Hazardous Waste and Human Health-2015
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2015) | Viewed by 141963
Special Issue Editor
Interests: E-waste; global health and development; toxic environmental pollution; microbial diversity and ecological functions
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Through natural selection, the avoidance of hazardous waste has become a hardwired behavior in animals. In many parts of the world, the behavior is manifested through the expression of repugnance and special treatment of infectious domestic waste, such as fecal materials. With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, the types of hazardous waste that pose risks to human health have expanded tremendously. For example, electronic waste (e-waste) has emerged as one of the fastest growing categories of hazardous solid wastes worldwide. Unfortunately, scientific expertise, industrial activities, government regulations, and public knowledge are not currently fully developed to cope with the new risks.
More than two decades ago, the British Medical Association published a report with the same title as this Special Issue: “Hazardous Waste and Human Health” (1991, Oxford University Press, ISBN-10: 0192177826). A few monographs on related topics have appeared since then, but most focus rather narrowly on chemicals and toxic waste. However, there have been numerous articles published on various topics and in broad-ranging journals.
The field is overripe for a comprehensive treatise that addresses the well-known categories of hazardous waste, such as domestic, medical, toxic, and radioactive wastes. The treatise should also deal with emerging waste categories and present an interdisciplinary approach. This Special Issue is planned in response to the urgent need to protect the most vulnerable populations through various forms of preventive strategies.
We welcome rigorous and insightful contributions from all disciplines related to hazardous waste and human health, including waste characterization, exposure assessment, source reduction, remediation, and regulatory policies.
Dr. Oladele A. Ogunseitan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hazardous
- medical waste
- toxic waste
- radioactive
- particulate
- domestic waste
- regulatory policies
- health impact assessments
- source reduction
- remediation
- environmental impacts
- vulnerable populations
- economic costs
- sustainable materials
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