«Infertility is becoming a
significant public
health issue because of unexpected
adverse effects on the
health and quality of life and heavy expenditures
on the
health system,» said Dr. Jin - Young Min, the study's co-author.
Recalling the concern reflected in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference
on Sustainable Development, entitled «The future we want», 1 that the
health of oceans and marine biodiversity are negatively affected by marine pollution, including marine debris, especially plastic, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and nitrogen - based compounds, from numerous marine and land - based sources, and the commitment to take action to significantly reduce the incidence and impacts of such pollution
on marine ecosystems, Noting the international action being taken to promote the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle and waste in ways that lead to the prevention and minimization of
significant adverse effects on human
health and the environment, Recalling the Manila Declaration
on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities adopted by the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting
on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership
on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention
on Biological Diversity
on addressing the impacts of marine debris
on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have
on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human
health; 1.
Compelling challenges include (1) the need for more extensive training for all
health professionals
on the
adverse effects of excessive stress
on the developing brain, as well as
on the cardiovascular, immune, and metabolic regulatory systems (the technical report23 is a start); (2) the
significant constraints
on existing, office - based approaches to fully address the new morbidities effectively; (3) the relatively limited availability of evidence - based strategies, within the medical home and across the full array of existing early childhood service systems, that have been shown to reduce sources of toxic stress in the lives of young children or mitigate their
adverse consequences35; and (4) the financial difficulties associated with the incorporation of evidence - based developmental strategies into the pediatric medical home.