strategy
Assessing health and environmental risks of hazardous waste
Synonyms:
Assisting with health risk assessments for hazardous waste Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends that international organizations should provide assistance to member states for assessing the health and environmental risks resulting from exposure to hazardous waste, and in identifying priorities for controlling the various categories or classes of waste. Broader:
Assessing health risksImproving hazardous waste institutionsImplementing environmental health strategy Facilitates:
Locating coastal sewage outfalls to avoid environmental risksResearching effects of air pollution on human health Facilitated by:
Creating environmental health standardsMonitoring exposure to hazardous environmental pollutants Subjects:
Commerce → AssessmentSocietal Problems → Hazards
Societal Problems → Waste
Health Care → Health
Environment → Environment
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
