Pollution prevention is disease prevention.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 12, 2007
STATE HEALTH POLICY TO EMPHASIZE DISEASE PREVENTION
Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced the first steps in a multi-year plan to make New York the healthiest state in the nation through a comprehensive disease prevention program...
Steven Breyman, PhD, Executive Director of the Citizens Environmental Coalition, said: "Prevention of disease is finally being given the attention it deserves. Pollution and exposure to toxic substances have been linked to a number of serious illnesses and conditions -- from cancer and asthma to learning disabilities and birth defects. We need state policies to be focused on preventing toxic exposure rather than on just treatment. Pollution prevention is disease prevention."
Steven Breyman, PhD, Executive Director of the Citizens Environmental Coalition, said: "Prevention of disease is finally being given the attention it deserves. Pollution and exposure to toxic substances have been linked to a number of serious illnesses and conditions -- from cancer and asthma to learning disabilities and birth defects. We need state policies to be focused on preventing toxic exposure rather than on just treatment. Pollution prevention is disease prevention."
Added on March 14, 2007 by RachelCarson100
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