Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-02-22-Speech-2-192"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-02-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Environment and Health Action Plan 2004-2010 (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050222.13.2-192"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-02-22-Speech-2-1932
lpv:speaker	lp:Åsa Westlund2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; CULT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Arbetarepartiet- Socialdemokraterna (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, the risk of dying of cancer is four times greater for women hairdressers than for women in general. A third of work-related illnesses are due to the use of chemicals dangerous to people’s health. As we write in this report, damage to the nervous system caused by mercury, pesticides and other chemicals has increased markedly in recent decades. The work on discovering and phasing out dangerous chemicals is, then, a decisive factor in improving people’s health. This fact, although emphasised in this report, must also form the basis for this House’s forthcoming discussions concerning the future chemicals policy, REACH. Diseases and ill-health affect different groups in society in different ways. Children are very sensitive to environmental influences. People on low incomes are affected more often by disease than people on high incomes, and there is a difference between ill health in men and ill health in women. The committee has borne these factors in mind, and it has been very important to us Social Democrats to have them included. We have had the report include both the fact that there needs to be more focus upon particularly vulnerable groups and the fact that data must be collected in such a way that more information can be obtained about the ways in which different groups in society are vulnerable and are affected by various forms of environmental pollution. For example, we want to see statistics broken down according to gender so that we can discover and combat differences between men and women where health and disease are concerned. It is not only our environment that causes illness. Lifestyle-related illness also constitutes a great threat today. We Social Democrats have therefore chosen to emphasise the need for increased efforts to combat disease caused, especially, by alcohol but also by tobacco, poor diet and lack of exercise."@en1

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