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The author reflects on the training and education of professional environmental health manpower in the U.S. The author has stressed that there was a need for strengthening the support of programs to develop professional manpower in the field of environmental health and environmental protection. He has emphasized that most states were having difficulty in meeting the sizeable operating program requirements to implement federal statutes.

The author reflects on the role of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in supporting, stimulating, and encouraging the higher education and training of professional environmental pollution control practitioners. The author has stressed that the role of the agency was a broader and more complex question, involving a variety of federal agencies, policies, and programs, deserving of very serious consideration by those primarily responsible and knowledgeable about it.