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Vivienne Heines, MPH

The author is a journalist and epidemiologist in Corpus Christi, TX

Correspondence: Correspondence should be sent to Vivienne Heines at 1010 Luxor Dr., Corpus Christi, TX 78412 (e-mail: vaheines@grandecom.net). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the "Reprints/Eprints" link.

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Governor James J. Florio has championed environmental causes throughout his political career. Photo from the Collection of James J. Florio.

WHEN JAMES J. FLORIO, former governor of New Jersey, entered the political arena in the late 1960s, environmental issues were just emerging in the American consciousness. It was an era where a confluence of high-profile environmental disasters was drawing increasing public, media, and political attention to the impact of pollution.

"I became of political age in the late 1960s and was elected to my first office in 1969. Rachel Carson's book [Silent Spring] was in vogue at . . . [Full Text]