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Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary
… hazards are responsible for about a quarter of disease worldwide. It is estimated that as many as 13 million … 17 children under the age of five, one third of all disease is caused by environmental factors such as unsafe … by increasing risks of flood, drought, crop failure, or disease.18 Figure 1: Health implications of environmental …
Judicial handbook on environmental law
… due to ozone depletion • New diseases and more widespread disease vectors • Damage to future generations The laws of … health laws can regulate spraying toxics to eliminate disease vectors such as mosquitoes or raise questions about … substance or process that can cause physical injury or disease. Manufacturers of hazardous products are subject to …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… water. The excessive fluoride has caused extensive teeth disease, and later bone diseases – “children’s osteoporosis”. … another is likely to be unstoppable unless a cure for the disease is found … … it is not only out of self-interest that …