Sustainable Health Care
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Ambitious Environmental Policy Equals Sustainable
Health Protection Environmentally conscious health protection is a key action area in environmental policy. In Germany, legislation has led to the improvement of environmental quality and has made a great contribution to the protection of human health. Air pollution such as lead and sulphur dioxide emissions and their health effects no longer play a major role. Other risk factors are brought to the fore however – such as chemicals and products containing toxic substances or “thick air” indoors.
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