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Environment law
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Environmental law stands for all legal rules that are aimed at the protection and development of the environment and its compartments as well as the protection of public health from harm, risks, and nuisances arising from the environment and the human-made interaction with the environment.
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The importance and perception of environmental law significantly increased in the final quarter of the 20th century. This is particularly the case for the laws that are designed to protect the environment. However, in the realm of public health, it was already understood that “disease and a poor environment went hand in hand” (Reynolds 1995). Indeed, public health laws traditionally and at an early point in time intended to improve the conditions the population lived in. Therefore, the reduction of health risks and nuisances arising from the environment were also the focus of early public health laws in the 14th and 15th...
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Koyuncu, A. (2008). Environmental Law and Public Health . In: Kirch, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Public Health. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5614-7_988
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