The Human Right to Breathe Clean Air

Five national academies of science and medicine—from Brazil, Germany, South Africa, and the United States—issued a powerful statement about air pollution’s immense impacts on public health. The statement concluded that the evidence linking air pollution and adverse health effects is unequivocal, the...

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Autor principal:	David R. Boyd
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2019
Materias:	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/e7bd439d4cab495f9749b52d03118e6b
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e7bd439d4cab495f9749b52d03118e6b2021-12-02T06:53:51ZThe Human Right to Breathe Clean Air2214-999610.5334/aogh.2646https://doaj.org/article/e7bd439d4cab495f9749b52d03118e6b2019-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/2646https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Five national academies of science and medicine—from Brazil, Germany, South Africa, and the United States—issued a powerful statement about air pollution’s immense impacts on public health. The statement concluded that the evidence linking air pollution and adverse health effects is unequivocal, the costs are enormous and yet the problem is preventable. However it is insufficient to treat clean air as a policy objective. It must be regarded as a fundamental human right, related to the rights of life, health, and a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The human rights perspective changes everything, because governments have clear, legally enforceable obligations to respect, protect, and fulfill human rights.David R. BoydUbiquity PressarticleInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 85, Iss 1 (2019)
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The Human Right to Breathe Clean Air

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