Healthy human habitats: Howard Frumkin at TEDxRainier

Howard Frumkin, Dean of the University of Washington School of Public Health, is an authority on the public health aspects of urban sprawl and the built environment; air pollution; metal and PCB toxicity; climate change and environmental and occupational health policy, especially regarding minority workers and communities. He recently held leadership roles at the U.S. Center for Disease Control in Atlanta in the areas of Environmental Health and Climate Change and Health. This talk was given at TEDxRainier in Seattle on November 10, 2012. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)