Environment and health risks : a review of the influence and effects of social inequalities / World Health Organization (WHO).

“World Health Organization, EUROPE”—cover page.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Acknowledgements—Introduction—1. Social inequalities in health risk related to ambient air quality—2. Social inequalities in environmental risk associated with housing and residential location—3. The social inequalities in health risks related to unintentional injuries among children—4. Social inequities in working environment and work-related health risks—5. Inequalities, inequities, environmental justice in waste management and health—6. Social inequalities in environmental risks associated with global climate change—7. Environmental inequalities among children and adolescent. A review of the evidence and its policy implications in Europe—8. Summary report on interventions and actions to tackle inequities in physical activity in children—9. Abstracts of country case studies on interventions and actions to tackle inequities in environment and health—11. Social inequality and environmental health in the Russian federation.

Summary: “The main findings of this review may be summarized as follows. A significant proportion of population of the Russian Federation (18%) lives below the poverty line. Unemployment rate has risen dramatically. Income inequality is huge. Air quality and drinking-water quality do not meet applicable standards. Social problems are especially pronounced in so-called monocities, built around large industrial plants. Many local residents in these cities grow crops and vegetables on highly polluted lands, because they cannot afford to buy food in supermarkets. Some locally produced foods have very high levels of toxic pollutants, especially in small settlements near metallurgical and chemical plants…”—(page 259).

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