War's Toxic Legacy

War's Toxic Legacy

By Gresham College

This lecture highlights the need for greater research and policy focus on the long-term effects on civilians and the environment.

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Gresham College

Barnard's Inn Hall Holborn London EC1N 2HH United Kingdom

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About this event

War's environmental legacies disproportionately burden the civilian populations left behind. While research focuses on combatant exposures, civilians face chronic contamination from heavy metals, chemical residues, unexploded ordnance, and asbestos, often exacerbated by disrupted infrastructure and psychological trauma. Framed through the exposome, this lecture highlights the need for greater research and policy focus on these long-term, low-level exposures and their impact on civilian health, advocating for remediation, care, and environmental justice.

A lecture by Professor Ian Mudway.

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