ISDE Modena – Newsletter N°1 Environment and human health – Ambiente e salute by ISDE Modena Powered by The children skipping school aren’t ruining the planet – you are. Srećko Horvat -The Guardian From www.theguardian.com – Today, 1:22 PM Stop criticising pupils striking about climate change. The so-called adults are the ones leading us into a catastrophe. If there is one political subject that remains neglected and underestimated because of how we have for centuries run our societies, economies and families, then it is children. Although the experience and process of growing up has in many ways profoundly changed through history, our understanding of children has failed to keep pace. Teenage activist takes School Strikes 4 Climate Action to Davos | Environment | The Guardian From www.theguardian.com – Today, 1:47 PM Protest by 16-year-old Greta Thunberg snowballs to last day of World Economic Forum The 16-year-old activist behind the fast-growing School Strikes 4 Climate Action has taken her campaign to the streets of Davos, to confront world leaders and business chiefs about the global emissions crisis. Greta Thunberg, whose solo protest outside Sweden’s parliament has snowballed across the globe, will join a strike by Swiss schoolchildren in the ski resort on Friday – the final day of the World Economic Forum. Thunberg travelled by train for 32 hours to reach Davos, and spent Wednesday night camped with climate scientists on the mountain slopes – where temperatures plunged to -18C. Europe’s most deprived areas ‘hit hardest by air pollution’ | Environment | The Guardian From www.theguardian.com – February 7, 5:22 PM Europe’s poorest, least educated and most jobless regions are bearing the brunt of the air pollution crisis, according to the first official stocktake of its kind. Nearly half of London’s most deprived neighbourhoods exceeded EU nitrogen dioxide (NO2) limits in 2017 compared with 2% of its wealthiest areas. Heart-attack survivors exposed to long-term air pollution in the Greater London area were more likely to be readmitted to hospital, where they also had higher mortality rates. Similar findings were reported in France, Germany, Malta, the Netherlands, Wales and Wallonia, according to data-mining analysis from the European Environment Agency (EEA). Free Environment Data Fact Sheets and Posters from the UN via @rmbyrne From www.freetech4teachers.com – February 5, 11:18 PM Climate Change and Human Health: Links Between History, Policy and Science From ajph.aphapublications.org – February 5, 10:45 PM The public health community has long recognized the relationship between climate and disease. Almost a century ago, AJPH published an article noting the influence of climate on smallpox epidemics.1 Today, however, the stakes have changed, with anthropogenic climate change as one of the most pressing public health threats of our time. Yet historically, climate change was often discussed in ecological terms, such as sea-level rise and temperature increases. The early 1990s literature on climate change and human health generally assessed risk in qualitative terms. Does having children make us care more about the environment? From theconversation.com – February 5, 11:19 PM Parents only want the best for their children, but caring for the environment doesn’t happen overnight. UK Fashion Retailers Urged To Reduce Environmental Impact Of Their Clothes From ciwm-journal.co.uk – February 5, 11:18 PM The Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) Mary Creagh MP has written to the chief executives of the UK’s ten leading fashion retailers to find out what steps they are taking to reduce the environmental and social impact of the clothes and shoes they sell. The request for evidence will inform the Committee’s inquiry into the sustainability of the fashion industry, which is investigating how the UK’s fashion industry – that is worth £28bn a year to the UK economy – can reduce its environmental footprint. CDC | National Center for Environmental Health From www.cdc.gov – February 5, 10:49 PM NCEH provides leadership to promote health & quality of life by preventing or controlling those diseases or disabilities resulting from interaction between people and the environment. Site has information/education resources on a broad range of topics, including asthma, birth defects, radiation, sanitation, lead in blood, and more. Condividi:TwitterFacebookMi piace:"Mi piace" Caricamento...
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