Medical literature: health effects 4. Economics and politics 1968 University of Waterloo Dr.Bryce Kendrick, Professor of Botany University of Toronto Dr. Don Chant, Professor of Zoology Pollution Probe 1989 Dr. Paul Connett, Professor of Chemistry St. Lawrence University, New York State dioxin chemist Work on Waste USA 500 articles on Environmental toxics , 1992 - 1998 Canadian Medical Association Journal JAMA New England Journal of Medicine British Medical Journal The Lancet (others) 500 Journal articles on Toxics1992 - 1998 Medline computer search:dioxins and human health1995 -Dec 1998 217 articles in many other journals: e.g. J. Epidemiology and Community Health Early Human Development Environmental Health Perspectives Chemosphere Am J of Epidemiology Robert Fletcher, M.D.internist, clinical epidemiologist Prof, Harvard Medical School Founding editor , Journal of General Internal Medicine Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine author, Clinical Epidemiology Robert Fletcher, II What is your greatest concern? “Destruction of the good earth by toxins or nuclear waste.” (or simply too many people) The Lancet, Lifeline, Jan 2, l999 “Toxics” I. Any industrial pollutants II. Chlorinated Organic chemicals, COC’s Environmental Epidemiology of the Great Lakes Human Health Effects of Industrial Pollutants, Effluents and Toxics November 1998 presentation, Oakville Ontario, to: Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment C.A.P.E. Health Canada, l997 “State of Knowledge Report on Environmental Contaminants and Human Health in the Great Lakes Basin” 300 pages Arctic Pollution Issues Arctic Pollution Issues, A State of the Arctic Environment Report, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Progra