Environmental Chemistry

Environmental hazards

Environmental risks can be chemical, physical, biological, biomechanical or psychosocial in nature. Environmental hazards create traditional risks of poor sanitation and shelter, as well as agricultural and industrial contamination of air, water, food and land. Environmental health risks result from the interaction of people with hazards in the immediate environment.

In order to prevent environmental risks affecting our health, it is very important to be aware of the dangers and to take measures to monitor the risks. Some deal primarily with general environmental health risks, and not with climatic extremes, chemical hazards, occupational hazards, physical hazards, and food-related hazards.

The global hazardous waste management market reached $23.8 billion in 2013 and nearly $25.9 billion in 2014. This market is expected to reach nearly $33.9 billion in 2019, with a rate of compound annual growth (CAGR) of 5.5%.