scholarly journals Batavia Residents' Knowledge and Perception of the Potential Health and Environmental Risks of an Upstream Cyanide Spill from Gold Mining

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 30-30
Author(s):  
Bonita Bernard ◽  
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Shanomae Rose ◽  
Cecil Boston ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gold Mining ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Potential Health

Potential health effects of cyanide use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Burkina Faso

2020 ◽  
Vol 252 ◽  
pp. 119689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid M. Knoblauch ◽  
Andrea Farnham ◽  
Joël Ouoba ◽  
Jessica Zanetti ◽  
Stefanie Müller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Gold Mining ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Potential Health

scholarly journals Diseases due to unhealthy environments: an updated estimate of the global burden of disease attributable to environmental determinants of health

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 464-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Prüss-Ustün ◽  
J. Wolf ◽  
C. Corvalán ◽  
T. Neville ◽  
R. Bos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Burden Of Disease ◽  
Disease Burden ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Global Burden Of Disease ◽  
Intersectoral Collaboration ◽  
Global Burden ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Life Years ◽  
Comparative Risk ◽  
Global Disease Burden

Abstract Background The update of the global burden of disease attributable to the environment is presented. The study focuses on modifiable risks to show the potential health impact from environmental interventions. Methods Systematic literature reviews on 133 diseases and injuries were performed. Comparative risk assessments were complemented by more limited epidemiological estimates, expert opinion and information on disease transmission pathways. Population attributable fractions were used to calculate global deaths and global disease burden from environmental risks. Results Twenty-three percent (95% CI: 13–34%) of global deaths and 22% (95% CI: 13–32%) of global disability adjusted life years (DALYs) were attributable to environmental risks in 2012. Sixty-eight percent of deaths and 56% of DALYs could be estimated with comparative risk assessment methods. The global disease burden attributable to the environment is now dominated by noncommunicable diseases. Susceptible ages are children under five and adults between 50 and 75 years. Country level data are presented. Conclusions Nearly a quarter of global disease burden could be prevented by reducing environmental risks. This analysis confirms that eliminating hazards and reducing environmental risks will greatly benefit our health, will contribute to attaining the recently agreed Sustainable Development Goals and will systematically require intersectoral collaboration to be successful.

Potential Health and Environmental Risks Associated with Onsite Greywater Reuse: A Review

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 212-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya Benami ◽  
Osnat Gillor ◽  
Amit Gross
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Greywater Reuse

ARSENIC IN THE GOLD MINING AREAS OF NORTHERN TANZANIA AND POTENTIAL HEALTH IMPACTS

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prosun Bhattacharya ◽  
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Julian Ijumulana ◽  
Fanuel J. Ligate ◽  
Regina Irunde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gold Mining ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Mining Areas ◽  
Northern Tanzania

Health Effects of the Alkylbenzenes. II. Ylenes

1989 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence K. Low ◽  
J. Ralph Meeks ◽  
Carl R. Mackerer
Keyword(s):  
Health Effects ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Petroleum Products ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Membered Ring ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Boiling Points ◽  
Alkyl Groups ◽  
Fuel Evaporation

The alkylbenzenes are a class of six-membered ring aromatic compounds that have a variety of alkyl groups attached. These chemicals are liquids with relatively low boiling points used primarily as solvents or as starting materials in the synthesis of other chemicals and drugs. They are integral components of gasoline, distillate fuels and other petroleum products and are economically important in the chemical, petroleum, pharmaceutical, polymer, paint and dye industries. Alkylbenzenes such as toluene, the xylenes, ethylbenzene, styrene and cumene are produced and utilized in large quantities and therefore, present the possibility of exposure to humans and to wildlife. Fortunately, the toxicity of alkylbenzenes has been found to be rather low and therefore, the human and environmental risks are probably low. In modern industrial activities, exposures to the alkylbenzenes are minimized by workplace controls or personal protective equipment which meet guidelines for maximum allowable exposure concentrations that have been established for the workplace. Nevertheless, considerable quantities of alkylbenzenes are released to the environment each year through solvent and fuel evaporation, accidental spills and misuse, and considerable toxicological infonnationfor these materials has appeared in the recent literature. This present paper, the second in a series reviewing the potential health effects of alkylbenzenes, covers the toxicology and disposition of the dimethyl-substituted benzenes (the .xylenes) in animals and man.

Cyanidation of mercury-rich tailings in artisanal and small-scale gold mining: identifying strategies to manage environmental risks in Southern Ecuador

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 1125-1133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricio C. Velásquez-López ◽  
Marcelo M. Veiga ◽  
Bern Klein ◽  
Janis A. Shandro ◽  
Ken Hall
Keyword(s):  
Gold Mining ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Southern Ecuador

scholarly journals Potential Health and Environmental Risks of Three-Dimensional Engineered Polymers

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia de Almeida Monteiro Melo Ferraz ◽  
Heiko H. W. Henning ◽  
Pedro Ferreira da Costa ◽  
Jos Malda ◽  
Séverine Le Gac ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Potential Health

scholarly journals Identifying Drivers of Genetically Modified Seafood Demand: Evidence from a Choice Experiment

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 3934
Author(s):  
Michael J. Weir ◽  
Thomas W. Sproul
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Choice ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Ambiguity Aversion ◽  
Mixed Logit ◽  
The United States ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Subjective Knowledge ◽  
Gm Technology

The aquaculture industry has expanded to fill the gap between plateauing wild seafood supply and growing consumer seafood demand. The use of genetic modification (GM) technology has been proposed to address sustainability concerns associated with current aquaculture practices, but GM seafood has proved controversial among both industry stakeholders and producers, especially with forthcoming GM disclosure requirements for food products in the United States. We conduct a choice experiment eliciting willingness-to-pay for salmon fillets with varying characteristics, including GM technology and GM feed. We then develop a predictive model of consumer choice using LASSO (least absolute shrinkage and selection operator)-regularization applied to a mixed logit, incorporating risk perception, ambiguity preference, and other behavioral measures as potential predictors. Our findings show that health and environmental risk perceptions, confidence and concern about potential health and environmental risks, subjective knowledge, and ambiguity aversion in the domain of GM foods are all significant predictors of salmon fillet choice. These results have important implications for marketing of foods utilizing novel food technologies. In particular, people familiar with GM technology are more likely to be open to consuming GM seafood or GM-fed seafood, and effective information interventions for consumers will include details about health and environmental risks associated with GM seafood.

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