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Environmental Health

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Environmental health describes those factors of human health that are determined or affected by environmental influences.

Environmental management took on real impetus in the aftermath of the first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, with further impetus specific to industry and business provided with the publication of the first edition of ISO 14001 in 1996.

Exxon Valdez Disaster

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On 24 March 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez went off course in a 16 kilometre-wide channel in Alaska’s Prince William Sound and hit submerged rocks on a reef. The disaster has become a significant and valuable case study to illustrate a number of

Hormesis

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Hormesis may be defined as an effect in which a biological entity actually benefits from a low dose of chemical toxin or a low dose of nuclear radiation.

Incineration of Waste

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The incineration (high-temperature burning, using sophisticated high-tech equipment) of wastes, particularly non-recyclable municipal waste and a variety of industrial and hazardous waste, is practised in many countries, largely in Western Europe.

Industrial Ecology

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'Industrial ecology’ refers to the exchange of materials between different industrial sectors where the ‘waste’ output of one industry becomes the ‘feedstock’ of another.

Leachate

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Leachate is the liquid that is formed and drains out of a landfill site.

Methane

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Methane is an odourless and colourless hydrocarbon gas produced either by natural or artificial anaerobic decomposition of organic material.

NIMBY (Not In My Backyard)

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NIMBY describes the attitude of some communities and interested and affected parties who do not oppose necessary but unpleasant or undesirable projects and developments, such as waste dumps and industrial projects, until they find out they are to be

Noise Pollution

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There are different levels of noise all around us all of the time. When it appears to be very quiet there it still a background noise, even if it is crickets chirping or a gentle breeze blowing. All of the different day-to-day noises are collectively