Health News
Environmental Diseases
June 16, 2006
An article on EarthTimes.org reports that nearly 24 percent of diseases are caused by avoidable environmental exposures.The major diseases caused by poor environmental conditions are diarrhoea, lower respiratory infections, various forms of unintentional injuries and malaria. Measures that can be initiated to reduce the burden of these diseases include promotion of safe household water storage and better hygienic measures, use of cleaner and safer fuels, increased safety of the built environment, more judicious use and management of toxic substances in the home and workplace and better water resource management.