Archivos con la etiqueta ‘Salud Infantil’
Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health
The health impacts of environmental risk factors – inadequate water and sanitation, unsafe home and recreational environments, lack of spatial planning for physical activity, indoor and outdoor air pollution, and hazardous chemicals – are amplified by recent developments including financial constraints, broader socioeconomic and gender inequalities and more frequent extreme climate events. They pose new [...]
Children’s Environment and Health Strategy for the United Kingdom: a consultation document
Foreword (Health Protection Agency): I warmly welcome this Children’s Environment and Health Strategy and the work being taken forward across Europe to protect the health of children from environmental hazards. This is vital to improve the health not only of children, but also of the adults they will become and future generations. The Children’s Environment [...]
Biomonitoring of exposure to environmental pollutants in newborns and their parents in Madrid, Spain
Resumen del artículo publicado en la Gaceta Sanitaria: In Spain environmental surveillance has mainly relied on measures of selected pollutants in air, water, food and soil. A study was conducted in Madrid to assess the feasibility of implementing a surveillance system of exposure among the general population to specific environmental pollutants, using biomarkers. The project [...]
Informe sobre tumores infantiles hematológicos
Informe de la Sociedad Española de Sanidad Ambiental (SESA) sobre la agregación de casos de tumores infantiles hematológicos en el Colegio Público García Quintana, de la ciudad de Valladolid. Descargar el documento completo (PDF).
Effects of air pollution on children’s health and development
Resumen del documento publicado por la Organización Mundial de la Salud: Few things are as precious as our children’s health. Protecting children’s health and environment is an essential objective for the health policies of any modern society, and is also crucial to sustainable development. European Member States of WHO made clear their commitment to this [...]
Se desaconseja el uso de camas solares a personas menores de 18 años
La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) señala hoy que el uso de camas solares conlleva un riesgo de cáncer de piel, y que ninguna persona menor de 18 años debería utilizarlas. Se sabe que los jóvenes que sufren quemaduras por exposición a los rayos ultravioleta (UV) corren un mayor riesgo de desarrollar un melanoma [...]
La Organización Mundial de la Salud publica el primer atlas sobre salud infantil y medio ambiente
La contaminación del aire y del agua, y otros peligros medioambientales conexos, matan cada año en todo el mundo más de tres millones de niños menores de cinco años. La industrialización, el crecimiento de la población urbana, el cambio climático, la utilización cada vez mayor de productos químicos y la degradación del medio ambiente exponen [...]
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