scholarly journals Potential Risks of Excess Iodine Ingestion and Exposure: Statement by the American Thyroid Association Public Health Committee

Thyroid ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela M. Leung ◽  
Anca M. Avram ◽  
Alina V. Brenner ◽  
Leonidas H. Duntas ◽  
Joel Ehrenkranz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
American Thyroid Association ◽  
Excess Iodine ◽  
Health Committee ◽  
Potential Risks

scholarly journals Development of a Rapid Risk and Impact Assessment Tool to Enhance Response to Environmental Emergencies in the Early Stages of a Disaster: A Tool Developed by the European Multiple Environmental Threats Emergency NETwork (EMETNET) Project

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma-Jane Goode ◽  
Eirian Thomas ◽  
Owen Landeg ◽  
Raquel Duarte-Davidson ◽  
Lisbeth Hall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Protection Mechanism ◽  
Environmental Threats ◽  
Environmental Disasters ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
The Impact

AbstractEvery year, numerous environmental disasters and emergencies occur across the globe with far-reaching impacts on human health and the environment. The ability to rapidly assess an environmental emergency to mitigate potential risks and impacts is paramount. However, collating the necessary evidence in the early stages of an emergency to conduct a robust risk assessment is a major challenge. This article presents a methodology developed to help assess the risks and impacts during the early stages of such incidents, primarily to support the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism but also the wider global community in the response to environmental emergencies. An online rapid risk and impact assessment tool has also been developed to promote enhanced collaboration between experts who are working remotely, considering the impact of a disaster on the environment and public health in the short, medium, and long terms. The methodology developed can support the appropriate selection of experts and assets to be deployed to affected regions to ensure that potential public health and environmental risks and impacts are mitigated whenever possible. This methodology will aid defensible decision making, communication, planning, and risk management, and presents a harmonized understanding of the associated impacts of an environmental emergency.

Recent advances in transgenic arthropod technology

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.G. Kramer
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Natural Population ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Field Biology ◽  
Field Release ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Foreign Genes ◽  
Considerable Work

AbstractThe ability to insert foreign genes into arthropod genomes has led to a diverse set of potential applications for transgenic arthropods, many of which are designed to advance public health or improve agricultural production. New techniques for expressing foreign genes in arthropods have now been successfully used in at least 18 different genera. However, advances in field biology are lagging far behind those in the laboratory, and considerable work is needed before deployment in nature can be a reality. A mechanism to drive the gene of interest though a natural population must be developed and thoroughly evaluated before any field release, but progress in this area has been limited. Likewise, serious consideration of potential risks associated with deployment in nature has been lacking. This review gives an overview of the most promising techniques for expressing foreign genes in arthropods, considers the potential risks associated with their deployment, and highlights the areas of research that are most urgently needed for the field to advance out of the laboratory and into practice.

Balancing benefits and potential risks of vaccination: the precautionary principle and the law of unintended consequences

2021 ◽  
pp. bmjebm-2021-111773
Author(s):  
David Robert Grimes
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Precautionary Principle ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
The Precautionary Principle ◽  
Life Saving ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Risk And Benefit

Vaccination is a life-saving endeavour, yet risk and uncertainty are unavoidable in science and medicine. Vaccination remains contentious in the public mind, and vaccine hesitancy is a serious public health issue. This has recently been reignited in the discussion over potential side effects of COVID-19 vaccines, and the decision by several countries to suspend measures such as the AstraZeneca vaccine. In these instances, the precautionary principle has often been invoked as a rationale, yet such heuristics do not adequately weigh potential harms against real benefits. How we analyse, communicate and react to potential harms is absolutely paramount to ensure the best decisions and outcomes for societal health, and maintaining public confidence. While balancing benefits and risks is an essential undertaking, it cannot be achieved without due consideration of several other pertinent factors, especially in the context of vaccination, where misguided or exaggerated fears have in the past imperilled public health. While well meaning, over reactions to potential hazards of vaccination and other health interventions can have unintended consequences, and cause lingering damage to public trust. In this analysis, we explore the challenges of assessing risk and benefit, and the limitations of the precautionary principle in these endeavours. When risk is unclear, cautious vigilance might be a more pragmatic and useful policy than reactionary suspensions.

Report of the Public Health Committee, American Association of Orthodontists, 1960–1961

1962 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 308-310
Author(s):  
J.A. Salzmann ◽  
L.Bodine Higley ◽  
Ernest L. Johnson ◽  
Solomon J. Kessler ◽  
Oren A. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
American Association ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Committee

scholarly journals Promoting respiratory public health through epigenetics research: an ERS Environment Health Committee workshop report

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 1702410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Melén ◽  
Robert Barouki ◽  
Maeve Barry ◽  
H. Marike Boezen ◽  
Barbara Hoffmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Workshop Report ◽  
Health Committee
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