Potential Crisis Looms with Loss of Environmental Health Research
Scientists are concerned about the health and economic consequences for society due to the federal government canceling and scaling back funding in research related to environmental health.
"Baltimore is sinking, and the sea is rising,"
said Benjamin Zaitchik, a professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Johns Hopkins University, describing the state of environmental health research in an era of extreme weather.
- Excessive rainwater pours into aging infrastructure and underground water-flow channels in Baltimore.
- The soil doesn't stay frozen as long in January, and it rains much more than it snows, leading to floods.
Author's summary: Funding cuts threaten environmental health research.
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