lack of access to clean water and the closure of waste water pumping stations has resulted in exposure to numerous diseases. Farmland and urban areas have been flooded with sewage.” Extreme Poverty. During Special Rapporteur Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona’s official visit to Mongolia in December 2012, she stated that the World Health Organization had found that and soil pollution caused by inadequate heating systems [in housing] is “air contributing to serious health risks, such as respiratory disease and hepatitis.” Toxic Waste. Special Rapporteur Ouhachi-Vesely stated that there is a clear link between wastes and toxic products and the right to health. Practices that jeopardize this right include: Waste recovery facilities which cause work accidents and expose − populations to highly toxic fumes; Mining activities carried out by enterprises which do not respect − the environment, pollute sources of drinking water and subject the population to serious risks; Intensive and unregulated use of pesticides, including exports of − pesticides banned in producer countries. The World Health Organization estimates that 3 million people are poisoned and 220,000 killed by pesticides every year; Exports of medical waste carrying diseases against which − populations have no immunity; Export of contaminated ships for breaking. It is estimated that at − least one worker dies every day and that 25 per cent of the workforce develops cancer in the medium term; Export of electronic waste for scrapping, in conditions harmful to − the health of workers and populations. Special Rapporteur Georgescu has stated that unsound management of “the hazardous substances and waste from extractive industries contributes to overall environmental pollution which may have serious effects on the right to health and the right to For example, life.” he linked diesel exhaust from mining operations with lung cancer and noted that “[u]nderground
lack of access to clean water and the closure of waste water pumping stations has resulted in exposure to numerous diseases. Farmland and urban areas have been flooded with sewage.” Extreme Poverty. During Special Rapporteur Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona’s official visit to Mongolia in December 2012, she stated that the World Health Organization had found that “air and soil pollution caused by inadequate heating systems [in housing] is contributing to serious health risks, such as respiratory disease and hepatitis.” Toxic Waste. Special Rapporteur Ouhachi-Vesely stated that there is a clear link between wastes and toxic products and the right to health. Practices that jeopardize this right include: − Waste recovery facilities which cause work accidents and expose populations to highly toxic fumes; − Mining activities carried out by enterprises which do not respect the environment, pollute sources of drinking water and subject the population to serious risks; − Intensive and unregulated use of pesticides, including exports of pesticides banned in producer countries. The World Health Organization estimates that 3 million people are poisoned and 220,000 killed by pesticides every year; − Exports of medical waste carrying diseases against which populations have no immunity; − Export of contaminated ships for breaking. It is estimated that at least one worker dies every day and that 25 per cent of the workforce develops cancer in the medium term; − Export of electronic waste for scrapping, in conditions harmful to the health of workers and populations. Special Rapporteur Georgescu has stated that “the unsound management of hazardous substances and waste from extractive industries contributes to overall environmental pollution which may have serious effects on the right to health and the right to life.” For example, he linked diesel exhaust from mining operations with lung cancer and noted that “[u]nderground