מדע וערכים – הבסיס למדיניות סיכונים לאומית באיכות הסביבה ובבריאות הציבור Science and Values – the base for national risk policy in Environmental protection and Public health

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arye Vanger
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Science And Values ◽  
Risk Policy

Anatase porous titania nanosheets for resonant-gravimetric detection of ppb-level NO2 at room-temperature

The Analyst ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jialin Yang ◽  
Ding Wang ◽  
Ming Li ◽  
Haitao Yu ◽  
Pengcheng Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Trace Level ◽  
Porous Titania

The trace-level detection to harmful NO2 gas at room-temperature is very important for environmental protection and public health. This paper reports the resonant-gravimetric detection of ppb-level NO2 at room-temperature using...

scholarly journals Recent advances on the removal of dyes from wastewater using various adsorbents: A critical review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soumi Dutta ◽  
Bramha Gupta ◽  
suneel Kumar srivastava ◽  
Ashok Kumar Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Dye Wastewater ◽  
Recent Advances

The rapid increase of toxic dye wastewater generated from various industries remains a severe public health problem and of prime environmental protection concern. Therefore, it has imposed a major challenge...

DEVELOPING A GIS-BASED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (04) ◽  
pp. 503-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHUNFU HU ◽  
JIANPENG ZHOU
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Information Management System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Treatment Facilities

On-site wastewater treatment facilities (WWTFs) collect, treat, and dispose wastewater from dwellings that are not connected to municipal wastewater collection and treatment systems. They serve about 25% of the total population in the United States from an estimated 26 million homes, businesses, and recreational facilities nationwide. There is currently no adequate coordinated information management system for on-site WWTFs. Given the increasing concern about environmental contamination and its effect on public health, it is necessary to provide a more adequate management tool for on-site WWTFs information. This paper presents the development of an integrated, GIS-based, on-site wastewater information management system, which includes three components: (1) a mobile GIS for field data collection; (2) a World Wide Web (WWW) interface for electronic submission of individual WWTF information to a centralized GIS database in a state department of public health or state environmental protection agency; and (3) a GIS for the display and management of on-site WWTFs information, along with other spatial information such as land use, soil types, streams, and topography. It is anticipated that this GIS-based on-site wastewater information management system will provide environmental protection agencies and public health organizations with a spatial framework for managing on-site WWTFs and assessing the risks related to surface discharges.

Beyond the Boundary Between Science and Values: re-evaluating the moral dimension of the nurse’s role in cot death prevention

2002 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klasien Horstman ◽  
Engeline van Rens-Leenaarts
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Public Health Nurses ◽  
The Public ◽  
Cot Death ◽  
Science And Values ◽  
Rules And Principles ◽  
Standards And Guidelines ◽  
Prone Sleeping ◽  
Health Nursing

This article combines a philosophical critique of the idea that public health nurses are primary technicians who neutrally hand over scientifically established facts on risks to the public and an empirical analysis of the actual work of public health nurses. It is argued that the relationship between facts and values in public health is complex and that, despite the introduction of several scientifically-based standards and guidelines, public health nurses are not technicians. They do moral work and experience ethical dilemmas. To get a grip on the specific character of this moral work, we distance ourselves from the idea that there are ethical dilemmas in public health nursing for which we can provide general ethical rules and principles. Instead we suggest a contextual ethical approach, in which several different kinds of consideration may be important. To illustrate this, we analysed 15 in-depth interviews with nurses involved in the prevention of cot deaths in the Netherlands. It is shown that these nurses do not neutrally pass on the epidemiological facts on the risks of prone sleeping, warm bedclothes and passive smoking, but they are the moral architects of this preventive practice. It is also shown that this moral work and the ethical dilemmas they experience cannot be characterized in terms of general ethical rules and principles. It becomes clear that the moral work of nurses differs according to the three main risks at stake: the balance between virtue, risk taking and responsibility depends on the specific context.

scholarly journals “Lixo”, Limpeza Urbana e Educação Ambiental na Implantação da Coleta Seletiva de Lixo em Porto Alegre

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (55) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilson José Ferreira de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Garbage Collection ◽  
Porto Alegre ◽  
Government Action ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Collection Program

Resumo: Esse artigo analisa o processo de gênese da noção de proteção ambiental como uma das principais diretrizes da ação governamental na administração e gestão dos resíduos sólidos. Tomando como referencial empírico a implantação do programa de Coleta Seletiva em Porto Alegre em 1992, tratou-se de demonstrar que a utilização do referencial ambientalista esteve associado a uma multiplicidade de definições, resultando na agregação de organizações e interesses bastante diversificados na condução deste programa. Tais resultados evidenciam as relações entre os referenciais das políticas públicas e as características próprias do modo de organização e de funcionamento das instituições adminsitrativas e burocráticas. Palavras-chaves: práticas estatais; políticas públicas; proteção ambiental; resíduos sólidos “TRASH”, PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  Abstract: This article analyzes the genesis of the notion of environmental protection as a reference for government action in the administration and management of solid waste. Based on the implementation of the Selective Garbage Collection program in Porto Alegre in 1992, we demonstrated that the use of the environmental framework was associated with a multiplicity of definitions, resulting in the aggregation of diverse organizations and interests in the leading of this program. Such results show the relationship between public policy references and the dynamics of organization and functioning of administrative and bureaucratic institutions.Keywords: state practices; public policy; environmental protection; solid waste

scholarly journals Sampling and analyses of polychlorinated dibenzo dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzo furans (PCDFs) emissions in South Africa: A practitioner’s guide

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-32
Author(s):  
D.L. Posthumus ◽  
G.B. Woollatt
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
The United States ◽  
Protection Agency ◽  
Draft Report ◽  
Limit Values ◽  
The Impact

Dioxins and furans are toxic chemicals. A draft report released for public comment in September 1994 by the US Environmental Protection Agency clearly describes dioxin as a serious public health threat. The public health impact of dioxins may rival the impact that dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) had on public health in the 1960’s. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency(USEPA) report, not only does there appear to be no “safe” level of exposure to dioxin, but levels of dioxin and dioxin-like chemicals have been found in the general US population that are “at or near levels associated with adverse health effects.”  With this in mind the purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the current dioxin and furan emissions from industry in South Africa, in terms of compliance with the relevant emission limit values (ELVs) and the current challenges faced with the monitoring and analysis thereof.

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