Environmental pollution: 4 million children die each year

According to the World Health Organization's warning, up to 4 million children die each year from environmental factors, such as air pollution, dirty water and exposure to toxic chemicals.

On July 27, in a technical report drafted by 24 scientific experts, the World Health Organization (WHO) said diseases such as poisoning, acute respiratory infections, diarrhea and malaria accounted for. most of the total deaths in children.

According to the above report, up to 30% of cases of child morbidity and mortality stem from environmental factors.

According to WHO, toxic chemicals also have long-term effects when children grow up. Usually, the consequences of poisoning in the womb are only triggered when children reach adolescence or older.

In a press conference on this issue, Jenny Pronczuk, WHO expert, said: 'It is a situation that we are all intuitively visible, but we do not know the number of children. How much is affected '.

Air pollution is one of the factors that kills 4 million children every year.(Photo: encarta.msn.com)

Mrs. Pronczuk said: 'For example, in lead poisoning, a child may be exposed to lead in her womb, because the lead in the mother's body has been transmitted to the child's bones. In this case, the consequences of lead poisoning will be different from other lead poisoning cases. '

According to WHO, Africa is now home to the most environmental-related diseases in the world, followed by a number of areas in Southeast Asia.

Quang Thinh