WHO SAYS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS NEED TAMING IN EUROPE
June 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLA WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) report has said that 101,335 deaths a year in Britain can be attributed to environmental problems, which could be reduced making them less deadly. Indeed, across Europe, the WHO says "well-tested environmental health interventions could reduce total deaths...by almost 20%." The WHO's 'Country Profiles of the Environmental Burden of Disease' compares the environmental health records of 53 WHO European (and central Asian) countries, looking at the percentage of diseases causing death and disability (assessed as ...
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