Just in case people thought artificial feeding is safe outside Africa and
Asia.....
Jacquie Nutt

 * Europe's five worst child killers *
A third of deaths of European children are down to just five causes, the
World Health Organization says.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/sci/tech/3816579.stm

(The top risks for European children: accidental death, indoor pollution
(solid fuels), outdoor pollution, unsafe water, lead)

The relevant bits:

More than two million people in WHO's European region are thought to lack
access to clean water, exposing children to a high risk of diseases linked
to diarrhoea.

"Access to safe water is the main issue," Dr Tamburlini told the BBC. "In
several countries in central and Eastern Europe we still have schools where
there is no safe water and up to 20% of households don't have access."

The report says lead is "still the single most important chemical toxicant
for children" in Europe, causing mild mental retardation in many of them.

WHO says ...one of the fundamentals of paediatrics - that children are not
simply small adults - has not normally been considered in policy-making, the
setting of standards, or legislation.

Yet children are more vulnerable than adults to several environmental
threats.

Their organs are developing rapidly, they live and play "closer to the
ground", they have a longer time for latent agents to cause damage, and they
have less control over their lives than adults.

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