strategy
Evaluating cognitive effects of environmental health hazards
Description:
Evaluating the extent to which chemical and physical agents contribute to impaired mental and cognitive functions. Understanding the adverse effects of physical and chemical agents in mental and cognitive functions.
Context:
The chemical and physical environments can interfere with cognitive functions in several ways. Exposure to chemical substances such as metals and organic solvents can damage the central nervous system and impair mental functions. Physical factors that affect cognitive function include noise, heat, cold, vibration and light. These can be a particular problem in schools and the workplace, impairing learning and memory.
Broader:
Assessing chemical risksDeveloping cognitive scienceAdvancing environmental healthPreventing exposure to environmental hazardsResearching health Facilitates:
Publicizing healthStudying causes of general poor healthProtecting against toxic metals as health hazardsResearching child exposure to environmental hazardsProtecting against toxic substancesUndertaking research on health effects of increasing ultraviolet radiationConducting research on the health effects of hazardous wastes in developing countries Facilitated by:
Informing about ill effects of radon on healthMonitoring adverse effects of hazardous wastesStudying negative effects of over-crowding on mental healthIdentifying effects of nitrogen oxide emissions on human healthResearching effects of air pollution on human healthUndertaking interdisciplinary research on health effects of climate change Subjects:
Societal Problems → HazardsResearch, Standards → Evaluation
Health Care → Health
Psychology → Psychology
Environment → Environment
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
