Fossil fuels: Health professionals call for legally binding plan for global phase out

The World Health Organization, the International Paediatric Association, the World Medical Association, the Alliance of Nurses for a Healthy Environment, and the World Federation of Public Health Associations are among 192 signatories of an open letter calling for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation T...

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Published in:BMJ (Online) 2022-09, Vol.378, p.o2258-o2258
Main Author: Hussain, Zainab
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air pollution
Climate change
Fossil fuels
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Medical personnel
News
Public health
Respiratory diseases
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Summary:The World Health Organization, the International Paediatric Association, the World Medical Association, the Alliance of Nurses for a Healthy Environment, and the World Federation of Public Health Associations are among 192 signatories of an open letter calling for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.1 Other sectors, including faith organisations and city governments, have supported the call for the evidence based international treaty, which focuses on ending use of coal, oil, and gas, substances deemed detrimental to human and planetary health. [...]spills and explosions during transportation can result in acute and chronic health effects among local communities and cleanup workers; safe disposal of fossil fuel waste products and toxic chemicals is a problem; and workers at extractive sites and refineries face risks such as respiratory diseases and highly malignant forms of cancer. “Phasing out fossil fuels would prevent 3.6 million air pollution deaths per year, an immense near term health benefit to achieve the steps essential to mitigating climate change in the long term.”
ISSN:1756-1833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.o2258