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Road traffic pollution contributes to chronic childhood asthma
March 22nd, 2013 by European Respiratory Society
Research conducted in ten European cities has estimated that 14% of chronic childhood asthma is due to exposure to traffic pollution near busy roads. The results are comparable to the burden associated with passive smoking: the World Health Organization estimates that between 4% and 18% of asthma cases in children are linked to passive smoking. [...]
UNEP produces comprehensive assessment of global environment
June 7th, 2012 by United Nations Environment Programme
The world continues to speed down an unsustainable path despite over 500 internationally agreed goals and objectives to support the sustainable management of the environment and improve human well-being, according to a new and wide-ranging assessment coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The fifth edition of the Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-5), launched on [...]
Dangerous air pollutants must be reduced to safeguard public health
March 21st, 2012 by European Respiratory Society
Urgent action is needed to reduce the high concentrations of dangerous air pollutants in Europe, according to experts writing in the European Respiratory Journal on 1 March 2012. The European Respiratory Society‘s Environment and Health Committee are urging policymakers in Europe to introduce changes that will ensure the air that we breathe is safe and [...]
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation seeks to reinvent the toilet to improve global human sanitation
July 26th, 2011 by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
On 19 July 2011 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced the launch of a strategy to help bring safe, clean sanitation services to millions of poor people in the developing world. In a keynote address at the 2011 AfricaSan Conference in Kigali, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, president of the foundation’s Global Development Program, called on [...]
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