Generally
speaking, when we talk about environmental protection, we refer to what is
happening or to what we have to do to protect air, water and soil, even if, for
the past few years, we hear more and more about the protection of the
environment of the human being.
The
international consecration of the right to environment was made through the
Statement of the first UN Conference regarding the Environment from Stockholm,
when it was proclaimed that:” Man has the fundamental right to freedom,
equality and adequate conditions of life, in an environment of a quality that
permits a life of dignity and well-being.
As a
result, the international community has focused slowly and rather corrective
its attention upon the aspects which had a visible effect, sometimes with
serious consequences, the human beings and the spaces where they operate,
taking into consideration the following dimensions of this environmental
component – the protection of the human being environment:
Taking
into consideration the size and complexity of environmental and health problems
in 2003 was adopted the European Environment and Health Strategy having as main
purpose to reduce diseases caused by environmental factors , and in 2004 the
“SCALE” initiative was launched ( Science – Children - Awareness – Legal
instruments – Evaluation) through which the community efforts go hand in hand,
in line with sustainable development objectives, in order to protect the most
vulnerable groups in our society and those who will shape tomorrow’s society.
These
effects are not sufficiently taken into account in current policies, as they
are not sufficiently integrated, meaning that the air monitoring data are not
correlated with water or soil monitoring data and neither with those of health,
and as a consequence, they do not effectively address the specific interface
for environment and health.
Source:http://www.cse.uaic.ro/WorkingPapers/articles/CESWP2011_III1_PAR.pdf
