Holdren Jill, Tao Shu, Carpenter David O
Pacific Basin Consortium for Environment and Health, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2008 Oct;1140:1-21. doi: 10.1196/annals.1454.048.
There are major challenges facing the countries in the Pacific Basin. These include issues of hazardous waste management and the consequent adverse effects of hazardous wastes on human health, the potential disruption of our whole way of life as a consequence of global climate change, and the increasing problem on human health of air pollution and the effects of breathing polluted air. These issues and others were the focus of the 12th meeting of the Pacific Basin Consortium for Environment and Health Sciences, held in Beijing in late 2007. This volume is a collection of papers presented at that meeting, and this introductory chapter provides some perspective on three of the major issues that are of concern in all of the countries in this region. This meeting provided an opportunity for Chinese scientists and those from other countries in the Pacific Basin to share perspectives and possible solutions with others from the international community, and these various approaches are reflected in these proceedings.
太平洋盆地国家面临着重大挑战。这些挑战包括危险废物管理问题以及危险废物对人类健康造成的不利影响，全球气候变化可能对我们整个生活方式造成的破坏，以及空气污染对人类健康日益严重的问题和呼吸受污染空气的影响。这些问题以及其他问题是2007年末在北京举行的太平洋盆地环境与健康科学联合会第12次会议的焦点。本卷是在那次会议上发表的论文集，这一介绍性章节就该地区所有国家都关注的三个主要问题提供了一些观点。这次会议为中国科学家以及太平洋盆地其他国家的科学家提供了一个与国际社会其他成员分享观点和可能解决方案的机会，这些不同的方法都反映在这些会议记录中。
