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Environmental health: CSAPH reports

Download PDFs of reports on this topic for the Council on Science and Public Health (CSAPH) presented during the AMA Interim and Annual Meetings.

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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Oct. 7, 2024

In the news: How arm position impacts BP readings, EPA rule on lead pipes, ADHD in adults, COVID-19 raises stroke, heart attack risk and more.

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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of July 3, 2023

In the news: New Alzheimer’s drug gets FDA approval, maternal mortality rates double, PFAS in drinking water and more.

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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of March 13, 2023

In the news: Surge in maternal death rates, EPA limit on “forever chemicals” in drinking water, impact of sleep on vaccine effectiveness and more.

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Recognize and respond to climate change’s impacts on human health with CME through the UC Center for Climate, Health and Equity.

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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of April 11, 2022

In the news: Uranium in U.S. waterways, spike in teen overdose deaths, COVID-19 public health emergency extended and more.

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When water is unsafe, physicians must take up public health roles

The ongoing drinking water contamination in Flint, Michigan, serves as a wake-up call to physicians about their public health duties during such crises.

Environmental Health
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AMA backs evidence-based vaccine policy, opposes new commission

Delegates also take actions to address the rising incidence of myopia, lead poisoning and ocular burns from liquid laundry packets.

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Speaking out on lead, Flint pediatrician fulfills calling

A pediatrician identified increasing levels of lead in children after a change in the water supply and advocates for change in a way others cannot.

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Flint lead crisis prompts new AMA policy on water purity

The public health danger raised by Flint’s lead crisis prompted the AMA to adopt policy encouraging the timely removal of lead services lines, public availability of water test results, regular testing of water at schools, daycares and health care facilities at the 2016 Annual Meeting.

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