This week’s column is by George J. Fuchs III, M.D., pediatric gastroenterologist at Kentucky Children’s Hospital and a professor in the UK Colleges of Medicine and Public Health.
The University of Kentucky Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences (UK-CARES) will continue its work to study major environmental health impacts on Kentuckians with a renewed award from the
UK-CARES is focused on studying environmental health impacts to air and water quality that are implicated in environmentally-induced disease, as well as emerging threats such as flooding and exposure to new contaminants.