Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-30-Speech-2-267"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-03-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Environment and health strategy2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040330.10.2-267"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-30-Speech-2-2682
lpv:speaker	lp:Minerva Melpomeni Malliori2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on improving safety at sea (2003-11-20--2004-04-21)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, the Commission communication on the European Environment and Health Strategy is an ambitious step which aims to improve the quality of life of European citizens. There are now clear indications that 20% of the total number of diseases in industrialised countries are related to environmental factors. Most of these diseases affect children, women of reproductive age and poor and vulnerable groups. In the fifteen Member States, 60 000 deaths a year are due to long-term exposure to suspended particles. 10% of children in western Europe have asthma, ten times more than in eastern Europe, due to the different environment. The 10% reduction in ozone is expected to cause 300 000 cases of skin cancer and 4 500 cases of melanoma every year at international level. The relevant Communication action plans so far have concentrated on specific environmental factors which are harmful to health without, however, ever having evaluated the risks from the links and interactions between the various pollutants to the human body overall. I believe that the proposed strategy helps to achieve an overall understanding of the threats, of how they affect human health and of what action is required. The Scale initiative, with incremental application in cycles, is based on scientific research to obtain the necessary information, focuses on children as the most vulnerable group, helps to raise awareness of the fact that the deterioration in the environment is harmful to everyone's health, especially children's, uses the legal instruments provided by the Treaty to take the relevant action and, finally, makes provision for permanent and constant evaluation to ensure that action is efficient. On behalf of my group, I should like to say that we support the Commission communication, as it is presented, but we shall not support those amendments which depart from the overall spirit and focus on individual sectors, thereby precluding other, equally important sectors."@en1

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