Impact on human health

Decommissioning is often a complex and risky operation. The five key considerations are the potential impact on the environment, potential impact on human health and safety, technical feasibility, costs of the plan, and public acceptability. 

The value 0.064 for CO2 given in Table 15.2 represents the sum of all impacts on human health, biodiversity, etc. 

Pigment Stability, Bioavailability, and Impacts on Human Health... 

Khachik, F., L. Carvalho, P. S. Bernstein et al. 2002. Chemistry, distribution, and metabolism of tomato carotenoids and their impact on human health. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 227(10) 845-851. 

The impact to stressor approach is used when an impact has been observed but the stressor causing the impact is unknown. This approach is often used when studying impacts on human health, for example within the field of epidemiology. This approach is the backwards version of the stressor to impact approach. Here, the impact is known. Here, the stressor is identified by studying the affected organisms, for example their daily routines, their food intake or by sampling their surrounding environment for possible stressors. 

Genetically engineered traits are being introduced into new crops (e.g. alfalfa and strawberries) and new GM events (traits), which may have a greater impact on human health (e.g. pharmaceutical traits) and the environment (e.g. drought tolerance and plant made industrial products) are being developed. 

Robles-Sanchez M, Gorinstein S, Martin-Belloso O, Astiazaran-Garcia H, Gonzalez-Aguilar GA and Cruz-Valenzuela R. 2007. Minimal processing of tropical fruits antioxidant potential and its impact on human health. Intersciencia 32(4) 227-232. 

The second possibility to measure poor air quality is the detection of volatile organic compounds (VOC), but the number of different VOCs in room air is high, and often their impact on human health or comfort is not known. Additionally, the inconvenience caused by VOC s and smell is difficult to measure because it depends on human rating. 

Lathers CM (2002) Endocrine disruptors a new scientific role for clinical pharmacologists Impact on human health, wildlife, and the environment. J Clin Pharmacol 2 7... 

One of the primary consequences of any disaster is its adverse impact on human health and welfare. In order to effectively and efficiently prepare for and respond to possible incidents, public health and medical officials at all levels of government must be prepared to address sudden and unexpected demands for services that may exceed readily available resources. Conduct and support research and investigations into the cause, treatment, or prevention of a disease or disorders. 

The correlation coefficients of heavy metal concentrations between rice and soils for 146 samples are Cd 0.932, Cr 0.172, Cu 0.181, Hg 0.276, Ni 0.410, Se 0.178 and Zn 0.264 respectively, which indicates a fairly good relationship between these elements. As the accumulation of Cd, Cu, Se and Zn in soils increased, the concentrations of the rice also increased. Although the concentrations of these elements in rice are much lower than the safety threshold value in most samples and have no immediate impact on human health, the increase of soil concentration of heavy metals will eventually enhance risk through rice uptake in the food chain. Therefore diminishing the input of heavy metals to soil is urgent to maintaining long-term soil cultivation suitability. 

Brandt K, Christensen LP, Hansen-M0ller J, Hansen SL, Haraldsdottir J, Jespersen L, Purup S, Kharazmi A, Barkholt V, Frpkiaer H, Kobaek-Larsen M (2004) A systematic approach for identifying plant components with impact on human health. Trends Food Sci Technol 15 384-393... 

Impacts on human health and environmental quality Participants pointed out that although many studies are being undertaken, there is still little comprehensive understanding of levels of exposures and the impact of such exposures on human health or the specific effects of POPs on ecosystems in China. 

Unique aspects of veterinary compounding compared to compounding for human patients include the potential impact on human health of compounded veterinary products in food animals, and variability in animal response and size. 

The discovery of insulin is one of the great stories in human medical history. I think it is well worthwhile to provide a brief account of the discovery of this hormone and its impact on human health before we proceed with our story about proteins in general. 

Impact on human health is a common theme used by authors to justify the importance of their research. This theme also appears in the Introduction section of the chromium article. As illustrated in P8, the authors first highlight the well-documented health risks of hexavalent chromium (Cr ) and then indicate why it is also Important to study trlvalent chromium (Cr ). 

Plant-made biopharmaceuticals could potentially have an impact on human health. Several concerns are described here. 

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