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Emergency Response Decisions in the Planning Process — Predetermined Conditions for Predetermined Actions * , **
Published in Kenneth L. Miller, Handbook of Management of Radiation Protection Programs, 2020
Within 48—72 hours, contaminated land areas can be identified by ground and aerial surveillance. Only those farmers in contaminated land areas would be required to keep their cattle on stored feed. This obviously reduces the possibility of fluid milk contamination … “The parenthetical words were added by this author.
A world mortgaged to war
Published in Théodore H MacDonald, Removing the Barriers to Global Health Equity, 2018
Another key aspect of the Forum’s work is to advise on, and help to implement, programmes that mitigate the accident’s impact. For example, this could include: Remediation of contaminated landSpecial healthcare of the affected populationMonitoring long-term human exposure to radiationEnvironmental aspects of decommissioning the Chernobyl nuclear reactor and the shelters erected for the clean-up crewsAddressing environmental issues related to radioactive waste from the accident.
Outdoor Emissions
Published in William J. Rea, Kalpana D. Patel, Reversibility of Chronic Disease and Hypersensitivity, Volume 4, 2017
William J. Rea, Kalpana D. Patel
In the United States, as of 2008, 1581 sites (final and deleted) were on the Superfund program's National Priorities List and 3746 facilities are expected to need cleanup under the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Numerous other sites are under local or state jurisdiction, and so the full extent of contaminated land is unknown. In Canada, about one-quarter of the 17,866 contaminated sites under federal responsibility are on native reserves, placing an additional burden on populations already vulnerable to environmental threats because of socioeconomic factors or geography. In Mexico, the federal government has identified 300 contaminated sites covering 200,000 ha. The location of polluting industries, landfills, and other waste management sites also raises questions of environmental justice.
Evolution of Federalism in Environmental Health: Federal, State, and Local Government Control
Published in Journal of Legal Medicine, 2020
Jennifer R. Black, Matthew Penn, Laurel Berman
Environmental health practitioners work in federal agencies, such as CDC, Indian Health Services, ATSDR, and EPA, and in the private sector. They also work in state and local health agencies and in health care settings. Environmental health practitioners can maximize and leverage their impact through memberships in health organizations that support, educate, and credential environmental health professionals to ensure that they can do their jobs effectively. Examples of such organizations include the National Environmental Health Association,207 American Industrial Hygiene Association,208 and National Association of County and City Health Officials.209 With often limited budgets, environmental health professionals can form multisector partnerships, such as the Brownfields & Reuse Opportunity Working Network, a coalition that serves to share technical assistance and best practices at all levels of government and with each other and with communities.210 The diverse Brownfields & Reuse Opportunity Working Network member roles include community engagement specialists, health educators, environmental regulators, environmental health professionals, planners, private sector consultants, and many others engaged in community revitalization and land reuse. They bring a variety of skills, resources, and knowledge to the partnership that can be leveraged at no cost into community projects to safely reuse potentially contaminated land while improving community health for the long term.
Radiological risk assessment of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (HPNS)
Published in Critical Reviews in Toxicology, 2022
Dennis J. Paustenbach, Robert D. Gibbons
Use of the UCL, rather than the average value, is not standard practice for estimating risk. This approach was used to ensure that the true incremental cancer risk would not be underestimated. Parcel/site risks were then weighted to account for the proportion of contaminated land (by surface area) within the parcel/site by calculating the ratio of the contaminated area (“survey area”) of the parcel/site to the total parcel/site area. The risk for the entire remediated site was then estimated by adding the weighted risks across all parcels/sites.