Some Aspects of the Public Health Hazard Associated With the Storage or Disposal of Glasses Incorporating Highly Active Fission Product Wastes

1966 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1077-1086
Author(s):  
A. M. Freke
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Fission Product ◽  
Health Hazard ◽  
The Public ◽  
Highly Active

Prevention of Smoking

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1143-1144
Author(s):  
Henry P. Staub
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Health Hazard ◽  
American Cancer Society ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Cancer Society ◽  
The Public ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Younger Generation

In the Newsletter of January 1, 1968, the American Academy of Pediatrics reported that the executive board strongly endorsed time American Cancer Society's anti-smoking resolution. Personally, I cannot agree with the approach of the resolution to the public health hazard of smoking. If the American Academy of Pediatrics (or for that matter, the American Cancer Society) wanted to back effective measures, an entirely different type of resolution would have been adopted, one that would have put the emphasis On reaciling the younger generation.

scholarly journals Electronic cigarettes: an aid in smoking cessation, or a new health hazard?

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 175346581774496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Farsalinos
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Electronic Cigarettes ◽  
Health Hazard ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Smoking Reduction ◽  
The Public ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Patterns Of Use ◽  
Health Community ◽  
Never Smokers

The issue of electronic cigarettes is one of the most controversial topics in public health. There is intense debate and dividing opinions about their use patterns, health effects and association with smoking. This is expected since they were only recently introduced to the market and they refer to a harm-reduction approach and strategy that is not universally accepted for smoking and tobacco use in the public health community. Three main factors determine the public health impact of electronic cigarettes: (1) their safety/risk profile, both relative to smoking and in absolute terms; (2) their effectiveness for smoking reduction and cessation; (3) the patterns of use by different population subgroups, especially never-smokers, and adoption of use by youth. This analysis presents a brief overview of currently available evidence and gaps in research covering these three factors.

scholarly journals Overview of Pharmaceutical Disposal Methods: Addressed to the General Assembly of Illinois

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kavitha Chintam ◽  
Olivia Williams Barber ◽  
Suyog Padgaonkar
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Health Hazard ◽  
Pharmaceutical Compounds ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Financial Difficulty ◽  
The Public ◽  
Take Back ◽  
Proper Disposal

Drug donation programs increase medication availability and encourage proper pharmaceutical disposal. Proper disposal decreases the potential human and environmental risk posed by the presence of pharmaceutical compounds in water bodies. Furthermore, the public health hazard of drug abuse is mitigated due to the decreased availability of drugs. The preferred pharmaceutical disposal method is through drug take-back programs, in which medications are returned to local pharmacies, law enforcement, or other responsible agencies. Take-back programs can also involve medication donation, and states such as Oklahoma and Iowa have programs to fill prescriptions for people who would otherwise have financial difficulty. Because the state of Illinois currently does not have an enacted law for the donation and reuse of medication, we propose that Illinois enact clearer laws regarding pharmaceutical disposal and take-back programs.

scholarly journals Surface microbiology of the electronic menu in 
all-you-can-eat sushi restaurants in Toronto, Ontario

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Destiny Lam ◽  
Melissa Moos ◽  
Richard Meldrum
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Health Hazard ◽  
Total Coliforms ◽  
The Public ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Peptone Water ◽  
Preliminary Study

The use of electronic menus within the food industry is rapidly expanding. Currently, the role of electronic menus as a vehicle for pathogens has not been explored within the restaurant setting. This preliminary study was conducted to assess the hygienic cleanliness of electronic menus and identify if their use in all-you-can-eat (AYCE) sushi restaurants may pose a public health hazard. Five AYCE sushi restaurants in Toronto, Ontario, with electronic menus were randomly selected and were visited twice by the researcher and a public health inspector. A total of 30 electronic menus were sampled using 3M hydrated sponges with buffered peptone water broth and tested for E. coli and total coliforms. All electronic menus tested negative for E. coli although four electronic menus showed presence of total coliforms. The findings from this study suggest the current use of tablets as electronic menus in AYCE sushi restaurants may be less threatening to the safety of the public than previously thought. However, it is important for restaurants to be aware of the potential for electronic menus to serve as a fomite, and proper sanitation procedures should be monitored and enforced to maintain cleanliness.

scholarly journals Public Health in a Radioactive Age: Environmental Pollution, Popular Therapies, and Narratives of Danger in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949–1970

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-64
Author(s):  
Caitlin E. Murdock
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Federal Republic ◽  
Health Hazard ◽  
Nuclear Radiation ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Aid ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
The 1960S

AbstractIn the 1950s and 1960s, West German citizens found themselves living in a “radioactive age.” The public learned that radiation exposure pervaded postwar society, not only from atomic testing but also from medical treatment, workplace exposures, and radium consumer goods. By 1970, West Germans—ranging from farmers and housewives, to physicians, scientists, and bureaucrats—had recast nuclear radiation from a technological wonder or health aid into a public health hazard. This article illustrates that anxieties about uncontrollable technology, ineffective institutions, disingenuous political leaders, and volatile citizens persisted from the 1950s to the 1970s, coexisting with optimism and progress, without truly subsiding in the 1960s, as historians often suggest. Further, it advocates taking those fears seriously, showing that they played a critical—and lasting—role in shaping public policy and state-society relations in the early Federal Republic.

scholarly journals The public health hazard of bat rabies

2003 ◽  
Vol 7 (17) ◽  
Author(s):  
W van der Poel ◽  
E R A M Verstraten ◽  
J H Kramps ◽  
P HC Lina ◽  
R van der Heide
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Hazard ◽  
Lower Lip ◽  
The Public ◽  
Myotis Daubentonii ◽  
Bat Rabies

The European bat lyssaviruses (EBLVs) are not easily transmitted from bats to other species, but such incidents have occurred rarely. In humans EBLV infection can be fatal, and to date, worldwide, four such cases have been reported (1). The most recent was in November 2002, when a 56 year old bat worker in Scotland died of an EBLV2 infection, about six months after he had been bitten by a Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) (2). Other cases were a 15 year old girl in Ukraine in 1977, who died five weeks after she had been bitten on her finger by a bat. In Russia in 1985 an 11 year old girl died four weeks after a bat bite on her lower lip. Both girls were infected with EBLV1. In the same year as the Russian case, a 30 year old bat researcher in Finland died of rabies caused by EBLV2 (3). In both this case and the Scottish case, it has not been definitely determined when the fatal bites took place.

scholarly journals Utilization of the Public Health Ordinance to prevent nosocomial spread in a case of acute measles-associated psychosis

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Stein-Zamir ◽  
Nitza Abramson ◽  
Hagit Sonnenfeld-Alroey ◽  
Jacob Charnes ◽  
Dana Eckstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Hazard ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Exceptional Case ◽  
Psychotic Episode ◽  
Public Health Approach ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Enforcement ◽  
Extreme Measure ◽  
Health Laws

AbstractMeasles is a highly contagious disease. A 24 years old patient, recently exposed to measles (unvaccinated), presented in the emergency department with severe agitation, compatible with an acute psychotic episode, during the measles epidemic which spread in Israel in 2018–2019. Upon hospital admission, strict isolation was instructed, yet, without compliance, probably due to the patient’s status. Measles diagnosis was promptly confirmed. As measles transmission was eminent, public health measures were employed through immediate implementation of the section 15 of the Public Health Ordinance, allowing for compulsory short-term isolation. The patient’s condition improved within a few days and the measures were no longer necessary. This measles case occurred in the pre-Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic when use of a Public Health Ordinance was considered an extreme measure. This is in contrast to the current global use of Public Health laws to enforce strict quarantine and isolation on persons infected or potentially exposed to COVID-19. Nevertheless, minimizing infectious diseases transmission is a core function of public health law. Utilizing legal enforcement in circumstances of immediate public health hazard, such as nosocomial measles transmission, necessitates careful consideration. The integrative clinical and public health approach and prompt measures employed in this exceptional case, led to prevention of further infection spread.

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