Air quality

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New report gives preliminary dose estimation from Fukushima nuclear accident
23-05-2012
The report describes a preliminary estimate of radiation doses to the public resulting from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site in Japan in March 2011.
New WHO-led project to advice European Union on health aspects of air pollution for policy update
29-02-2012
WHO/Europe is coordinating a project to provide the European Commission and its stakeholders with evidence-based advice on the health aspects of air pollution. The REVIHAAP project will support the comprehensive revision of the European Union (EU) air quality policies due in 2013.
WHO launches expanded European Centre for Environment and Health in Bonn, Germany: new report on environmental health inequalities published
14-02-2012
One citizen out of five dies from environment-associated diseases in the WHO European Region. The environmental burden of ill health varies significantly across the Region, however, ranging from 14% to 54%. Within countries, the poor can be exposed to environmental risks five times more often than their wealthier peers, a new WHO report concludes.