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„The impact of geological environment on healthstatus of residents of the Slovak Republic/Geohealth“

PROJECT LOCATION: Slovak RepublicBUDGET INFO:

Total amount: 418 112 €% EU Co-funding: 49.57

PROJECT’S IMPLEMENTORS: Coordinating Beneficiary: ŠGÚDŠ- State Geological Institute of Dionyz Stur

(Geological Survey)

Associated Beneficiary(ies): non

DURATION: Start: 01/09/2011 - End: 31/08/2015

PROJECT TITLE/ACRONYM:

Stanislav Rapant, project manager Logo(s)

BACKGROUND and AIMS:• chemical elements emitted from geological bedrock (geochemical background) have positive or negative influence on the health status of residents of the Slovak Republic (deficit or excess of chemical elements that are necessary or toxic for human health),•the identification and analysis of the impact of geological environment on human health of Slovak resident population is the main AIM of the project.

MAIN EU POLICY(IES) TARGETED:• according to the „European Environment & Health Action Plan 2004 – 2010“, it is necessary to compile datasets of environmental health indicators and to elaborate the methodology of the mutual assessment of sources of pollutants and their health effects. • in our project, we are going to elaborate the impact of geological factors (environmental indicators) on human health (health indicators) and propose the way of their mutual linking (artificial intelligence – neural networks),• relationships derived for the territory of the Slovak Republic will have general relevance and value for the whole EU.LIFE10 Kick-off Meeting,

21 November 2011, Warsaw, POLAND

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MAIN ACTIVITIES:• compilation of datasets of environmental and health indicators for every single municipality of the Slovak Republic (2900 municipalities),• linking the environmental and health indicators and assessment of their inter-relationship (through neural network),•identification and characterization of the areas whose residents suffer from health problems associated with unfavourable geological environment,• composition of proposal to reduce the negative environmental impact of geological environment on health status of Slovak population, • implementation of the proposed measures.

EXPECTED RESULTS:Improvement of health status of residents of the Slovak Republic

LIFE10 Kick-off Meeting, 21 November 2011, Warsaw, POLAND

CAUSEunfavorablegeological

environment

EFFECTinfluence onhealth status

MEASURESproposal of measures

for reduction ofnegative health impacts on

residents

IMPLEMENTATION

measures into practice,

active education