Conflict-related environmental damages on health: lessons learned from the past wars and ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, Russian military forces invaded Ukraine. The fighting has already caused unimaginable conditions and millions of people were forced to flee their homes. For decades, conflicts have been linked to environmental pollution, exposure to radioactivity and heavy metals as well as infe...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Komiyama Printing Co. Ltd
2022-09-01
|
| Series: | Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ehpm/27/0/27_22-00122/_html/-char/en |
| _version_ | 1811257787903115264 |
|---|---|
| author | Kouji H. Harada Sani Rachman Soleman Jeremy Sea Meng Ang Antoine P. Trzcinski |
| author_facet | Kouji H. Harada Sani Rachman Soleman Jeremy Sea Meng Ang Antoine P. Trzcinski |
| author_sort | Kouji H. Harada |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | On 24 February 2022, Russian military forces invaded Ukraine. The fighting has already caused unimaginable conditions and millions of people were forced to flee their homes. For decades, conflicts have been linked to environmental pollution, exposure to radioactivity and heavy metals as well as infectious diseases. The invasion may cause specific environmental risks, like the release of radioactive substances from nuclear power plants and contaminated soils. Because international collaboration is one of the most effective ways to address environmental problems, it is critical to establish scientific bodies within a global framework to identify concrete actions and tangible measures to provide immediate assistance to citizens. This commentary discusses the above issues from lessons learned from the past wars and the way forward in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-12T18:02:59Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-0fd82ab4bb3a46bf9f9ce6f71c71867b |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1342-078X 1347-4715 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-12T18:02:59Z |
| publishDate | 2022-09-01 |
| publisher | Komiyama Printing Co. Ltd |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine |
| spelling | doaj.art-0fd82ab4bb3a46bf9f9ce6f71c71867b2022-12-22T03:22:04ZengKomiyama Printing Co. LtdEnvironmental Health and Preventive Medicine1342-078X1347-47152022-09-0127353510.1265/ehpm.22-00122ehpmConflict-related environmental damages on health: lessons learned from the past wars and ongoing Russian invasion of UkraineKouji H. Harada0Sani Rachman Soleman1Jeremy Sea Meng Ang2Antoine P. Trzcinski3Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of MedicineDepartment of Health and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of MedicineDepartment of Health and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of MedicineDepartment of Health and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of MedicineOn 24 February 2022, Russian military forces invaded Ukraine. The fighting has already caused unimaginable conditions and millions of people were forced to flee their homes. For decades, conflicts have been linked to environmental pollution, exposure to radioactivity and heavy metals as well as infectious diseases. The invasion may cause specific environmental risks, like the release of radioactive substances from nuclear power plants and contaminated soils. Because international collaboration is one of the most effective ways to address environmental problems, it is critical to establish scientific bodies within a global framework to identify concrete actions and tangible measures to provide immediate assistance to citizens. This commentary discusses the above issues from lessons learned from the past wars and the way forward in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ehpm/27/0/27_22-00122/_html/-char/enconflictsenvironmental impactshealth risksukrainecovid-19 |
| spellingShingle | Kouji H. Harada Sani Rachman Soleman Jeremy Sea Meng Ang Antoine P. Trzcinski Conflict-related environmental damages on health: lessons learned from the past wars and ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine conflicts environmental impacts health risks ukraine covid-19 |
| title | Conflict-related environmental damages on health: lessons learned from the past wars and ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine |
| title_full | Conflict-related environmental damages on health: lessons learned from the past wars and ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine |
| title_fullStr | Conflict-related environmental damages on health: lessons learned from the past wars and ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conflict-related environmental damages on health: lessons learned from the past wars and ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine |
| title_short | Conflict-related environmental damages on health: lessons learned from the past wars and ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine |
| title_sort | conflict related environmental damages on health lessons learned from the past wars and ongoing russian invasion of ukraine |
| topic | conflicts environmental impacts health risks ukraine covid-19 |
| url | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ehpm/27/0/27_22-00122/_html/-char/en |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT koujihharada conflictrelatedenvironmentaldamagesonhealthlessonslearnedfromthepastwarsandongoingrussianinvasionofukraine AT sanirachmansoleman conflictrelatedenvironmentaldamagesonhealthlessonslearnedfromthepastwarsandongoingrussianinvasionofukraine AT jeremyseamengang conflictrelatedenvironmentaldamagesonhealthlessonslearnedfromthepastwarsandongoingrussianinvasionofukraine AT antoineptrzcinski conflictrelatedenvironmentaldamagesonhealthlessonslearnedfromthepastwarsandongoingrussianinvasionofukraine |