Risk Assessment in the Policy-Making Process: Environmental Health and Safety Protection

1983 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 137 ◽  
Author(s):  
James L. Regens ◽  
Thomas M. Dietz ◽  
Robert W. Rycroft
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Environmental Health And Safety ◽  
Policy Making Process ◽  
Safety Protection

scholarly journals Assessing and managing the risks of COVID-19 in the workplace: Applying industrial hygiene (IH)/occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS) frameworks

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 607-618
Author(s):  
Rachel E Zisook ◽  
Andrew Monnot ◽  
Justine Parker ◽  
Shannon Gaffney ◽  
Scott Dotson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Industrial Hygiene ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment ◽  
Environmental Health And Safety ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Occupational Infection

As businesses attempt to reopen to varying degrees amid the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, industrial hygiene (IH) and occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS) professionals have been challenged with assessing and managing the risks of COVID-19 in the workplace. In general, the available IH/OEHS tools were designed to control hazards originating in the workplace; however, attempts to tailor them specifically to the control of infectious disease outbreaks have been limited. This analysis evaluated the IH decision-making framework (Anticipate, Recognize, Evaluate, Control, and Confirm (“ARECC”)) as it relates to biological hazards, in general, and to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), specifically. Available IH/OEHS risk assessment and risk management tools (e.g. control banding and the hierarchy of controls) are important components of the ARECC framework. These conceptual models, however, were primarily developed for controlling chemical hazards and must be adapted to the unique characteristics of highly infectious and virulent pathogens, such as SARS-CoV-2. This assessment provides an overview of the key considerations for developing occupational infection control plans, selecting the best available controls, and applying other emerging tools (e.g. quantitative microbial risk assessment), with the ultimate goal of facilitating risk management decisions during the current global pandemic.

scholarly journals Are nanomaterials really safe?

JMS SKIMS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-76
Author(s):  
Farooq A Shiekh ◽  
Mohammad Uzair Lodhi ◽  
Syed Douhath Yousuf ◽  
Taha A Qureshi ◽  
Syed Mudassar
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Vantage Point ◽  
Environmental Health And Safety ◽  
Novel Materials ◽  
The World ◽  
Risk Assessment And Management

Nanotechnology is not but many nanoscale technologies with powerful engineering to control nanomaterials or matter-building atom-by-atom is gaining speed and focus. Although, the organization and creation of nanotechnology products or materials is not random, unfortunately a little is done about the mechanisms or rules that govern its assembly and toxicity. As a result, environmental health and safety agencies around the world continue to grapple with how best to regulate these novel materials. Taken together, the focus must be directed towards approaches and sophisticated tools for risk assessment and management. This review article continues the debate and offers a unique view perspective from the vantage point of a nanotechnologist. JMS 2018: 21 (2):72-76

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