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Clean Air Action Group, Hungarian environmental NGO, has been publishing its monthly “Lélegzet” (“Breath”) for more than 14 years now. Our monthly magazine covers various subjects of environmental protection, with special focus on Clean Air Action Group’s main fields of activity: transport, green budget, protection of green areas and promotion of public transport. In recent years, “Lélegzet” has paid special attention to the environmental aspects of Hungary’s EU accession. Our aim is to provide information on the achievements of European environmental conferences and meetings, and to enable our Readers to form an opinion on Hungary’s environmental status and the country’s international position.

„Over the last 12 years, the number of asthma patients has more than tripled in Hungary. (…) In about 1300 Hungarian towns and villages, drinking water quality does not comply with current limit values set by effective national and EU regulations.” – concluded a study prepared by the Ministry of Health, Social and Family Affairs. In our short editorial (National health survey, page 5) we summarize key findings of this report, highlighting the interrelation between health standards of the Hungarian population and environmental quality in Hungary.
The editorial is followed by an article („The future for our children”, page 6) covering the issues on the agenda of the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, with an outline of the history of this Conference. In Budapest, ministers of environment and of health of the 52 Member States of WHO/Europe are expected to make political commitments to ensure safer environments for children through the adoption of the Conference Declaration and of a European action plan for children’s environment and health.
In an interview titled Four questions – four answers (page 8) we queried Miklós Persányi, Hungarian minister of environment, and Mrs. Ferenc Jakab dr., honorary under-secretary of state of the Hungarian Ministry of Health, Social and Family Affairs, about pressing issues to be addressed by the Conference and about the commitments undertaken by competent Hungarian ministries.
On page 10, our Readers will find the programmes of the Healthy Planet Forum, with an abridged version of the position of non-government organizations regarding the Conference Declaration.
This is followed by an article by Gergely Simon chemist, highlighting the hazards posed by chemicals used in our daily lives and the heavy costs involved in the disposal of harmful chemicals. The article also presents a brief introduction to key elements of REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) (Poison in refrigerators, TV sets and toys, page 11).
Péter Pós, president of the National Association of Hungarian Asthma and Allergy Patients provides an overview of respiratory diseases caused by environmental pollution, with special emphasis on the factors provoking childhood asthma and allergy, and the possible methods of prevention (Let us take a deep breath, page 12).
Dr. Anna Páldy, deputy director of the National Public Health Centre, points out the injurious impacts of climate change on human health, underpinned by recent Hungarian data (Swept away by the heat wave, page 14). On the inside cover of “Lélegzet” you will find two maps of Hungary, taken from the article, which are rather similar to each other. However, one of them illustrates the appearance of cases of pigmented skin tumour and cataract in Hungary, whereas the other map shows the regional distribution of global solar radiation, proving the correlation.
Within our “Reflections” column, in the first article titled “Environmental aspects of school education”, Erzsébet Beliczay architect writes about the environmental and sanitary conditions of Hungarian schools, coupled with an evaluation of the Hungarian approach to environmental education (What do schools teach pupils?, page 19).
Finally, Noémi Nemes calls the attention to dangers posed by genetically modified organisms (GMOs): „Today, Hungary is still unaffected; it is not contaminated with this time-bomb technology. This is why we must act now to make sure that this remains so in the future.” – writes the Greenpeace activist (Are we now threatened by genes?, page 22).



JELES NAPOK
 Augusztus 01.
   A szoptatás világnapja
 Augusztus 09.
   Állatkertek napja
 Augusztus 09.
   A bennszülött népek világnapja
 Augusztus 20.
   1989-ben e napon gyilkolták meg elefántcsont-csempészek George Adamsont, Joy Adamson munkatársát és férjét
 Augusztus 06.
   Hirosima-Nagaszaki emléknap
 
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