"Can not a man healthy in a sick planet." This is the maximum of the Fund for the Defense of Environmental Health (FODESAM), formed by a network of people from very different fields, from journalists to scientists through doctors and environmentalists, who have united to fight against chemical pollution and promote a genuine culture of prevention of environmental diseases.

The driver of this initiative is Carlos de Prada, a prominent journalist and environmental activist whose renown has earned major awards, such as the Global 500 Award, an award granted by the United Nations Programme for Environment and National Environmental Award Environment. In recent years, Prada has decided to turn his efforts in exposing the dangers of chemical pollution, a worrying environmental problem which, however, we would talk. "We often warning of the seriousness of climate change, which is certainly an undeniable threat, but as important or more that this issue is to change the chemical balance of the biosphere that is occurring now on the planet," says Positive News journalist.

The human being has produced more than 100,000 new chemicals, synthetic, that did not exist in nature, Prada explains. "We have also released other natural substances that were not in the proportion that are now in the middle, for example, heavy metals such as mercury or lead." All this new chemical, introduced in amounts of millions of tons, can have many adverse biological effects at very low concentrations, as more and make it clearer multitude of scientific studies.

Already in 2004, leading scientists of international renown, including Nobel Prize winners were Jean Dausset, Luc Montagnier and Francois Jacob, signed the famous "Paris Appeal" document which warns that environmental chemical contamination is " the main cause of current human scourges such as cancer, infertility and congenital diseases. " These pollutants are present in food, drinking water and in a multitude of products used daily in most daily tasks (cleaning products, perfumes, cosmetics, paint, pesticides, CDs, etc.).

"For example, several studies indicate that in the U.S.. UU., One of every two men will be diagnosed with cancer throughout his life. In the case of women, one in three will also be diagnosed "stands out from Prada. Cancer is indeed one of the many diseases whose incidence is increasing dramatically by chemical pollution.

"Despite the importance of this issue, chemical pollution is now a social media presence and irrelevant. The FODESAM emerged to try to reverse this situation, "explains the journalist. To achieve intended to serve as an intermediary between scientific knowledge and population. "We try to make palatable to the public that scientific knowledge can lead to social pressure that leads to establish a true culture of prevention."

De Prada said that currently is often opt for early detection of disease, at best, and especially for the treatment of it. Prevention is in the background. "Most of the investment is going to treat the disease, but not avoided that there are sick." The website of the Fund for Environmental Health Advocacy www.fondosaludambiental.org served as a complete source of information on all these diseases linked to chemical pollution. Also made from the same campaign for a more natural lifestyle.

The promoter of this initiative FODESAM expected in the future become an influential social movement that is capable of contributing to the achievement of a healthier world. An ambitious goal will only be possible if we are able to obtain the necessary financial support and manages the involvement of an increasing number of people and organizations interested in the cause. "I appeal to all who so wish to support us as they can: by giving publicity to our initiative, promoting our website, making financial contributions or doing anything that would help us," insists the journalist, who has very clear what is at stake. "It's a subject on which mankind is at stake the future. I do not know if it will sound excessive, but they say many scientists, it is not. "

Author: Editor / Daniel Jimenez.

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