Waterborne Disease and Water Pollution: What Every Physician in Your Community Needs to Know
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The majority of practicing physicians in the United States have received no formalized training in the recognition and evaluation of waterborne disease or in the management of the short and long-term health effects of water pollution during their medical education or subsequently during their years in active clinical practice. The purpose of this ACPM Institute is to provide a clinical overview of the diagnosis and management of waterborne disease and the health effects of water pollution as well as strategies for risk communication to discuss these environmental health issues with patients. A second component of the Institute will address the challenges facing the water utility community who are tasked with providing safe drinking water in America. Any strategic plan to maintain and protect water quality and safety in the United States must include physicians as stakeholders and active participants in this ongoing public health challenge.
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