Title: Achievements of the WHO NEHAP in Hungary as a pilot country of the progamme
1Achievements of the WHO NEHAP in Hungary as a
pilot country of the progamme
- A. Pintér, A. Páldy, T. Málnási,
- E. Erdei
- National Center for Public Health,
- National Institute of Environmental Health,
Hungary
2Average life-expectancy at birth (years), males
1970-1999
3Average life-expectancy at birth (years),
females, 1970-1999
4Total mortality, male, 0-64 years, 1970-1999
standardized death rate / 100,000
5Total mortality, female, 0-64 years, 1970-1999
standardized death rate / 100,000
6Lung cancer mortality rates, males, 0-64 years,
1970-1999
standardized death rate / 100,000
7Lung cancer mortality rates, females, 0-64 years,
1970-1999
standardized death rate / 100,000
8Programs studied in the timeframe of Hungarian
NEHAP 1997-1999.
- Outdoor air quality
- Water quality
- Waste management and soil quality
- Work environment, occupational health
- Special aspects of chemical safety
- Ionizing radiation safety
- Food safety
- Environmental noise
- Indoor air quality
- Environmental epidemiological information system
9Scope and Purpose of the Hungarian Environmental
Action Programme I.
- To promote an environment supportive to human
health and improving the health status of the
population. - To overview the most important environmental
health issues and problems while setting
priorities for implementations. - To develop scientifically-based projects
including technological, economic and
administrative details (bankable projects),
utilising available financial tools to support
priorities.
10Scope and Purpose of the Hungarian Environmental
Action Programme II.
- To ensure close collaboration with respective
ministries, agencies and other parties, with the
health and environmental sectors playing a
leading role. - To encourage local iniciatives (local
governments, local NGOs) to improve environmental
health in local areas. - To promote activities related to a healthy life
style. - To encourage international collaborations in the
field of environmental health
11ResultsOutdoor air quality
- New approach for measurement methodology-
emission sources, modelling in Tatabánya
modelling for other cities - Passive monitoring methodology for benzene,
xylene, toluene measurements - EU conformed technics, measurement systems
- Ragweed-caused allergic problems, continuous
pollen monitoring network
12Ragweed infected agricultural lands in Hungary
13Water quality I.
- Drinking water
- 97 of population supplied with piped drinking
water, generally good quality - Problems
- 1. Arsenic-Hungarian limit value 50 ?g/l.
- 2. Nitrate- newborn methaemoglobinaemia
- 3. Ammonium, iron, manganese
- 4. Bacterial aftergrowth in deep well waters
14As concentration of drinking water in Hungary
(1998) and clusters of mortality from cancer of
the kidneys and bladder (ICD-10 C64-C68)
1986-1997
15Water quality II.
- Bathing water-bacterial contaminations, low level
of sewage treatment - Lake Balaton - summer algal blooms (rare),
bacteriologically clean - New diagnostic methods for Cryptosporidium and
Giardia determinations
16Waste and soil quality
- In cooperation with the National Environmental
Action Plan a survey of waste disposal (communal,
industrial, agricultural) was carried out in 9
counties.
17Sites of pesticide and fertilizer disposal in
County Békés
Waste water producers and sites of disposal in
County Békés
pesticides fertilizers fertilizers pesticides
waste water producers disposal
18Other programmes
- Work environment- asbestos exposure in wokplaces
and environment- lung cancer risk assessment - Chemical safety
- PCB compounds in the environment, their health
effects - Host genetic polymorphisms and carcinogenic
exposure relationships - Noise- industrial and service facilities, road
and air traffic related measurements, analysis
19Radiation safety
- occupational exposure, low levels (10-15 of the
dose limits) Nuclear Power Plant (Paks)
contributes only 1/1000 of the natural level - population exposure from medical sources (X-ray,
isotope diagnostic, cancer treatment) - Uranium mining wastes and disposal wastes of
nuclear energy - Food safety
- Pb, Cd, Hg, nitrate, PAHs, polychlorinated
compounds, breast-milk PCBs
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21Teaching environmental health and healhty
life-style
- Importance of education in the field of
environmental health, pilot project in one county
(Gyor-Moson-Sopron), overall concepts from
kindergarten level upto secondary school
graduation creative, active teaching form - Books, leaflets, complex educational tools for
teachers and schools
22New NEHAP issues for 2000-2003 period
- Climate change and its health effects in Hungary
- Genetic polymorphisms and allergic diseases
- Rural environment and its effect on the human
health - Traffic and application of the Environment and
Health Charta in Hungary - Persistent chlorine compounds
- WHO Water and Health Document implications