45 KB162 KB46 KB200220262007Boštjančič, DarjaVudrag, Markoštevilka:111 straniletnik:46str. 29-39ISSN:0351-0026COBISSID:1754085URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-AEX6F5CHslInštitut za varovanje zdravja Republike SlovenijeZdravstveno varstvojavno zdravjekemikalijeonesnaževanje okoljapreprečevanješkodljivi učinkiukrepiGlobalna kemizacija - izziv javnemu zdravju| Global chemisation - a major public health challenge|Chemical safety can be defined as "prevention of short-term and long-term harmful effects of chemicals on human health and the environment" It is with this point in mind that Slovenia adopted a resolution on a national chemical safety programme, which establishes the conditions for implementing activities to rise the level of chemical safety and protection of public health and environmental quality. The importance of this issue cannot be overstressed given that large quantities of hazardous chemicals are produced, transported and utilized in Slovenia and elsewhere in the developed world. Significant changes are about to be made to curb the negative effects of chemical agents on human health and the environment. Public health plays a major role in the multidisciplinary processes aimed at increasing public awareness about these issues, as well as at offering health education and health promotion programmes, and assessing health risks. Our environment is mainly polluted with chemicals : some are known to cause immediate health harm and some are responsible for long-term health damage. Environmental experts, who are well aware of inadequate knowledge of the problem, have addressed and placed a high priority on the issue of chemical agents and chemical safety at numerous international conferences, perceiving it as a major challenge to public healthPojmovanje kemijske varnosti lahko opredelimo kot "preprečevanje kratkoročnih in dolgoročnih škodljivih učinkov kemikalij na zdravje človeka in okolje", Tudi zato je bila v Sloveniji sprejeta Resolucija o nacionalnem programu za kemijsko varnost (ReNPKV), ki zagotavlja pogoje za izvajanje ukrepov in dejavnosti za izboljšanje kemijske varnosti v interesu varovanja zdravja prebivalstva in kakovosti okolja. To je pomembno glede na to, da se v Sloveniji kot tudi drugod po razvitem svetu daje v promet, proizvaja, uporablja in po njenem ozemlju prevaža velika količina nevarnih kemikalij. Da bi hitreje zavrli negativne vplive kemikalij na zdravje človeka in okolje, v svetu v zadnjem času pripravljajo velike spremembe. Pri tem ima javno zdravjevodilno vlogo v sicer multidisciplinarnih procesih ozaveščanja, izobraževanja, promocije in ocene tveganj. Na področju onesnaževanja okolja prevladujejo kemikalije, za nekatere med njimi je znano, da povzročajo takojšnje, nekatere pa kasnejše okvare zdravja, medtem ko se za mnoge to le domneva. Zaradi nezadostnega znanja so strokovnjaki na številnih evropskih in svetovnih konferencah kot izziv javnemu zdravju zelo poudarjali prav problem kemikalij in kemijske varnostiTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaInštitut za varovanje zdravja RS