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Showing 1 to 20 of 114 for “"Environmental Risks"”.
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Assessing the environmental risks associated with contaminated sites
… method for quantifying and comparing global risks posed by the main different hazardous chemicals found in the environment. This index, called the Environmental Risk Index for a Complete Assessment (ERICA), merges in a single number the environmental assessment, the human health risk …
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Evaluating the emerging environmental risks of mycotoxins in freshwater ecosystems.
… exposures in order to perform a freshwater environmental risk assessment. The acute response was measured in various groups of freshwater organisms including macrophytes Lemna minor, microalgae Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata, rotifers Brachionus calyciflorus, insects Chironomus riparius …
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The experience of reducing environmental risks in an environmental justice community
Research on Environmental Justice (EJ) communities has focused on quantitative assessment of environmental hazards and general physical health problems. Little is known about how individuals living in EJ communities perceive their environmental risks and how they reduce environmental risks. The …
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Characterizing the potential environmental risks of South African coal processing wastes
The environmental impacts of coal processing wastes are a challenge in South Africa as large amounts of coal wastes are produced annually, pegged at 60 million tons per year according to Eberhard (2011). Whilst the fossil fuel-based industry is in decline globally, coal is likely to remain the …
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Sociopolitical challenges to the siting of facilities with perceived environmental risks
… but also pose localized safety, health and/or environmental risks. This has historically been due to not-in-my-back- yard (NIMBY) opposition on the part of more affluent neighborhoods but, more recently, can also be attributed to minority and low-income communities' pursuit of environmental …
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Management of environmental risks arising from mining operations in Kitwe and Mufulira
… job creation whereas the negative impacts are environmental degradation and human health risks. On this premise this study was carried out in order: To i) identify risks posed by mining operations to the environment and human health in Kankoyo and Nkana West, ii) determine the extent to which …
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Managing environmental risks with flexibility : case of phosphate fertilizer industry in Morocco
… develops and demonstrates, in the context of environmental uncertainties, a process to 1. Quantitatively assess the effects of uncertainties on long-term enterprise performance, 2. Open the design space of strategic planning using real options to mitigate risks and take advantage of positive …
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Environmental Risks, the Leverage of Scientific Information and Data, and Mediated Communication
… challenge of communicating knowledge about environmental risks from toxic chemicals. Modern environmental risks are often invisible and technically complex, making the management of these risks highly dependent on data and information. Reliance on risk knowledge necessitates effective …
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Interactive effects of developmental PCB exposure and relevant environmental risks on the auditory system
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are environmental contaminants that can cross the mammalian placenta and mobilize from fat stores into breast milk to affect the developing offspring. Developmental PCB exposure has been shown to cause auditory deficits that last through adulthood. We assessed the …
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Closing the loop: Assessing the viability and environmental risks of human excreta-derived fertilizers in sustainable food systems
… how HEDFs impact different facets of environmental health (e.g. crops, water and soil) and finally, considered societal benefits and public acceptance of HEDFs. We concluded that HEDFs are nutrient-rich, high potential fertilizers that can have a positive impact on the environment, but …
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The Implications of Wicked Problems for the Legitimacy of European Environmental Policy Development. The case of Environmental Risks from the Pharmaceutical Endocrine Disrupter, 17α-Ethinyl Oestradiol under the European Water Framework Directive
The issue of environmental risks from the pharmaceutical endocrine disrupter 17 alpha-ethinyl oestradiol (EE2), which is an active ingredient in the contraceptive pill, confronts government responsibilities for citizens' health with potential environmental risks from its presence in aquatic …
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Assessment and management of health and environmental risks of infrastructures and complex systems of the integrated water service [Valutazione e gestione dei rischi sanitari e ambientali delle infrastrutture e dei sistemi complessi del servizio idrico integrato]
L’impiego della metodologia di valutazione del rischio nei sistemi infrastrutturali di igiene urbana costituisce uno strumento fondamentale per l’anticipazione accurata e la mitigazione dei rischi. L’obiettivo generale di questo lavoro è valutare i rischi e le vulnerabilità dei componenti di tali …
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Climate risks, environmental regulations, and corporate environmental management
… an increased interest in studying impacts of environmental risks and opportunities on business firms. Across various strands of the literature on this topic, however, there is still sizeable theoretical and empirical ambiguity around the direction of their impacts and underlying causal …
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Climate risks, environmental regulations, and corporate environmental management
… an increased interest in studying impacts of environmental risks and opportunities on business firms. Across various strands of the literature on this topic, however, there is still sizeable theoretical and empirical ambiguity around the direction of their impacts and underlying causal …
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SCENE MATTERS: STRATEGIC USE OF SIMILARITY AND FRAMING IN NARRATIVE RISK COMMUNICATION
Human health risks and environmental risks are different and are perceived differently; health risks primarily threaten human health, whereas environmental risks threaten both human and environmental health. Nonetheless people tend to view environmental risks as impersonal, primarily threatening …
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Diretrizes para implementação e elaboração de PPRA em unidade de desparafinação a solvente
… workers is to eliminate or to control the work environmental risks. In Brazil, the legislation obliges the companies elaborate and keep a Prevention Program of Environmental Risks (PPRA), for to preserve their workers' health. This work proposes guidelines for elaboration and implementation of a …
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Risk, Language, and Power: The Nanotechnology Environmental Policy Case
… this dissertation I explore discourse around the environmental risks of nanotechnology, and through this study of nanotechnology make the case that the dominance in risk discourse of regulatory science is limiting policy debate on environmental risks, and that specific initiatives should be …
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Effect of formulation on the movement of atrazine, alachlor, and metribuzin in a coarse-textured soil
… interest in developing formulations that reduce environmental risks such as groundwater contamination. The effect of controlled release formulations and acrylic polymer additives on herbicide movement in a Plainfield sand was evaluated in field and soil column experiments. Controlled release …
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Risk, Vulnerability, and Hazards: The Industrial Canal and the Lower Ninth Ward
… the social outcomes that may be affected by the environmental risks generated by infrastructure projects; to examine the ways in which vulnerability and exposure to hazards may increase risk in neighborhoods over time; and to examine the implications of addressing the exacerbation of exposure to …
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