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“Environment and Health Information Systems; Closing gaps"

“Environment and Health Information Systems; Closing gaps" …to reduce the disease burden caused by environmental factors in the EU and to identify and prevent new health threats caused by environmental factors. Andreas N. Skouloudis (Peter Pärt and David Rickerby)

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“Environment and Health Information Systems; Closing gaps"

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  1. “Environment and Health Information Systems; Closing gaps" …to reduce the disease burden caused by environmental factors in the EU and to identify and prevent new health threats caused by environmental factors. Andreas N. Skouloudis (Peter Pärt and David Rickerby) Institute for Environment & Sustainability, DG-JRC 18 January 2006 Emails: andreas.skouloudis@jrc.it EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

  2. Inter-comparison Benchmark for Indicators Implementation and Assessment of Representativeness • Time horizon of the Inter-comparison 9-12 months • Participants to share data for implementing their own indicators Answer questions: • Concerning access to historical data, • Efficiency of geographical representativeness, • Accuracy (without auto-cancelling), • Reporting needs and • Uncertainty of indicator methodologies for short term decisions or policies. EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

  3. Information Systems focusing on .. Convetional Environmentally Derived Problems • Air • Noise • Water • Indoor Air • Food • Radiation • Melanoma and UV exposure Areas where Health Derived Worries Exist • Chemicals and Pesticides • Transport accidents • Natural disasters EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

  4. Urbanisation EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

  5. Population Density in EU Mega-cities EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

  6. NOx Emissions over Istanbul 1-Energy & Transformation Ind., 2-Non-Ind. Combustion plants, 3-Manufacture Ind, 4-Production Processes, 5-Fossil Fuel Extr, 6-Solvent use, 7-Road Transport, 8-Other Mobile Sources, 9-Waste treatment, 10-Agriculture, 11-Other Sources & Sinks. EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

  7. SOx Emissions over Istanbul 1-Energy & Transformation Ind., 2-Non-Ind. Combustion plants, 3-Manufacture Ind, 4-Production Processes, 5-Fossil Fuel Extr, 6-Solvent use, 7-Road Transport, 8-Other Mobile Sources, 9-Waste treatment, 10-Agriculture, 11-Other Sources & Sinks. EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

  8. CO Emissions over Istanbul 1-Energy & Transformation Ind., 2-Non-Ind. Combustion plants, 3-Manufacture Ind, 4-Production Processes, 5-Fossil Fuel Extr, 6-Solvent use, 7-Road Transport, 8-Other Mobile Sources, 9-Waste treatment, 10-Agriculture, 11-Other Sources & Sinks. EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

  9. Comparisons with National Levels EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

  10. Impact on Human Health EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

  11. Estimated Health Effects over Istanbul • Taking in consideration the concentrations reported from the monitoring network and campaigns • and although NO2 is often correlated with levels of other ambient pollutants emitted by the same sources or related through complex atmospheric reactions, NO2 is a surrogate for other traffic related pollutants such as organic and elemental carbon or freshly emitted primary ultra-fine particles • Based on these the expect at least 4600 deaths which could be attributed to atmospheric pollution due to NO2 EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

  12. Diversities in EU and … issues raised EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

  13. The Hide and Seek Questions on Scale EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

  14. Population Density EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

  15. Similar Areas EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

  16. Population Health 1/2 EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

  17. Population Health 2/2 EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

  18. Area of Specific Efforts • Focus on the randomness of human activities • Aim for methods for improving the geographical representativeness and generalisation • Use long and short term modelling examine Health Effects looking on thresholds, cumulative doses or instantaneous peaks • Instead of the Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) [measurement of the difference between a current situation and the ideal situation where everyone lives up to the age of the standard life expectancy, and in perfect health], • Utilise the Overall Cost to Population as a more representative indicator • Focus on specific technological advancements for improving the current understanding of links between environmen & health EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

  19. Acute Effects until 2004 EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

  20. Environment & Health Information Systems… • EEA (EEIS/EIONET/REPORTNET) • EFSA (http://europa.eu.int/agencies/efsa/index_en.htm) • ESTAT (http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/) • EXPOFACTS (http://www.ktl.fi/expofacts/) • HEALTHGATE: The EU Health Portal (http://europa.eu.int/idabc/en/document/3205/580) • INSPIRE: (currently being developed) http://eu-geoportal.jrc.it/ • HEI: The Health Effects Institute (http://www.healtheffects.org) • GSF - National Research Centre for Environment and Health (http://www0.gsf.de/index_en.phtml) The objective is the identification of risks to human health and of those threatening the ecological balance, the evaluation of the limits to the burden which we can place upon our environment, and the creation of concepts to help us to avoid long-term damage to this vital resource. • Imperial College London http://www.euroheis.org/ • MRC Institute for Environment and Health (IEH) http://www.le.ac.uk/ieh • UK Environment Agency(http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/aboutus/512398/289428/894682/?lang=_e ) • UNECE/EMEP: activity data and emission database (http://webdab.emep.int/) • WHO: European health for all database (http://www.euro.who.int/hfadb) EcoInformatics Tech. Meeting, 18.Jan.06

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