The level of environmental protection has a direct impact on public health,and the promo-tion of"integrating the concept of safeguarding public health into environmental protection policies"is an indispensable part of"Healthy China"strategy.Further in-depth research is needed on how to properly protect the environmental health interests of the public in legislation.As the first country in the world to enact separate legislation on environmental health management,South Korea's Environ-mental Health Act is a representative example which regulates the environmental health risk assess-ment system as well as the prevention and management of environmentally related health damages,and enhances the protection of susceptible population under the guidance of the risk precautionary principle and the exposure-centered principle.South Korea's successful experience in environmental health legislation and protection can be learned from.China should formulate special regulations,ad-here to the protection of susceptible groups under the guidance of the risk precautionary principle and"learn the advanced on demand"so as to effectively explore the legislative protection of China's envi-ronmental health management.
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