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EJ&: Public Health
07/27/2022
EJ&: Public Health
Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew is the current dean of the best law school around, The George Washington University Law School. She has had an incredible career already, from her days in the Senate as an advisor to working on civil rights issues at the EPA to her groundbreaking research and writing on equity and public health. One of the starkest examples of environmental injustice comes in the form of health disparities. Frontline communities continue to suffer from higher levels of cancer, asthma, heart disease, obesity, and a host of other health impacts that shorten lifespans. There is a direct link between those outcomes and poor environmental quality from pollution and climate change. Dean Matthew shares her insights into the link between pollution and health outcomes; the intersection of civil rights law, health, and the environment; the racially disparate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on health; environmental racism; and how there is no such thing as health law. Check out her latest book here:
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