Boston College launches Global Observatory on Pollution and Health

Boston College has established the Global Observatory on Pollution and Health to track efforts to control pollution and prevent pollution-related diseases that account for an estimated 9 million deaths worldwide each year, the University has announced. The observatory, directed by public healthexpert and Professor of Biology Philip J. Landrigan, takes shape as BC develops the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society. BC News |  Landrigan comments on the EPA's move to place the head of its Office of Children's Health Protection on administrative leave in today's New York Times.