Risk analysis and health surveillance are useful to predict health effects and public health concerns regarding environmental and occupational risks. The results can be used to prevent and reduce environmental and occupational health risk as well as to promote human wellbeing.
The current industrial agriculture system promotes the reliance on agrochemicals, both synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, the need to use large amount of pesticides to control pests and weeds has raised environmental and human health concerns. Agrochemicals can pollute rivers and lakes through runoff and groundwater through leaching.
Industrial sector in Thailand is rapidly growing and increasing more productivity. Toxic pollutants from production process to waste control become the health concerns. Occupational diseases and work related diseases are the worker health risks. While, pollution emission from industry are health risks for surrounding community.
Occupational health hazards are included chemical hazards, physical hazards, ergonomics and psychosocial hazards, etc. Examples of chemical hazards are pesticides and agrochemicals which agriculturists can be both direct and indirect contact from their works. Physical hazard refers to heat in working place.
Over the past decade, Thailand has been challenging for expanding urban area horizontally. People tend to move from local to urban area because cities provide great opportunities for growth and revitalization. Unfortunately, rapid, unplanned and unsustainable patterns of urban development lead to emerging environment and health hazards.
Starting at Chulalongkorn University, we have many professors, researchers, and students who conduct research or study on the human health risk and health ......
“The C-RAHS is a new privilege and challenge. It will be valuable to the society in the future.”
Wattasit Siriwong, PI
30 AUG
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"The C-RAHS is a new privilege and challenge. It will be valuable to the society in the future." ----- Wattasit Siriwong, PI -----
