Transcription of PREVENTION
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PREVENTION . QUICK FACTS Laws making workplaces, restaurants, and bars Actions such as the Clean Air Act as well completely smoke-free can reduce heart attack as anti-smoking hospitalizations by 8% 17% within a ,5,6. campaigns have had a significant preventive Federal laws that address air quality have impact on public ,2,3. contributed to a decrease of 54% of six common States play a crucial role air pollutants since in promoting both local and federal PREVENTION efforts and also contrib- ute to PREVENTION through INTRODUCTION. their own ,3. The health of the American public has improved on many fronts over Beyond individual the last decades from decreasing incidence of lung cancer in men PREVENTION efforts, local to large reductions in the number of childhood lead poisoning cases.
because exposure to many contaminants is beyond the control of individuals and historically has been most effectively reduced by government programs and regulations12 (e.g., Pollution Prevention Act13; Clean Air Act 1). Traditionally, environmental public health has focused on reducing exposure to environ-mental hazards known to be related to ...
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