Around 60 people took part in the EEN survey on health and environment during Green Week, 1-4 June 2004. The results, showed that visitors were both knowledgeable and concerned about children’s environmental health. Many were in favour of greater restrictions on industry.
The vast majority of the 56 respondents knew that childhood cancer was increasing and half were aware that asthma was the biggest cause of children missing school and hospitalisations. Cancer, asthma and allergy represented their biggest concerns.
Survey participants considered that restrictions on industry in terms of legislation and fines were the single most important way to achieve improvements in the environment for children’s health.
All but one person responding to the survey wanted information about the quality of their water (one person suggested that it should be made available on the water bill!) and over half said they would pay an additional 10% on the price of a product that was environmentally friendly.
During the four days of Green Week, a lot of participants visited our stand. Staff members presented EEN’s aims and main activities including the events planned by EEN and its members for the Ministerial Conference and Healthy Planet Forum that took place in Budapest at the end of June.
