Potential Health Hazards Facing Solid Waste workers | Occupational health and safety measures

Esther Ayaaba (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 3659483028 / ISBN 13: 9783659483028

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2015

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Potential Health Hazards Facing Solid Waste workers | Occupational health and safety measures | Esther Ayaaba (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 120 S. | Englisch | 2015 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783659483028 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Potential Health Hazards Facing Solid Waste workers | Occupational health and safety measures
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659483028
• ISBN 13: 9783659483028
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 8D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 8 millimeters depth
• Weight: 197 grams
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Synopsis

Population growth and economic development have brought increasing amounts of solid waste in urban areas. In most developing countries, the ever-increasing quantities have overwhelmed local governments' capabilities to cope efficiently. In many of these countries, infectious medical wastes and toxic industrial wastes are not segregated from domestic waste (with the probable exception of radioactive materials), exposing the waste collectors to a wide array of risks. Even when segregated from other wastes, they are often placed in large waste rooms that must be emptied manually by workers with pick-axes and shovels. Waste collecting is a necessary activity all around the world. The work is mainly performed by male employees, although there are also some female employees in the Netherlands, China, USA and Sub-Sahara Africa. The aerobic power of a refuse collector does not differ from workers without physically demanding tasks.

About the Author

Born 15.11.1978. Principal Health Tutor In Accra School Of Hygiene (MOH),(Environmental Health Officer and Professional Health Tutor, Health Educator and Hospitality Inspector)MPH ( Health services planning and management),KNUST,BED (Health Sciences Education)UCC, Diploma Health Sciences Education UCC, Environmental Health Sciences ASOH.