WEFE SENEGAL: ATELIER TECHNIQUE - Systèmes de gestion des données sur la qualité de l'eau: Mises-a-Jour et Sessions pratiques
WEFE SENEGAL: ATELIER TECHNIQUE - Systèmes de gestion des données sur la qualité de l'eau: Mises-a-Jour et Sessions pratiques
WEFE SENEGAL: ATELIER TECHNIQUE - Systèmes de gestion des données sur la qualité de l'eau: Mises-a-Jour et Sessions pratiques
Emerging contaminants in water: Regulation in Mexico, precautionary principle and comparative perspective
This paper analyzes the status of legal regulation of emerging contaminants in water sources in Mexico. To this end, its relevance is debated in the context of the constitutional obligations assumed regarding the human right to water and sanitation (HRWS). The international instruments are reviewed and a brief general balance is prepared that allows us to reflect on the legal vacuum of this topic in Mexico. Emerging contaminants are shown to be substances of diverse origin and chemical nature, the presence of which in the environment is not considered significant due to their distribution and concentration, so they go unnoticed. However, due to the increase in their detection, the potential ecological impact and the risks they pose to human health, they have received recent attention in academic analysis, official studies and water quality policies. It is proposed, from the perspective of comparative law and under the precautionary principle approach, a scheme of national normative regulation, for that purpose, a comparative analysis is carried out with the Chilean and European legal frameworks. It is concluded that the absence of devices that regulate emerging contaminants hinders compliance with HRWS, especially that which refers to two central aspects: adequate sanitation and the supply of quality water for domestic consumption.
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Funding crisis threatens Africa’s fight against neglected tropical diseases
Gaborone – With chronic underfunding threatening Africa’s fight to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases, health officials and donors meeting for the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa have called for increased investments to end the neglected illnesses that affect nearly 400 million people in the region.
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Water Week 2018
WATER WEEK 2018 - LATINOAMERICA
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27 y 28 de Marzo 2018 // Santiago , Chile
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Call for Expression of Interest for the AU/NEPAD Central and Eastern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence (CEANWATCE).
Launched by NEPAD on 1st Februray, the Call for Expression of Interest for Universities and Research Institutions in Water Sciences to constitute and become members of the AU/NEPAD Central and Eastern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence (AU/NEPAD CEANWATCE), is expected to receive Application until next 28th February 2017.