Introduction: Given its effects, hospital waste is an environmental concern and a threat to health personnel, users of health services and neighboring populations. Our objective was to assess the perception of
Human health depends on planetary health, and yet healthcare provision can have unintended consequences for the health of the planet. Emissions from the healthcare sector include greenhouse gases, air pollution and plastic pollution, alongside chemical contamination. Chemical pollution resulting in endocrin...
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ecological level of analysis, and lack of information on relevant confounders. With a moderate level confidence, however, we have derived some effect estimates that could be used for health impact assessment of old landfill and incineration plants. The uncertainties surrounding these numbers should ...
The current impact of climate change on human health is not well quantified, but is estimated to be relatively small compared to the impact of other stressors globally [76]. Recent studies have attributed increases in heat-related mortality in Australia [77•] and Sweden [78•] and shifts...
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Polystyrene nano- and microplastics Human breast epithelial cells Human breast cancer cells Cell migration Cancer stem cell properties Cell fusion 1. Introduction Nano- and microplastic pollution is one of the major challenges of the current age, affecting the climate, environment and human health [1...
As a result, there is great controversy over the possible health effects of waste management on the public due to differences in risk communication, risk perception and the conflicting interests of various stakeholders. Therefore, there is the need for an appropriate risk assessment that informs ...
effects of chemicals on all species in the biosphere in the definition of ecotoxicology [3]. However, in this section, we will not consider effects on man. Environmental risk assessment (ERA) shares many methodological aspects with human health risk assessment (HRA). However, there are a ...
Antibacterial activity test Infectious illnesses generated by dangerous bacteria lead to the most significant haz- ard to human health. As reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), infec- tious illnesses produced by dangerous bacteria are the world's second biggest cause of mortality. ...