Environmental Protection Laws
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Ashford, Nicholas A.; Caldart, Charles C.
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The manufacturing, processing, and use of chemicals, materials, tools, machinery, and equipment in industrial, construction, mining, and agricultural workplaces cause environmental, health, and safety hazards and risks. Occupational and environmental factors cause or exacerbate major diseases of the respiratory, cardiovascular, reproductive, and nervous systems and cause system poisoning and some cancers and birth defects. Occupational and environmental disease and injury place heavy economic and social burdens on workers, employers, community residents, and taxpayers.
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2015Publisher
Oxford Academic Press
Citation
Ashford, N.A., Caldart, C.C. (2015). "Environmental Protection Laws” in Encyclopedia of Public Health, Elsevier, 2015.
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doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.02846-4
Keywords
Environment; Law; OSHA; Safety; Health; Clear Air Act; Safe Drinking Water Act; Toxic Substances; Hazardous Waste; Regulation.
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