title: Nursing responses to environmental issues.
abstract: The government's White Paper, 'The Health of the Nation', has offered significant comment, but little practical advice, on dealing with environmental influences affecting health. This article explores two of the issues identified in the White Paper, the quality of air and drinking water, and questions the appropriateness of its responses to the problems. Nurses have a major role in persuading government and fellow health care professionals to take concrete environmental protection measures.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Monkley-Poole
mesh_terms: D004777:Environment; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing; D012941:Social Responsibility; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States; D014484:United States Environmental Protection Agency