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It's very sad: the worsening quality of water and air, combined with the increased use of industrial chemicals, pesticides, and toxic chemicals in personal care products is seriously threatening the health of children around the world. Each year, says the World Health Organization, three million children die from these causes.
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http://www.who.int/mediacentre/releases/2004/pr43/en/
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- 22 JUNE 2004 | BUDAPEST/GENEVA -- Around the world, polluted air and water and other environment-related hazards kill more than three milion children under the age of five every year.
- To illustrate the impact of the environment on children's health, the World Health Organization (WHO) is launching the first-ever Atlas of Children's Environmental Health and the Environment.
- Nearly one million children die each year from diseases caused by air pollution inside their own homes.
- At the Third Ministerial Conference, Europe's Ministers of Health and Environment recognized the special vulnerability of children to environmental threats and committed to developing policies which would provide children with safe and healthy environments.
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