World Health Organization Finds Environmental Hazards Kill Millions of Children Yearly

Posted July 30th, 2007 by Brooke

A recent study by the World Health Organization erases any lingering doubt that threats to the environment are direct threats to human health. According to the report, children are far more susceptible than adults to the impacts of environmental hazards. Scientific experts from 18 countries, say four million children under age five die each year because of polluted air and water and exposure to various kinds of chemicals. The report illustrates how poor, malnourished children are the most at risk and and that poor countries are the least able to take steps to prevent environmental health hazards.