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Environmental Implications of the Health Care Service Sector [PDF]

This report analyzes the environmental effects associated with activities undertaken and influenced by the health care service sector. It is one part of a larger study to better understand the environmental effects of service sector activities and the ...
Davies, J. Clarence, Lowe, Adam
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Combined Contaminant Levels from Local Harvested Food Items in the Norwegian–Finnish–Russian Border Region

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This paper presents the results of a multidisciplinary study with the aim of assessing the potential combined risk from consuming locally harvested food products in the Euro-Arctic region of Norway, Finland, and Russia.
Anna Nalbandyan-Schwarz, Kristine Bondo Pedersen, Anita Evenset, Eldbjørg Heimstad, Torkjel M. Sandanger, Päivi Myllynen, Arja Rautio   +6 more
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Study on waste from hospital and clinics in Phitsanulok [PDF]

, 2002
Waste generation depends on numerous factors such as established waste management methods, type of hospital establishment, hospital specialization, proportion of reusable items employed in hospital, and proportion of patients treated on a day-care basis.
Adsavakulchai, Ms Suwannee
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Environmental Chemical Contaminants in Food: Review of a Global Problem

Journal of Toxicology, 2019
Contamination by chemicals from the environment is a major global food safety issue, posing a serious threat to human health. These chemicals belong to many groups, including metals/metalloids, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), persistent organic ...
Lesa A. Thompson, Wageh S. Darwish
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Independent Expert Scientific Panel – Report on Unconventional Oil and Gas [PDF]

, 2014
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Curran, J., Gatliff, R., Haszeldine, R.S., Masters, C., Shipton, Zoe, Sorbie, K., Stuart, F., Waldron, S., Younger, P.L.   +8 more
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Research on uninterrupted purification of primary circuit and resin volume reduction technology during planned outage of nuclear power plants

Gongye shui chuli
The traditional operation mode of the primary circuit desalting bed in M310 pressurized water reactor(PWR) nuclear power plants poses risks such as cross-contamination between units, elevated sulfate levels, and excessive generation of radioactive solid ...
WU Di, WU Yibing, HUANG Xinming, SI Pengkun   +3 more
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RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION: AN OVERVIEW

The holistic approach to environment, 2018
The civilian radioactive waste encompasses a wide range of materials, most of the current debate focuses on highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear power plants. Other types of civilian radioactive waste have also generated by nuclear power plants, medical institutions, industrial operations, and research activities.
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Field Trip to a Power Plant - A Reading Guide [PDF]

The goal of this lesson is to give students an understanding of electricity, how it is made, and what resources are used to make it. It encourages them to think about the future of our various energy sources, and what this means to their generation ...
Christine McLelland
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Legal Review Concerning the Use of Health Impact Assessments in Non-Health Sectors [PDF]

, 2012
Examines laws supporting the use of health impact assessments in the areas of environment and energy, transportation, agriculture, and waste disposal and recycling, and issues regarding authority to conduct HIAs in these sectors.
Alicia Corbett, Erin Fuse, James Hodge, Megan Scanlon   +3 more
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An analysis of the first two years of GASP data [PDF]

Distributions of mean ozone levels from the first two years of data from the NASA Global Atmospheric Sampling Program (GASP) show spatial and temporal variations in agreement with previous measurements.
Falconer, P. D., Holdeman, J. D., Nastrom, G. D.   +2 more
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