Most Americans (74 percent) have directly experienced environmentally-related air, water or food problems, or know of problems that have affected relatives, and almost one in four (23 percent) say they know someone whose health was harmed due to an environmental problem, according to a new national survey funded and released by Health-Track, a national public health organization,
The survey of registered voters was conducted April 20-30, 2000, among 1,565 men and women nationwide by Princeton Survey Research Associates. Results show: