'Iraq Water Treatment Vulnerabilities': a challenge to public health ethics.
A formerly classified US document, 'Iraq Water Treatment Vulnerabilities,' provides evidence that ill health was knowingly induced in the population of Iraq through the ruination of that country's water purification system. We believe that the uncovering of this document should stimulate the public health community to clarify principles of public health ethics and to formulate statements giving voice to these principles. We propose here two statements, one dealing with the broad issue of public health ethics and international relations, and one dealing specifically with public health ethics and water purification.
MacQueen
Graeme
G
Centre for Peace Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. macqueen@mcmaster.ca
Nagy
Thomas
T
Santa Barbara
Joanna
J
Raichle
Claudia
C
D000534:Alum Compounds / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002713:Chlorine / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006079:Government Publications as Topic; D049673:History, 20th Century; D045809:Human Rights Abuses / Q000941:ethics / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D007493:Iraq / Q000453:epidemiology; D008877:Middle East; D028681:Moral Obligations; D015980:Public Health Practice / Q000941:ethics*; D014481:United States; D037041:United States Government Agencies; D014857:Warfare / Q000941:ethics*; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics* / Q000266:history; D018508:Water Purification / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*
D000534:Alum Compounds; C041524:aluminum sulfate; D002713:Chlorine