Superfund Research Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC 27709, USA.
Rev Environ Health. 2019 Sep 25;34(3):261-266. doi: 10.1515/reveh-2019-0020.
The Central and Eastern Europe region is faced with longstanding environmental health problems as well as emerging health threats from pollution caused by the region's recent period of rapid industrialization. As researchers in the region continue to work to address these problems, they could find unique approaches by increasing collaborations between biomedical and non-biomedical scientists and by more closely following the Superfund Research Program model of pursuing basic research, then connecting with stakeholders in the region to share and apply new knowledge. To build upon and leverage research in the region, researchers and stakeholders should work to formalize the bi-annual meeting of the Central and Eastern European Conference on Health and the Environment into a more cohesive organization and make efforts to connect to broader global networks that aim to spread research results and applications around the world. By taking these steps to connect to the broader world of environmental health research, the CEE region stakeholders can reduce pollution-related disease, minimize costs of hazardous waste remediation, and help grow the economy in their region.
中东欧地区面临着长期存在的环境健康问题，以及该地区近期快速工业化带来的新的污染健康威胁。随着该地区的研究人员继续努力解决这些问题，他们可以通过增加生物医学和非生物医学科学家之间的合作，并更密切地遵循超级基金研究计划模式（即追求基础研究，然后与该地区的利益相关者联系，分享和应用新知识），找到独特的方法。为了在该地区的研究基础上再接再厉，研究人员和利益攸关方应努力将中东欧地区健康与环境会议的两年一度会议正式化，形成一个更具凝聚力的组织，并努力与更广泛的全球网络建立联系，旨在将研究成果和应用推广到世界各地。通过采取这些措施与更广泛的环境健康研究领域建立联系，中东欧地区的利益攸关方可以减少与污染有关的疾病，最大限度地降低危险废物补救的成本，并帮助该地区的经济增长。
