Ethical issues in environmental health research.

Ethical issues in environmental health research.

Environmental health research encompasses a wide range of investigational topics, study designs, and empirical methodologies. As that arm of public health research concerned with understanding the health effects of the many environments in which humans live and work, the field is intimately connected with social concerns about environmental quality and disparities of power and privilege that pl...

Environmental Health Research Involving Human Subjects: Ethical Issues

This article reviews some of the ethical issues that arise in environmental health research with human subjects, such as minimizing risks to subjects, balancing benefits and risks in research, intentional exposure studies with human subjects, protecting third parties in research, informing subjects about environmental hazards, communicating health information to subjects, and protecting privacy...

Ethical Issues in Environmental Health Research Related to Public Health Emergencies: Reflections on the GuLF STUDY

Biomedical research can play a vital role in the response to public health emergencies such as natural disasters, disease epidemics, or terrorism (National Biodefense Science Board 2011; Ball 2013; Manuel 2001; Schwartz 2005). Based on lessons learned from the Gulf oil spill, Hurricane Sandy, and other similar disasters, Nicole Lurie (Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response), Francis ...

Ethical Issues in Measuring Biomarkers in Children’s Environmental Health

BACKGROUND Studying the impact of environmental exposures is important in children because they are more vulnerable to adverse effects on growth, development, and health. Assessing exposure in children is difficult, and measuring biomarkers is potentially useful. Research measuring biomarkers in children raises a number of ethical issues, some of which relate to children as research subjects an...

Ethical Issues in Health