Insights into Persistent Toxic Substances in Protective Cases of Mobile Phones: Occurrence, Health Risks, and Implications

Persistent Toxic Substances

Annex 12 addresses definitions, general principles, programs, monitoring, early warning system, human health, research, and reporting. This annex embraces the philosophy of zero discharge and the goal of virtual elimination, and the Parties have achieved considerable success in controlling direct, point source discharges of toxic chemicals to the lakes. The Commission finds, however, that there...

Health risks from the use of mobile phones.

Widespread concerns have been raised about the possibility that exposure to the radiofrequency (RF) fields from mobile telephones or their base stations could affect people's health. Such has been the rapid growth of mobile telecommunications that there will be about one billion mobile phone users before 2005. Already there are more mobile than fixed-line users. Developing countries are establi...

Regionally Based Assessment of Persistent Toxic Substances

Risk Analysis, Part 2. How We Evaluate The Health Risks of Toxic Substances in the Environment

Almost every aspect of modem living exposes us to health risks. The air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink, the drugs we take, and the places where we work may be contaminated by toxic substances or additives. This is in addition to natural carcinogens, such as sunshine, and habits such as smoking, or the way our food is cooked. Their effects on our health may not be noticed until ...

securitization of mortality risks in life annuities

insurers have in the past few decades faced longevity risks - the risk that annuitants survive more than expected - and therefore need a new approach to manage this new risk. in this dissertation we survey methods that hedge longevity risks. these methods use securitization to manage risk, so using modern financial and insurance pricing models, especially wang transform and actuarial concepts, ...