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How Can Your Home Make You Sick?
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Part 5 of the TED Radio Hour episode Toxic
About Rishi Manchanda's TED Talk
When Dr. Rishi Manchanda worked in a clinic in South Central Los Angeles, he saw that patients were getting sick because of toxic living conditions — so he tried a unique treatment approach.
About Rishi Manchanda
Rishi Manchanda is a physician and public health innovator. He aims to reinvigorate primary care by teaching doctors to think about and treat the social and environmental conditions that often underlie sickness.
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