Landrigan PJ

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus · active 1998-2023
2023
Annals of global health ·doi:10.5334/aogh.4056

BackgroundPlastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine, electronics, aerospace, construction, food packaging, and sports. I…

2022
The Lancet. Planetary health ·doi:10.1016/s2542-5196(22)00090-0

The Lancet Commission on pollution and health reported that pollution was responsible for 9 million premature deaths in 2015, making it the world's largest environmental risk factor for disease and premature death. We have now updated this …

2017
BMC public health ·doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3939-3

BackgroundThe disasters at Seveso, Three Mile Island, Bhopal, Chernobyl, the World Trade Center (WTC) and Fukushima had historic health and economic sequelae for large populations of workers, responders and community members.MethodsComparat…

2002
Environmental health perspectives ·doi:10.1289/ehp.110-a559
1998
Environmental health perspectives ·doi:10.1289/ehp.98106787

Patterns of illness in American children have changed dramatically in this century. The ancient infectious diseases have largely been controlled. The major diseases confronting children now are chronic and disabling conditions termed the "n…