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Contaminated sites and health: report of two WHO workshops: Syracuse, Italy, 18 November 2011, Catania, Italy, 21–22 June 2012 / World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe

Tác giả : World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe

Nhà xuất bản : World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe

Năm xuất bản : 2013

Chủ đề : 1. Environmental Exposure -- Adverse effects. 2. Environmental Pollution. 3. Epidemiological studies. 4. Industrial Waste. 5. Public Health. 6. Risk Assessment. 7. Technical documents.

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104 p. In Europe, earlier industrialization and poor environmental management practices have left a legacy ofthousands of contaminated sites. Past and current activities can cause local and diffuse accumulation ofenvironmental stressors to an extent that might threaten human health and the environment, by alteringair quality, hampering soil functions, and polluting groundwater and surface water.The WHO European Centre for Environment and Health organized two technical meetings − whichincluded representatives of environmental and public health agencies (at the national and internationallevels) and research experts − to explore priorities, interests and needs and to review the state of the art,the current methodological options, and knowledge gaps in the domain of contaminated sites and health.The assessment of the possible health impact of contaminated sites is a challenging exercise, especiallyin the case of industrially contaminated sites with ongoing multiple industrial activities and involvingmultiple human exposures. Notwithstanding these complexities, a variety of methods and tools for healthimpact assessment have been developed and applied to study contaminated sites, and a broad range ofresources is available; these must be carefully selected and applied, depending on the needs, objectivesand local feasibility.Available assessments suggest that contaminated sites are an important public health issue at the nationaland international levels. Priority topics and goals for collaborative work on contaminated sites and healthwere identified at the two meetings.

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