Abstract the environment and health are not always considered in the same breath in 2009 when the lancet published a special issue on the impact of climate change on health commentators noted that the health impact of global warming had come on to the agenda only since the 1990s 1 why are issues which appear to be closely connected and have been connected in the past so often discussed . The environment is currently a matter of international public and academic concern but is often considered separately from health issues this book brings together work from environmental and health historians to conceptualise the connection between environment and health at different times and in different geographical locations. The environment is currently a matter of international public and academic concern but is often considered separately from health issues this book brings together work from environmental and health historians to conceptualise the connection between environment and health at different times and in different geographical locations. The environment is currently a matter of international public and academic concern but is often considered separately from health issues this book brings together work from environmental and