Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #117780

Dan Hutch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA Headquarters, Mailcode 1807T, Ariel Rios Bldg., 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20460, 202-566-2844, hutch.dan@epa.gov and Monique Harden, Advocates for Environmental Human Rights, 1050 South Jefferson Davis Parkway, Suite 333, New Orleans, LA 70125.

Making Health a Priority in Environmental Protection presents innovative work in law, health advocacy, and economic development that promote health in environmental policies and decision-making.

Economic Development Dan Hutch will provide information on the importance of public health professionals becoming involved in economic development decision-making on local, state, and national levels. Mr. Hutch will present recent initiatives that EPA is promoting to ensure that economic development meets public health and environmental goals. These initiatives recognize the subtle and not so subtle ways that development, such as regulated manufacturing facilities, transportation infrastructure, sewer systems, and others, can negatively affect public health and diminish quality of life.

Mr. Hutch will discuss the economic rationales for sustainable development that creates public health and environmental benefits. Mr. Hutch will make recommendations on how public health professionals can get involved to ensure public health objectives are met by economic policies and development projects.

Learning Objectives:

• To analyze the impact of economic development on environmental public health.
• To describe methods and opportunities for public health professionals to contribute public health information to economic policymakers at local, state, and national levels.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

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