Artículos de revistas
Evaluation of public health risk. a new instrument for environmental management in Chile Evaluación de riesgo para la salud pública: Nuevo instrumento de gestión ambiental para Chile
Fecha
2011Registro en:
Revista Medica de Chile, Volumen 139, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1075-1080
00349887
07176163
10.4067/S0034-98872011000800015
Autor
Patricia Matus, C.
Institución
Resumen
One of the main challenges in environmental management is to prevent the public health impact of projects that can cause pollution. To tackle this problem, the new Chilean bill on environmental management has defi ned the need to determine the potential health risks of a given Project. This paper gives a summary of the method used for risk evaluation and its evolution. Its incorporation in the Environmental Impact Evaluation System is proposed, to guarantee an effective prevention of the potential risks on health of new projects.