ABSTRACT
A vast body of international environmental law and its domestic implementation provide for the protection of human health and the environment, but in this chapter I argue that this has not happened. Using examples from the regulation of water, climate change and environmental health in the European Community, I examine the inherent pitfalls of the legal regimes in maximizing health protection and then explore the health and environmental protection linkages in both law and fact, and argue for more robust environmental legal regimes to protect human health and the environment.
