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dc.contributor.authorHarris, P.
dc.contributor.authorViliani, F.
dc.contributor.authorSpickett, Jeffery
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:34:17Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:34:17Z
dc.date.created2015-10-29T04:08:50Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationHarris, P. and Viliani, F. and Spickett, J. 2015. Assessing health impacts within environmental impact assessments: An opportunity for public health globally which must not remain missed. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 12 (1): pp. 1044-1049.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39478
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph120101044
dc.description.abstract

Within the member states of the United Nations 190 of 193 have regulated Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) which is a systematic process to prevent and mitigate the potential environmental impacts of industry development projects before these occur. However, the routine and comprehensive assessment of health impacts within EIAs remains underdeveloped. Focusing, as an example, on the risks to global health from the global shift in the mining industry towards Low and Middle Income Countries LMIC), this viewpoint details why connecting with EIA is an essential task for the health system. Although existing knowledge is out of date in relation to global practice we identify how health has been included, to some extent, in High Income Country EIAs and the institutional requirements for doing so. Using arguments identified by industry themselves about requiring a ‘social license to operate’, we conclude that EIA regulations provide the best current mechanism to ensure health protection is a core aspect in the decision making process to approve projects.

dc.publisherMDPI AG
dc.titleAssessing health impacts within environmental impact assessments: An opportunity for public health globally which must not remain missed
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume12
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage1044
dcterms.source.endPage1049
dcterms.source.issn1661-7827
dcterms.source.titleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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This open access article is distributed under the Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

curtin.departmentSchool of Public Health
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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