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  • Public Health
  • Systems Science

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  • Traditional environmental protection in the U.S. relied on media-specific and single-pollutant risk frameworks.
  • Current environmental issues like climate change and hydraulic fracturing are increasingly complex.
  • Existing approaches are insufficient for addressing 21st-century environmental challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present examples of current environmental challenges.
  • To propose an integrated systems approach for addressing these challenges.
  • To offer a strategic framework and recommendations for advancing environmental science and public health protection.

Main Methods:

  • Adopting a transdisciplinary and systems-based approach.
  • Utilizing new data sources and fostering stakeholder partnerships.
  • Implementing a problem-formulation process: holistic problem definition, information synthesis, option assessment, and sustainable solution implementation.

Main Results:

  • A strategic framework for advancing environmental science and public health protection is presented.
  • The proposed systems approach transcends media- and receptor-specific limitations.
  • The inextricable link between ecological and human health is highlighted.

Conclusions:

  • Addressing complex 21st-century environmental challenges requires integrated systems approaches.
  • New skills in systems science and science translation are essential.
  • A holistic, transdisciplinary strategy is crucial for sustainable environmental and public health outcomes.