Exposure to a toxic environment is responsible for one-in-five deaths across the globe, which means that twenty percent of all the deaths that occur each year across the entire planet is environmental. As climate change, air and water pollution, poor air quality and other factors take a toll on environmental health, physicians are increasingly caring for patients whose diseases are caused or accelerated by environmental factors. Health care workers need to counsel and treat these patients as well as prepare health care systems to cope with the increasing burdens of disease on public health.
The American Medical Association provides a framework of articles, guides, CME and more to help physicians, health system leaders, education institutions, policy planners, and others to support patient-centric solutions that can reduce morbidity and mortality from environmental hazards.
