As the investigation progressed, Dr. Chen began to feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of interdisciplinary factors at play. The more she learned, the more she realized how interconnected everything was across different fields of study. Industrial practices were affecting the environment, which in turn was impacting public health. Socioeconomic factors studied by sociologists influenced people's exposure to potential hazards, while local politics complicated efforts to address the issues, adding a political science dimension to the problem. Urban planning decisions made years ago were now affecting current health outcomes, bringing a historical perspective into play. Maya drew countless diagrams, trying to map out cause-and-effect relationships across disciplines, but she kept hitting dead ends. She sensed that there was a bigger, interdisciplinary picture she was missing, a way to view all these elements from various fields as part of a larger, integrated whole rather than isolated pieces of the puzzle.

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