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International Policies
International policies regarding environmental and public health concerns represent the recognition by the global economy for necessary solutions to the many societal problems that cannot be effectively handled by individual nation-states through domestic laws and regulations.
International treaties such as the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (the Basel Convention) are designed to advance, ameliorate, and augment the ways in which issues facing multiple nations are conducted. These treaties seek to reduce the risk gaps associated with economic differences between developed nations and less developed countries (LDCs).
International policies regarding environmental and health concerns demonstrate that the global economy has made many issues a common concern that cannot be effectively handled by individual nation-states through domestic laws and ...
- Animal Products
- Biological Control of Pests
- Chemical Pesticides
- Fast Food
- Fertilizers
- Food Allergies
- Genetically Engineered Crops
- Home-Grown Food
- Obesity
- Organic Produce
- Supplements
- Wine and Other Alcohols
- Airborne Diseases
- Air Filters/Scrubbers
- Asthma
- Climate Change
- Indoor Air Quality
- Ozone
- Particulate Matter
- Regional Dust
- Smog
- Smoking
- Ultraviolet Radiation
- Cities
- Fungi and Sick Building Syndrome
- Highways
- Occupational Hazards
- Radon and Basements
- Recreational Space
- Rural Areas
- Solid Waste Management
- Suburbs
- Topophilia
- Urban Green
- Automobiles (Emissions)
- Cell Phones
- Computers and Printers (Ink)
- Dry Cleaning
- Ergonomics
- Fabrics
- Hobby Products
- Lighting
- Microwave Ovens
- Paper Products
- Pest Control
- Plastics in Daily Use
- Radiation Sources
- Alternative Energy Resources (Solar)
- Biodiesel
- Clean Coal
- Electricity
- Firewood and Charcoal
- Hydroelectricity
- Lead Sources and Health
- Light Bulbs
- Manganese Sources and Health
- Mercury Sources and Health
- Methane/Biogas
- Nuclear Power
- Petrochemicals
- Cost-Benefit Analysis for Alternative Products
- Emergency Rooms
- Healthcare Delivery
- Health Disparities
- Health Insurance Reform
- Nursing, Lack of
- Pharmaceutical Industry Reform
- Cancers
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Degenerative Diseases
- Immune System Diseases
- Injuries
- Kidney Diseases
- Liver Diseases
- Lung Diseases
- Mental Exercises
- Metabolic Syndrome Diseases
- Musculoskeletal Diseases
- Neurobehavioral Diseases
- Oral Diseases
- Physical Activity and Health
- Reproductive System Diseases
- Skin Disorders
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- Biological Weapons
- Bird Flu
- Gastroenteritis
- International Travel
- Malaria
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
- Seasonal Flu
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Stomach Ulcers and Helicobacter Pylori
- Streptococcus Infections
- Tuberculosis
- Vaccination/Herd Immunity
- Antiseptics
- Children's Health
- Dental Mercury Amalgams
- Health Insurance Industry
- Hospitals (Carbon Footprints)
- Infectious Waste
- Low-Level Radioactive Waste
- Men's Health
- Mental Health
- Nosocomial Infections
- Women's Health
- Biomedicine
- California's Green Chemistry Initiative
- Calorie Labeling for Restaurants
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
- Education and Green Health
- Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)
- Fast Food Warnings
- Government Role in Green Health
- Green Chemistry
- Industrial Ecology
- International Policies
- Metrics of Green Health
- Personal Consumer Role in Green Health
- Phaseout of Toxic Chemicals
- Private Industry Role in Green Health
- Taxation of Unhealthy Products
- United Nations Environment Programme
- World Health Organization's Environmental Burden of Disease
- Advertising and Marketing
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Antibiotics
- Anti-Cholesterol Drugs
- Anti-Depressant Drugs
- Caffeine
- Hormone Therapy
- Pain Medication
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Prescription Drug Addiction
- Arsenic Pollution
- Bottled Water
- Carbon Filters
- Chlorination By-Products
- Dehydration
- Groundwater
- Ozonation By-Products
- Recycled Water
- Reverse Osmosis
- Supplying Water
- Swimming Pools
- Tap Water/Fluoride
- Waterborne Diseases
- Water Scarcity
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