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European countries to agree new targets to fight environmental threats to health
11/03/10 European countries to agree new targets to fight environmental threats to health
New WHO reports show progress in reducing environmental hazards to human health and growing inequalities in exposure
Representatives of 53 WHO Member States will gather in Parma, Italy, on 10–12 March 2010 to review the impact of national and cross-border environmental policies on the health status of the population of the WHO European Region: over 890 million people. The three-day Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health is the latest milestone in an intergovernmental process that started in 1989. [...more]