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Edited by Eric Chivian, Michael McCally, Howard Hu, and Andrew Haines. 227 pp., illustrated. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 1993. $15.95. ISBN 0-262-53118-6.

During the past 30 years, the public perception of the relations between the environment and health has changed considerably. There is a greater awareness that human beings are but one part of a complicated ecologic system that society can influence in many ways, both to our benefit and to our detriment. In response to this expanded awareness, major changes have taken place in both the public and private sectors. Legislation, such as the National Environmental Protection Act and the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, has been passed, and organizations at every level of government have been created to promulgate . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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