public health - the health or physical well-being of a whole community.
public land - land owned in common by all, represented by the government (town, county, state, or federal).
Public health hazard categories
Public health hazard categories are statements about whether people could be harmed by conditions present at the site in the past, present, or future.
Public Health Approach: Regulatory and voluntary focus on effective and feasible risk management actions at the national and community level to reduce human exposures and risks, ...
public health impact assessment
Applying risk assessment to a specific target population of known size, giving as the end product a quantitative statement about the number of people likely to be affected in a particular population.
public health surveillance The systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of health data on an ongoing basis, to gain knowledge of the pattern of disease occurrence and potential in a community, ...
Public Health Service Act
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Preliminary Injunction. Program Information ...
to public health. Also see exemption.
vegetative controls. Non-point source pollution control
practices that involve plants (vegetative cover) to reduce ...
Central Public Health Institute, Italy
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation
Charter of European Cities and Towns Towards Sustainability ...
Also reduces the threat to public health and the environment associated with such releases.
Preliminary Site Assessment (PSA) A process followed by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to determine if a site contains hazardous waste and its potential for harming the public health or environment.
technology, treatment techniques or other means (taking costs into consideration), due to the characteristics of the raw water sources which are reasonably available to the system, and 2) the variance will not result in an unreasonable public health ...
California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA): A state government agency established in 1991 for unifying environmental activities related to public health protection in the State of California.
A US Federal Agency that conducts research on occupational safety and public health issues. The agency is also tasked to come up with recommendations for the government to implement standards for healthy workplace environments.
The principal screening tool used by EPA to evaluate risks to public health and the environment associated with abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites.
Hazardous Ranking System: The principal screening tool used by EPA to evaluate risks to public health and the environment associated with abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites.
Wastewater treatment - A facility designed to receive the wastewater from domestic sources and to remove materials that damage water quality and threaten public health and safety when discharged into receiving streams or bodies of water.
The refuse is spread and compacted and a cover of soil applied so that effects on the environment (including public health and safety) are minimized.
Expedition to Southeast Asia to Learn About Public Health and Infectious Disease (PDF) (5 pp, 541K)
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Hazardous Waste: A subset of solid wastes that pose substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment and meet any of the following criteria: it is specifically listed as a hazardous waste by EPA; ...
Disinfectants: One of three groups of antimicrobials registered by EPA for public health uses.
EPA to respond directly to releases of hazardous substances that may endanger public health or the environment.
One of three groups of anti-microbials registered by EPA for public health uses. EPA considers an anti-microbial to be a sterilizer when it destroys or eliminates all forms of bacteria, viruses, and fungi and their spores.
Environmental Protection Agency as one of the top five environmental risks to public health, the Ecology Center is especially concerned that concentrations of PBDEs are five times higher inside cars than in homes and offices.
A study to determine the nature and extent of contamination at a site on the National Priorities List and the risks posed to public health or the environment.
Endangerment Assessment: A study to determine the nature and extent of contamination at a site on the National Priorities List and the risks posed to public health or the environment.
Cleanup: Actions taken to deal with a release or threatened release of hazardous substances that could affect public health or the environment.
Any investigation of a defined population, using epidemiologic methods, which would assist in determining exposures or possible public health impact by defining health problems requiring further investigation through epidemiologic studies, ...
National ambient air quality standards Federal standards for the minimum ambient air quality needed to protect public health and welfare.
Nitrogen oxides All oxides of nitrogen except nitrous oxide.
Water contamination: Impairment of water quality to a degree that reduces the usability of the water for ordinary purposes or creates a hazard to public health through poisoning or the spread of diseases.
Often this term is used to mean additional treatment after tertiary treatment for the purpose of further removing contaminants of concern to public health.
EPA sets limits on how much of a pollutant is allowed in the air anywhere in the U.S. Although national air quality has improved over the last 20 years, many challenges remain in protecting public health and the environment.
Safe Drinking Water Act(SDWA): passed by Congress in 1974, and ammended in 1986, to insure safe drinking water. It directs the EPA to establish and enforce water quality standards to protect public health.
with the purpose for which the licensed activity is undertaken, taking into account the state of technology, the economics of improvements in relation to state of technology, the economics of improvements in relation to benefits to the public health ...
Also, toxicologists are continually evaluating animals, humans, and the environment to look for more and better biomarkers that represent the earliest signs of exposure. That way, toxicologists and public health professionals can use this ...
Some of these problems are the bioaccumulation in the food chain, decline of smaller animals, and softening of bird's eggs. In 1973, the EPA banned all use except those essential to public health.
 See also: Environment, Water, Waste, Environmental, Air
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