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Current Policies and Policy Implications for Environmental Pollution

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In the past forty years, China’s struggle with the environmental pollution is accompanied with rapid economic development driven by the reform and opening up policy. The Chinese government takes a series of measures to address environmental deterioration. However, economic growth for priority and poor policy execution impeded the environmental governance effect. This chapter summarized the development phase of environmental managements in China and provided a comparative analysis of environmental policies among different countries. By contrast with the environmental policies of northern Europe and the USA, we provide a critical information on the successful and failed case from environmental policy implementation. Furthermore, we further evaluate the potential challenges of environmental protection, including monitoring, risk assessment, and policy implementation. Thus, environmental management policies, coupled with gut remediation provide an insight into environmental control and human health.

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Han, H., Huang, H., Li, X. (2020). Current Policies and Policy Implications for Environmental Pollution. In: Li, X., Liu, P. (eds) Gut Remediation of Environmental Pollutants. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4759-1_8

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