"Were Health Resorts Bad for your Health? Coastal Pollution Control Policy in England, 1945–76"
A case study of beach pollution illustrates economic and political influences that have shaped environmental policy in Britain.
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Plastic Planet
A global view of the age of plastic, from its beginnings to the increasingly serious implications it has for humans and the environment.
Winged Scourge
An animated Disney film featuring the Seven Dwarves, showing various methods of combating the transmission of malaria by Anopheles mosquitoes.
Chernobyl Disaster
Three Mile Island nuclear accident
A core meltdown leads to the worst accident in the history of commercial nuclear power in the United States.
The Great Smog of London
Sanitary Laws in the Netherlands
Scientists, doctors and, politicians are the principle players behind the Netherlands’ first hygiene movement.
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Johann Peter Frank’s A Complete System of Medical Policy published
A German physician lays a cornerstone for public health and hygiene services.
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John Evelyn’s Fumifugium
John Evelyn’s report for King Charles II of England becomes one of the first tracts on urban air pollution.
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UN Millennium Goals
The United Nations declares basic development goals to be met by 2015.