The Ethics of Professionalism in Environmental Health

In an effort to provide environmental health professionals with relevant information and tools to further the profession, their careers, and themselves, the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has teamed up with the American Academy of Sanitarians (AAS) to publish two columns a year in the Journal. AAS is an organization that "elevates the standards, improves the practice, advances the professional proficiency, and promotes the highest levels of ethical conduct among professional sanitarians in every field of environmental health." Membership with AAS is based upon meeting certain high standards and criteria, and AAS members represent a prestigious list of environmental health professionals from across the country. Through the column, information from different AAS members who are subject-matter expects with knowledge and experience in a multitude of environmental health topics will be presented to the Journal's readership. The conclusions and opinions of this column are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of NEHA. Professor Daniel Oerther is a leader who promotes transdisciplinary environmental health practice, teaching, research, and policy. He is a diplomate with AAS, executive director of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists, chair of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, and a lifetime honorary fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.