GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- It is crucial to recognize children are more vulnerable than adults to environmental risks, World Health Organization officials in Geneva, Switzerland, say.
Maria Neira, Fiona Gore, Marie-Noel Brune and Jenny Pronczuk de Garbino of the Department of Public Health and Environment at the World Health Organization in Geneva, working with Tom Hudson of Boston University, highlight a recent WHO report that estimated that almost 1 in 4 illnesses has an environmental cause. Such high levels of disease kill more than 10 million children each year, which the team says is unacceptable.