No harm to human health linked to the current waste emergency in Campania. This ensures that the Health Ministry today in a statement sure to follow "the constantly changing health situation in the region." And to keep even
better the situation under control, the Centers for Disease Control (CCM) of the Ministry of Health has signed an agreement with the Regione Campania for two-year project activity on environment and health. And already the first meeting next Friday at the Regional Department of Health will hold a first meeting. In any case, the ministry reassures the population: "The data available in the Campania Region and the Ministry of Health on notifications of infectious and contagious diseases do not show a trend particularly atypical, possibly attributable to the emergency waste. Similarly - continued - data on hospital discharge records appear to follow the normal seasonal pattern. Not then there are macro-indicators of specific health damage attributable to the emergency of the moment. "
The agreement between CCM and the Campania Region provides a two-year work on environment and health. "The program is divided into three main lines of action. The ongoing review of scientific evidence on the relationship between waste and their handling and risks to human health, including investigation of Italian experiences both positive and negative public exposure to sites of municipal waste handling.
Secondly, "the campaign of informing the population about the proper management of their waste, but also on the scientific evidence on health related to storage and waste treatment. " Finally, "the continuous monitoring of key health indicators of the health system but also ad hoc epidemiological studies." In this project activity is also involved in the Sicily region.
Minister of Health has finally proceeded to set up a working group on Environment and Health, in consultation with the departments of Environment, Economic Development, Transport and Regional Affairs, who will also participate in the regions, provinces and municipalities. "The table - said the ministry Lungotevere Ripa - is designed to meet the different institutional, for synergy between different institutions on the most important issues concerning the relationship between health and environment. Even beyond the current garbage crisis. "
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