Targeting cleanups towards a more sustainable future.
Environ Sci Process Impacts
; 20(2): 266-269, 2018 Feb 21.
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| ID: mdl-29327742
A tension arises between society's disposition to protect people at risk from environmental pollution, and an aversion towards the potential harmful side-effects associated with cleanup activities. Here we explore how setting different cleanup standards may influence some of the environmental, social, and economic side-effects of remediation, and how they can be quantified for incorporation into cleanup target setting; these include (1) secondary environmental impacts, assessed by life cycle assessment (LCA); (2) fatalities and injuries, assessed by actuarial risk analysis; and (3) the cost effectiveness of stringent cleanup standards, assessed by the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER). We argue that only by using optimal cleanup standards that integrate quantified remediation side-effects with health risk assessment (HRA) can the green and sustainable remediation (GSR) movement maximize its potential. Together, the combined approaches may provide a more holistic management of risks for a more sustainable future.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Contaminación Ambiental
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Restauración y Remediación Ambiental
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Environ Sci Process Impacts
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
China
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido