'Preventing disease through healthy environments - towards an estimate of the environmental burden of disease', new report from the World Health Organization
Fri, 30/06/2006
A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that 24 % of global disease and 23 % of all deaths are caused by environmental exposures, many of which could be prevented by better environmental management. The report looks at the role of environmental factors in 85 categories of disease and injury. By focusing on environmental hazards that are most amenable to change, the researchers are able to highlight which preventive measures will have the biggest impact.