List and Abstracts of Articles in Revelation of Human Health

Cancer villages refers to a certain number of people suffering from the same cancer in a fixed space and a fixed population (such as rural areas) or a sudden increase in the incidence of a certain cancer in this space. According to epidemiological analysis, the causes of cancer in this group are closely related to environmental pollution, especially water pollution. In most villages labeled as "cancer villages", drinking water safety is generally threatened to varying degrees, and the surrounding living environment is also relatively bad.

The Ministry of Environmental Protection of China first acknowledged the existence of cancer villages in China in the official document of February 20 13. Folk experts estimate that if unofficial data are included, there are about 459 cancer villages in Chinese mainland, which are mainly distributed in coastal cities and the central and eastern regions, and gradually spread to the central and western regions.

The latest World Cancer Report shows that in 20 12 years, there were140,000 new cancer cases and 8.2 million cancer deaths worldwide. Among them, there are 3.07 million newly diagnosed cancer cases in China, accounting for 2 1.8% of the global total, and about 2.2 million cancer deaths, accounting for 26.9% of the global cancer deaths. In many big cities in China, malignant tumors have surpassed cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and become the first cause of death. From February 20 13 to June 20 13, China suffered the biggest smog since winter, and the central and eastern regions were almost "completely occupied", with the affected area as high as1460,000 square kilometers, accounting for about17 of the national area. The persistent smog weather has enveloped China 10 provinces, which has brought troubles to people's daily life and physical and mental health. Some experts pointed out that China is entering a period of high incidence of smog, which will last 10~20 years if it is not treated.

It has been proved that smog is related to upper respiratory tract infection, cardiovascular diseases, bronchial asthma, conjunctivitis, rickets in children, reproductive dysfunction, fetal malformation, lung cancer and so on. Some experts said that PM2.5 is an internationally recognized carcinogen, and long-term smog is an important environmental factor for the high incidence of cancer in China. We are entering a period of high incidence of smog, which will last for 10 ~ 20 years if it is not treated.

According to the article in South China Morning Post (65438+7 10), the original title: China smog kills 350,000 people every year, which was recognized by the former Minister of Health. Zhu Chen, former Minister of Health and now President of the Chinese Medical Association, and other three authors published a commentary entitled "China actively responds to the health impact of air pollution" in The Lancet magazine last month, citing the evaluation results of the World Bank, WHO, China Environmental Planning Institute and Fudan University, saying that air pollution causes 350,000 premature deaths in the mainland of China every year. From June 5, 2002 to 10, many unexplained and life-threatening respiratory diseases occurred in China and Guangdong. Subsequently, similar cases were reported in Vietnam, Canada and Hong Kong. The World Health Organization named this disease "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome", also known as "Infectious atypical pneumonia". Laboratories in various countries have conducted urgent research and found the behind-the-scenes culprit of the disease-SARS virus.

SARS first appeared in Shunde City, Guangdong Province, China on June 5438+065438+ 10, 2002. The main outbreaks occurred in Hong Kong and Guangdong. After March 2003, the epidemic spread to the whole country, especially to Beijing. At the same time, SARS cases also appeared in China, Taiwan Province Province, Viet Nam, Singapore and Canada. Medical staff give patients comprehensive treatment (general treatment, oxygen therapy, glucocorticoid, antibacterial drugs, antiviral drugs, treatment of severe cases, etc.). ), and the suspected cases were isolated from high-risk areas on a large scale, and the SARS epidemic was gradually extinguished.

On August 15 of the same year, the world health organization released the latest statistics: since the last suspected case was found in the United States in July 13, there were no new cases and suspected cases in the world, and there were 8422 SARS cases worldwide, involving 32 countries and regions, with a total death toll of 9 19 and a fatality rate of nearly 165433. Among them, there were 5,327 cumulative cases and 349 deaths in China; China Mainland and Hongkong 1755 cases, with 300 deaths; 665 cases in Taiwan Province Province, China, with death 180; Canada has 25 1 case and 4 1 case of death; 238 cases in Singapore, with 33 deaths; There were 63 cases and 5 deaths in Vietnam. After the end of World War II, the United States adopted a hostile and containment policy towards the Soviet Union and other socialist countries, and the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, fell into a full-scale external confrontation. During the Cold War (1947 ~199112), both sides produced nuclear weapons that could destroy the earth thousands of times, and built a large number of nuclear facilities in the Soviet Union.

1April 26th, 986 1: 23 (UTC+3), the No.4 reactor of Chernobyl nuclear power plant near Pripyat, Ukraine exploded. Continuous explosions cause fires, and a large number of high-energy radioactive substances are discharged into the atmosphere. The leaked radioactive dust almost swept the whole of Europe, with Ukraine, Belarus and Russia being the most polluted. Due to the wind direction, about 60% of radioactive materials fell on the land of Belarus.

The Chernobyl nuclear accident is the most serious nuclear accident in history, and it is also the first catastrophic accident rated as VII by the International Nuclear Event Scale. It released more than 400 times the radiation dose of the atomic bomb that exploded in Hiroshima during World War II, and caused economic losses of nearly $200 billion, making it the most expensive disaster event in modern history. AIDS is a very harmful infectious disease, which is called "super terminal disease" and is caused by HIV infection. HIV is a virus that can attack the human immune system. It takes the most important T lymphocytes in the human immune system as its main target, destroys it in large quantities, makes people lose immunity, is susceptible to various diseases, cannot recover, and finally dies of failure.

Studies show that AIDS originated in Africa and was brought to the United States by immigrants. On June 5th, 198 1, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a case report of 5 AIDS patients in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly, which is the first official record of AIDS in the world. In 1982, this disease is named "AIDS". Soon, AIDS quickly spread to all continents. 1985, a foreigner who traveled to China fell ill and was admitted to Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and was later confirmed to have died of AIDS. This is the first case of AIDS in China.

According to statistics, in the past 30 years, AIDS has claimed 25 million lives (perhaps more than 30 million) in the world, and the total number of deaths has exceeded that of the First World War. 1984, there are less than 3,000 AIDS patients reported worldwide. According to the latest data of infectious diseases published by UNAIDS, by the end of 20 1 1, there were 34.2 million people infected with HIV worldwide, a slight increase from 33.5 million in 20 10. 19 18, before the end of World War I, the most deadly influenza infection broke out in the world, which swept the world irresistibly, causing about 10 billion people to be infected and tens of millions of people to die. 18 months later, the plague disappeared completely like a ghost, and its strain has not been really confirmed so far.

According to the available medical data, Spanish flu first appeared in Fenston Barracks, Kansas, USA. 1965438+On March 4th, 2008, a soldier in this barracks felt fever, sore throat and headache, and went to the military hospital for treatment. The doctor thinks he has a common cold. Unexpectedly, a few days later, there were more than 500 "cold" patients in this military camp. In April of the same year, the flu broke out in France during the First World War. In March, China, May, Spain, and the United Kingdom also developed diseases one after another, but none of them were serious.

It was not until August 19 18 that the influenza epidemic broke out in an all-round way. On August 27th, the flu spread among dockers in Boston, USA, and at the same time, the flu broke out in Blest, France. Since September, the flu has spread widely in Europe and the United States, and spread to all parts of the world within a few weeks. The whole epidemic lasted until March 1920. 1984 12.3, a toxic gas leak occurred in pesticide plant (located in Bhopal), the Indian branch of United Carbide Company of the United States, resulting in a human tragedy of 6,543,800 casualties. This disaster is considered as the most serious industrial chemical accident in the history of the world, which has caused indelible damage to local residents and sounded the alarm for global industrial safety. Now, I think back to 30 years ago.

According to statistics afterwards, Bhopal gas leakage caused 25,000 direct deaths, 550,000 indirect deaths and 200,000 permanent disabilities. This accident is considered as the most serious industrial disaster in human history, causing more casualties than any industrial accident, and its impact is hard to reach.

From 65438 to 0989, the United Carbide Company paid 470 million dollars in compensation to the Indian government, ending the Bhopal gas leak that shocked the world, but the harm of the incident never stopped. An environmental monitoring in 2009 showed that there were still obvious chemical residues around pesticide plant in that year, and toxic substances polluted groundwater and soil, which became the direct cause of local diseases. Many surviving victims will spend the rest of their lives suffering from lifelong disability. 20 10 On April 20th, the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, killing 1 1 workers, triggering the largest oil spill in American history. Millions of barrels of crude oil have flowed into the Gulf of Mexico, which has caused extremely bad effects on the local ecosystem and caused tens of billions of dollars in unexpected economic losses, which is also the most serious marine pollution in the world so far.

It is estimated that during the oil spill accident, an average of12,000 to100,000 barrels of crude oil leaked every day, reaching162,000 barrels at the worst, and an accident * * * caused 265,438+billion gallons of crude oil (955,000 cubic meters.

As the main responsible party of the oil spill accident, BP paid a high price. Affected by the oil spill, the company lost as much as $65.438+0.69 billion in the second quarter of 2065.438+00, and they also spent nearly $40 billion on disaster relief and rehabilitation work. Major investment banks predict that BP may eventually pay as much as $60 billion for the oil spill.