linguistic coverage and is now able to provide news reports in
all six official UN languages. Moreover, IPCS continues to
search for additional sources of information and for partners
who can broaden the linguistic and geographical coverage of
the system.
There was also a bias towards reporting events that
occurred in Europe. This may have been a reflection of the
predominance of reports in English and the established capacity
in the region for detecting and reporting chemical events.
Moreover, in continental Europe there is a greater possibility
of transboundary impact than in the USA or Australia, for
example. This means that, by definition, a chemical incident
in one country could trigger an event of potential international
importance. Although most countries have developed
surveillance systems for communicable diseases, many still lack
adequate chemical incident surveillance capability and trained
personnel. This is a particular problem in developing countries
where the risk to public health from chemical events is arguably
higher than in the developed world. This is especially so
in view of the current trend for the manufacture of industrial
chemicals to shift to these countries (17, 18).
Only a small proportion of the identified chemical events
were judged to be of actual or potential international public
health concern. This reflects the fact that most chemical events
tend to be localized, in contrast to communicable diseases,
which are readily spread around the world by human or animal
carriers.
linguistic coverage and is now able to provide news reports in
all six official UN languages. Moreover, IPCS continues to
search for additional sources of information and for partners
who can broaden the linguistic and geographical coverage of
the system.
There was also a bias towards reporting events that
occurred in Europe. This may have been a reflection of the
predominance of reports in English and the established capacity
in the region for detecting and reporting chemical events.
Moreover, in continental Europe there is a greater possibility
of transboundary impact than in the USA or Australia, for
example. This means that, by definition, a chemical incident
in one country could trigger an event of potential international
importance. Although most countries have developed
surveillance systems for communicable diseases, many still lack
adequate chemical incident surveillance capability and trained
personnel. This is a particular problem in developing countries
where the risk to public health from chemical events is arguably
higher than in the developed world. This is especially so
in view of the current trend for the manufacture of industrial
chemicals to shift to these countries (17, 18).
Only a small proportion of the identified chemical events
were judged to be of actual or potential international public
health concern. This reflects the fact that most chemical events
tend to be localized, in contrast to communicable diseases,
which are readily spread around the world by human or animal
carriers.
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