Open AccessHealth Risks to Ecological Workers on Contaminated Sites - The Department of Energy as a Case Study
Author(s) -
Joanna Burger,
Michael Gochfeld
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of community medicine and health education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2161-0711
DOI - 10.4172/2161-0711.1000427
Subject(s) - hazardous waste , environmental remediation , environmental science , work (physics) , closure (psychology) , contamination , ecological health , environmental planning , contaminated land , environmental resource management , ecosystem , ecology , waste management , engineering , mechanical engineering , economics , market economy , biology
At most contaminated sites the risk to workers focuses on those 'hazardous waste workers' directly exposed to chemicals or radionuclides, and to the elaborate approaches implemented to protecting their health and safety. Ecological workers generally are not considered.