A call from 40 public health scientists for an end to the continuing humanitarian and environmental catastrophe in Gaza.
Environmental impacts
Gaza
Remediation
War
Journal
Environmental health : a global access science source
ISSN: 1476-069X
Titre abrégé: Environ Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101147645
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
28 Jun 2024
28 Jun 2024
Historique:
received:
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2024
accepted:
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06
2024
medline:
29
6
2024
pubmed:
29
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2024
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2024
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epublish
Résumé
An under-recognised aspect of the current humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is the impact of the war on the environment and the associated risks for human health. This commentary contextualises these impacts against the background of human suffering produced by the overwhelming violence associated with the use of military force against the general population of Gaza. In calling for an immediate cessation to the violence, the authors draw attention to the urgent need to rebuild the health care system and restore the physical and human infrastructure that makes a liveable environment possible and promotes human health and well-being, especially for the most vulnerable in the population. Environmental remediation should therefore form one of the most important parts of international efforts to assist reconstruction, through which we hope Palestinians and Israelis will achieve lasting peace, health, and sustainable development, all as part of accepted international human rights obligations.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38943149
doi: 10.1186/s12940-024-01097-9
pii: 10.1186/s12940-024-01097-9
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Letter
Langues
eng
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© 2024. The Author(s).
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