By Jessica S. Kruger, PhD, CHES
![1970s US postage stamp block. Reads "Save Our Cities"; "Save Our Soil"; "Save Our Air"; "Save Our Water"](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/courses-images/wp-content/uploads/sites/3814/2018/12/18200201/image2.jpg)
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Objectives:
- Describe environmental public health
- Discuss environmental public health surveillance
- Describe types of environmental public health data
- Discuss laws and regulations on environment and health data
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.”
—Jane Goodall