Role of environment in child deaths in Europe

Pollution, dirty water, poor sanitation and toxins is a cause of one of three children in Europe died. Thus the conclusion of the study presented by Dr Giorgio Tamburlini from the Institute of Child Health in Trieste (Italy) to the world Health Organization (WHO).

According to a report published by WHO, the pollution from coal-burning smoke and wood is a killer of children the number one in Central Asia and Turkey. While in Europe, the death of many coming from the traffic conditions caused a number of incidents that made the children suffered injuries.

"One of the three children who died in some European countries can be called due to environmental factors," said Dr Giorgio Tamburlini, the leader of this research. WHO report calls 100,000 children died and another 6 million lives each year at risk. Victims came from newborns to 19-year-old in 52 countries in Western Europe and Eastern Europe, including fractions of a number of countries the Soviet Union.

"This report is the first estimate of health impacts on children and adolescents due to environmental factors in several countries in Europe," he said, reports published in the Lancet medical journal has become one of the discussion in the meeting of officials of the European Environment and Health that was held on June 23 - 25 ago in Budapest, Romania.

No doubt the growing influence of environmental factors to the child. They are threatened because of where they live and play very badly from the environment. Although a number of causes of deaths vary widely, but the main factors such as pollution, sanitation and clean water support is needed to protect them from injury risk factors.

Injury included traffic accidents, falls, violence or suicide are nearly 75,000 teens across the European region in 2001 ago. Approximately 23,000 children died during the four years since the disease pneumonia and some other diseases because of air pollution.

The low sanitation made 13,000 children die from diarrhea. "Intervention needs to be done to reduce the increase of children affected by this," said Dr Giorgio. The report also mentions that a number of areas that need to be the main target is children who live on the streets and those who threatened a number of high-risk factors that environment.

Dr Giorgio Tamburlini study also said the result could be a warning that some developing countries to help children and teenagers out of a number of risks that.