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Environmental hazards in daily life


Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Everyday environmental hazards
Broader Problems:
Risk
Unhealthy human environment
Deterioration of human environment
Narrower Problems:
Tobacco smoking
Pathogenic organisms
Indoor air pollution
Hazards to human health
Polluted drinking water
Coitus as a cancer risk
Medication side effects
Hazards of cosmetic use
Hazards from live animals
Contamination of human body
Environmentally induced diseases
Unsafe genetically modified food
Health hazards from food and drink
Environmental hazards from chemicals
Environmental hazards of solar radiation
Psychological stress of urban environment
Carcinogenic chemical and physical agents
Environmental hazards of exotic species introduction
Contamination of pharmaceuticals
Aggravates:
Travellers' enhanced risk of disease
Strategies:
Providing public access to environmental information
Protecting against hazards in daily life
Values:
Life
Hazard
Subject(s):
Environment → Environment
Life → Life
Societal Problems → Hazards
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 15: Life on Land
Problem Type:
A: Abstract Fundamental Problems
Date of last update
07.03.2020 – 01:42 CET

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

About UIA

The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It was established in 1907, by Henri la Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science.
 

Non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental in nature, the UIA has been a pioneer in the research, monitoring and provision of information on international organizations, international associations and their global challenges since 1907.

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