Environment, pollution and human health
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As the climate changes, so the behaviour of pollutants and pathogens and their movement and reactions within the environment change in different and complex ways. NERC science will provide new approaches to predicting the future behaviour of pathogens and pollutants and provide solutions to issues such as the spread of disease, drinking water contamination and air pollution.
Theme leader
Professor Roy Harrison, OBE, from the University of Birmingham currently heads the Division of Environmental Health & Risk Management at the university and heads one of Europe's leading air pollution research groups. Prior to that he headed the university's Institute of Public & Environmental Health for a number of years, and was a founding co-director of the Chemical Hazard Management Research Centre in the West Midlands. He provides policy support advice to DEFRA and the Department of Health.
Consultations
There are no consultations in progress at the moment.
Action plan
NERC's governing Council has approved action plans for each theme.