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Environmental health decision making can be a complex undertaking, as there is the need to navigate and find balance among three core elements: science, policy, and the needs of the American public. Much of environmental health decision making started in the 1950s and 1960s and was focused on health effects of simple environmental exposures. However, scientific knowledge has rapidly changed as new technologies and new insights into the complexity of environment–health interactions have emerged. Furthermore, while much of environmental health has focused on population research, there is a call from the public for more individualized and tailored science. Incorporating these new evolutions means there is a greater need to. | Global Environmental Health in the 21st Century From Governmental Regulation to Corporate Social Responsibility Myron Harrison and Christine Coussens Editors Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences Research and Medicine ISBN 0-309-66702-X 126 pages 6 x 9 2007 This free PDF was downloaded from http catalog Visit the National Academies Press online the authoritative source for all books from the National Academy of Sciences the National Academy of Engineering the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council Download hundreds of free books in PDF Read thousands of books online free Sign up to be notified when new books are published Purchase printed books Purchase PDFs Explore with our innovative research tools Thank you for downloading this free PDF. If you have comments questions or just want more information about the books published by the National Academies Press you may contact our customer service department toll-free at 888-624-8373 visit us online or send an email to comments@. This free book plus thousands more books are available at http . Copyright National Academy of Sciences. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for noncommercial educational purposes provided that this notice appears on the reproduced materials the Web address of the online full authoritative version is retained and copies are not altered. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the National Academies Press. THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES Advisers to the Notion on Science Engineering and Medicine Global Environmental Health in the 21st Century From Governmental Regulation to Corporate Social Responsibility http catalog GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IN THE 21st century FROM GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION TO CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WORKSHOP SUMMARY Myron Harrison and Christine Coussens Rapporteurs Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences Research and Medicine Board on