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Everyone seems to know something or to have an opinion about environmental health, even if they are not directly familiar with the term. Movies like Erin Brockovich and A Civil Action and popular press reports of the latest study results have made such awareness almost universal. For the environmental health professional, putting these issues into proper perspective for others outside the