However, our true challenge is to go beyond that. Who, what, when, where, how, why Environmental health involves the work of a detective. We must constantly make diagnoses of environmental problems and prescribe solutions. Teamwork is essential to every environmental health professional, and the development of a network of professionals is an important aspect addressed by this interrogative. Also, the context of environmental health depends on the participants.
Journalists look for the more sensational elements of a story, but they ask the same interrogatives.
Attorneys, of course, take a more legalistic tone, but they too use the same interrogatives. Rock musicians, movie and television actors, and other public figures may also gain attention by asking these interrogatives, although what may be most notable are the questions that they don't ask. All play an important role in environmental issues, and risk communication helps us in addressing these different groups. Risk assessment helps answer these questions, because the real root of most environmental problems is usually an underlying risk. Risk assessment also addresses questions of when and where.