Environmental Health Risk

Contents Section 1: Risk prevention and monitoring Analysis of acoustic climate on board public transport; Environmental impact caused by fungal and particle contamination of Portuguese swine; The licensing of a laboratory for manipulating radionuclides in Brazil; A Walloon spatial simulation model of risks in environment and health; Effectiveness of a pesticide protective behavior program in improving and reducing neuromuscular symptoms among rice farmers in Sukhothai province, Thailand; Vibration assessing model: comparison between methods Section 2: Occupational health Musculoskeletal disorders caused by physical overload: the situation in Latvia; Micronucleus frequencies in lymphocytes and buccal cells in formaldehyde exposed workers; Development of radiation monitoring services for radiation workers in Saudi Arabia; A dynamic lighting system for workplaces deficient of daylight Section 3: Air pollution Purification capability of broccoli to gaseous ethyl alcohol using an LED lighting system; Characteristics of the particulate matter in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia Section 4: Social, economic and planning issues Urban concept of a healthy city: case study - Tripoli, Libya; The environmental, social and ethical aspects of multinational corporations exploiting oil resources in Ecuador Section 5: Food safety Potential poultry and meat products contamination by aflatoxin B1 due to fungal presence in Portuguese poultry units; A comparison of the implementation of food hygiene standards between government and private catering establishments Section 6: Environmental education and risk abatement Place based education in the context of waste-related implications on health and welfare among Bedouin Arab communities in the Israeli Negev; Food hygiene challenges in older people: intergenerational learning as a health asset Section 7: Waste and wastewater issues A methodology for forecasting hazardous waste flows; Medical waste management in a dental clinic; Cyperus longus L. as a biological purifier of wastewater for irrigation purposes: removal efficiency and Zn, Cd, Cu, Fe and Mn