"The National Action Plan on Environment and Health (2007-2015) is intended to control the influence of environmental factors on the human body," vice-minister of Health, Chen Xiaohong, was quoted as saying. Chen added it would "reduce environment-related diseases to safeguard the health of the public."
Environmental degradation in China has become a major factor affecting human health, said the report, which mentioned the parasitic disease schistosomiasis [link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schistosomiasis] as a particular problem.
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