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Linking TB and the Environment: An Overlooked Mitigation Strategy Charles W. Schmidt Abstract
(photo above) A man suffering from TB arrives at a hospital in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Bangladesh has the sixth greatest TB burden in the world. Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s leading killers. For centuries, TB has been linked anecdotally with environmental risk factors that go hand-in-hand with poverty—malnutrition, indoor air pollution from solid fuel use, and crowded living conditions. Now scientists are presenting convincing evidence to support these associations, leading some TB experts to argue that control programs must confront underlying environmental risk factors if the disease is to be stopped. An erratum is posted online at http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2008/116-12/errata.html.
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