Speed Up Environmental And Health Risk Assessment

Xiong Yuehui, director of the science and Technology Department of the Ministry of environmental protection, noted that the thirty-ninth article of the new environmental protection law mentioned that "the state establishes and improves the environmental and health monitoring, investigation and risk assessment system, and encourages and conducts research on the impact of environmental quality on public health."

This is the first time that environmental regulations have explicitly mentioned the relationship between environment and health.

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Simply put forward the relationship between environment and health. What to do in the future should be further refined. After all, the starting point for improving our environmental quality is the health of the masses.

It is undeniable that in recent years, the mortality or morbidity of some diseases related to environmental pollution has been increasing, and the aggravation of environmental pollution has brought about.

Can not be ignored.

Unfortunately, since 1990s, China has not carried out a nationwide or regional large-scale environmental and health survey. Due to the unclear number, it is difficult to carry out health risk assessment of environmental pollution, and it is difficult to adjust relevant policies and form solutions in time.

Xiong Yuehui said that since the new environmental protection law first proposed environmental and health risk assessment, relevant departments should start relevant research in a timely manner and come up with a solution.

Zhai Qing, Vice Minister of the Ministry of environmental protection, said that the Ministry of environmental protection has delineated 54 urgent tasks around the newly revised environmental law, including revising the special law of air pollution prevention and control law and water pollution prevention law, improving the basis of law enforcement, implementing environmental responsibility, strengthening accountability system, safeguarding environmental rights and interests, and implementing strict compensation system for damages.

At the same time, it will enhance the ability of law enforcement in environmental protection departments, and make full use of high-tech means such as satellites and UAVs to conduct investigation on pollution behavior.

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In fact, not only are environmental law enforcement officers hanging on their heads, but also the "environmental burden" of local officials.

Zhou Ke, a professor at Renmin University of China, said that the environmental protection act before the amendment mentioned responsibility, but only for illegal enterprises. The new law is clear. It should be accountable to the environmental law enforcement officials and local officials.

In order to cooperate with the implementation of new environmental protection, not long ago, the State Council also issued the notice on strengthening environmental supervision and law enforcement, which mentioned "zero tolerance for all kinds of environmental violations".

Wang Canfa said that the notification of the State Council and the new environmental protection law come from the same origin. If there is an environmental law violation case, it is not only illegal enterprises, or dereliction of duty environmental departments, or even local governments who need to be held responsible.

Zou Shoumin, director of the Environmental Protection Bureau of the Ministry of environmental protection, said that there were many provisions in the notice issued by the State Council that environmental accidents occurred and local governments should be responsible.

One way out of the past is to "pursue lifelong accountability of local officials for the damage of the ecological environment".

This is closely related to the "local people's governments at all levels should be responsible for the environmental quality of their administrative regions" mentioned in the new environmental protection law.

Many legal people believe that the newly revised environmental law also answers a very important question: who should be responsible for the quality of the environment.

From the point of law delineation of responsibilities, local governments, enterprises, environmental protection departments and the public should contribute to environmental protection.

Even the law was written for the first time. "Citizens should enhance their awareness of environmental protection, adopt a low-carbon and frugal lifestyle, and conscientiously fulfill their obligations to protect the environment".

Pan Yue believed that the new environmental protection law established the idea of social pluralism and co governance.