ELECTRONIC WASTE PROBLEM IN DEVELOPING NATIONS: MISMANAGEMENT, HEALTH IMPLICATIONS, AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY OPPORTUNITIESdoi:10.20473/jkl.v16i1.2024.18-31Rauf, Annisa UtamiJournal of Environmental Health / Jurnal Kesehatan Lingkungan
an issue faced by both developed and developing countries of the world. Additionally, unscientific and crude disposal and recycling practices for management of E-waste have severe implications for the environment and human health resulting from release and exposure to toxic emissions and constituents. ...
Nigeria's population growth as a result of urban techno-economic development and changes in the production and consumption of materials has increased the amount of solid trash produced. The nation's existing waste management procedures are unsustainable and are putting both the environment and the eco...
To address these critical questions, we focus on the top 20 most polluted countries in the world—the nations that surpass the threshold level of PM2.5(0–5μg/m3) recommended by the WHO. The selection of the geographical context is underpinned by two compelling rationales: First, the selecte...
In doing so, this article proposes two key objectives for our nation: (1) reduce the amount of household pharmaceuticals wasted and (2) devise environmentally friendly and cost-effective ways for handling this waste once it has been generated. 展开 ...
Measuring the influence of environmental factors on health is complex. The physical design of a person’s environment, the socioeconomic structure, or even the dominant culture can all influence how an individual interacts with his or her environment and the health implications of that interaction (...
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The medical world is constantly evolving, and as medical technology changes, doctors are left with a host of new ethical issues. In a recent Sermo survey asking physicians the top medical implications they faced, the most common result was balancing patient care quality and efficiency. Ethical dil...
The 3 preconditions for WHO to declare a situation to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern25 are that it (1) is serious, sudden, unusual, or unexpected; (2) carries implications for public health beyond the affected State’s national border; and (3) may require immediate ...
I focused mostly on the adverse fiscal implications, but also warned that Obamacare would worsen the third-party payer problem that makes American healthcare needlessly expensive and inefficient. So who was right, supporters or critics? According to a new study from the Paragon Institute and the ...