For stormwater harvesting to achieve its full potential in mitigating water scarcity problems and restoring stream health, it is necessary to evaluate the human and environmental health risks and benefits associated with it. Stormwater harbors large amounts of pollutants and has traditionally been viewed as a leading cause of water-quality degradation of receivingwaters. Harvesting stormwater f...

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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to discuss the development of health technology assessment (HTA) in the Philippines. METHODS A new national health insurance program began to be implemented in the Philippines in 1995 after passage of the Health Insurance Act. RESULTS The program is known as the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). HTA was introduced to the Philippines i...

AIMS Implementation of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in Danish municipalities has been analyzed using the Roger's Diffusion of Innovation Theory. Municipalities were chosen from among those who presented their health policies on websites according to the status of inclusion of HIA into health policy. METHODS Qualitative interviews were conducted in 6 municipalities (3 with HIA inducted in th...

Water is an important asset for the maintenance of life and socioeconomic development. Aquatic environments have been anthropized, receiving a large polluting load, mainly from trace elements.This study investigates occurrence health risks caused by 15 elements in surface water João Leite stream. Health risk indices were evaluated as average daily dose (ADD), hazard quotient (HQ), index carcino...

The NRCSE was established in 1996 at the University of Washington. Center activities include workshops and other research activities in areas of statistical methodology related to scientific problems in the environmental and ecological sciences. SUMMARY Stream health is often measured by the multimetric benthic index of biotic integrity (B-IBI). For Puget Sound Lowland (PSL) streams, the B-IBI ...

The Stream Decision Support System (SDSS) is taking advantage of both supervised and nonsupervised artificial neural networks (ANNs) for stream assessment and prediction by an integrated approach. Non supervised ANNs were applied for patterning the natural variability in stream macroinvertebrate communities in Queensland. Supervised ANNs were developed for the prediction of the occurrence of st...

The European Council Directive 89/391/EC of 12 June 1989 is concerned with the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the occupational safety and health. For example, it deals with risk assessment and preventive measures. The Finnish legislation enacts the risk assessment and prevention measures in a similar way as the EU Directive 89/391/EC. The aim of this study was to examine:...