Significance of Health hazard
The text defines health hazards as adverse effects on health. This encompasses various risks, including exposure to chemicals like pesticides and pollutants in wastewater, as well as the dangers from contaminated food, adulterated products, and toxic substances. Other risks include the potential harm from hospital waste, poorly managed herbal medicines, and even everyday factors like poor posture or exposure to petrol fumes.
Synonyms: Health risk, Health threat, Health concern, Safety concern, Public health issue
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Hindu concept of 'Health hazard'
In Hinduism, health hazards encompass various risks to well-being. They include dangers faced by workers, threats from hospital waste, and adverse effects of environmental changes, food additives, and chemical exposure. These hazards also encompass risks related to allergies, and modern farming practices.
From: Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
(1) Massage helps to prevent these, and will lead to a healthy life, as it has been used for centuries for therapeutic and preventing purposes, improving overall wellness.[1] (2) These are the potential dangers or risks that can lead to health problems, and street sweepers and scavengers face numerous health hazards in their jobs.[2] (3) This refers to the potential for hospital waste to pose a threat to the health of healthcare workers, the public, and the environment, highlighting the need for proper management and disposal.[3] (4) These are unwanted outcomes produced from disturbances in the body's biological clock due to changes in the environment, necessitating a daily regimen to combat them.[4] (5) Health hazards are the adverse effects on human beings due to chemical fertilizers and pesticides, including digestive ailments, cancer, and immune suppression, which are a result of modern farming techniques.[5]
From: International Research Journal of Ayurveda and Yoga
(1) PCOS is the most common amongst women of reproductive age and is a heterogenous endocrine disorder.[6] (2) These are the result of water contaminated by toxic elements like arsenic, fluorides, and microbes.[7] (3) These are associated with environmental toxicity and have been a global issue for thousands of years, impacting both humans and other living creatures.[8] (4) The potential dangers and risks associated with exposure to certain substances, like Formalin, which are relevant in the context of embalming practices.[9] (5) These are risks to an individual's well-being, and allergic disorders are described as a common problem contributing to these, as mentioned in the introduction of the text.[10]
The concept of Health hazard in scientific sources
Health hazard encompasses various risks to well-being. These include: consuming adulterated food, heavy metal contamination, helminthic infections, workplace chemical exposure, toxic substances, and exposure to environmental pollutants. It also covers risks from unhealthy habits, like self-medication, and smartphone use.
From: The Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences
(1) Inferences drawn from these studies suggest that, in contrast to refined sugars, patients with heart ailments can consume this natural sweetener, honey, without any health hazard.[11] (2) There has been an increase in concern for environmental safety and health hazards related to gasoline exposure, resulting in several strategies to remove toxic compounds.[12] (3) These are real risks to health, such as garbage, stagnant drains, and leaking septic tanks, found in some neighborhoods.[13] (4) A recognized danger to health, which can be caused by lead poisoning and may result in adverse health outcomes for those exposed.[14] (5) These are potential dangers related to microplastic ingestion, including chemical, physical and microbial factors affecting health.[15]
From: Journal of Public Health in Africa
(1) Risks to the well-being of textile dye workers, resulting from their exposure to chemicals, unsafe conditions, and other factors in the workplace.[16] (2) These are risks and dangers that are associated with festivals, which are a common aspect of various cultures and communities, potentially impacting one's well-being during such celebrations.[17] (3) Restaurant and bar owners who had good knowledge of the health hazards of smoking were more willing to limit or prohibit smoking on their premises, according to the text.[18] (4) Hospitals are major producers of solid wastes with potential environmental and public health hazards, including those made out of polyvinyl chloride (PVC)-rich plastics and contaminated with blood borne pathogens.[19] (5) The study strongly entails the fact that sewage treatment plants crave exceptional consideration from the concerned responsible authorities, together with the fact that the evolved health threats should be confronted.[20]
From: International Journal of Pharmacology
(1) Potential risks associated with commercially available hair dyes, which can be investigated through studies on animals.[21] (2) These are serious and indicate the possibility of CYA to generate superoxide radicals and a state of oxidative injury.[22] (3) Potential risks associated with consuming large quantities of onion due to inhibiting effects on thiol group enzymes.[23] (4) Dangers to well-being, the focus of educational programs in art materials that emerged in 1974.[24] (5) Determination of acute oral toxicity provides information on these that may arise from an acute exposure by the oral route.[25]
From: Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics
(1) Air toxicants that interfere with the normal operation of human organs, affecting systems such as respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological.[26] (2) These are health-related problems that pose a risk to people's well-being, such as scorpionism and snakebite in Iran.[27] (3) The intricate web of interactions holds pivotal implications for managing potential hazards that might arise from exposure to NPs.[28] (4) By working in conjunction with each other, these technologies help create a more dynamic approach that can reduce these.[29] (5) These are dangers to one's well-being caused by smoking, which can only be avoided by quitting completely or never starting, according to scientific evidence.[30]
From: African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
(1) These are factors or conditions that pose a threat to well-being, often associated with obesity and unhealthy lifestyles, leading to increased risk of various ailments.[31] (2) To curb the existing of being overweight and obese in this township, more vigorous plans of action for lifestyle modification need to be put into effect in order to inspire these women.[32] (3) The perception and prevalence of these within the professional sphere are explored, particularly among those working in public health facilities, highlighting the risks associated with their occupations and the potential impact on their well-being.[33] (4) A health hazard is something that poses a risk to people's well-being, such as snake bites, which can cause serious health problems and require medical treatment.[34] (5) This phrase is used to describe the dangers of hookah use, and it is considered a public health concern, which is mentioned in global studies.[35]
From: South African Family Practice
(1) These are concerns that arose following intimidation, aggression, and verbal abuse from alcohol-intoxicated patients, such as needle-prick injuries and exposure to body fluids.[36] (2) This is a potential source of harm to health, such as exposure to the virus, that all categories of hospital staff, including clinicians and non-clinicians, are exposed to.[37] (3) Risks to the health of healthcare professionals, like exposure to infectious diseases, that can arise when dealing with alcohol-intoxicated patients.[38]
From: South African Journal of HIV Medicine
(1) These are risks to health, often associated with smoking and exacerbated in people with HIV.[39]
From: South African Journal of Physiotherapy
(1) These are dangers to health that are encountered within the mining industry, which are the subject of an overview.[40]
From: Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
(1) A health hazard is a potential source of harm or adverse health effects, and in the context of WGS, there is a possibility of misinterpreting sequence data as indicating a health risk.[41]
From: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
(1) There is the need to exercise extra care while applying chemical substances to crops due to adverse health hazards they could constitute.[42] (2) It describes potential sources of illness, injury, or adverse health effects encountered in a work environment.[43] (3) The impacts of it related to environmental contamination, planning activities and policy have been included in assessments.[44] (4) are substances, conditions, or factors that can cause adverse health effects, including illnesses and injuries, requiring control and prevention measures.[45] (5) The dangers and risks associated with use, which adolescents may not fully comprehend, leading them to engage in smoking behavior.[46]
From: Sustainability Journal (MDPI)
(1) When people are exposed to CO2 levels between 800 to 1200 ppm, they experience discomfort and symptoms related to headaches, tiredness, breathing problems, drowsiness, difficulty concentrating, dizziness, and eye irritation, and this represents a health hazard.[47] (2) Especially during pandemics, accidents, and safety threats have appeared in airport terminals due to overcrowding.[48] (3) Health hazards refer to factors or conditions that pose a risk to human health, such as air pollution and extreme heat, and are often exacerbated by climate change and environmental deterioration.[49] (4) Potential dangers to well-being caused by exposure to harmful substances like nitrate in drinking water, particularly affecting vulnerable populations such as children.[50] (5) Health hazards associated with dust pollution include respiratory issues and other health problems for both construction workers and individuals living in the vicinity of construction sites.[51]
From: South African Journal of Psychiatry
(1) This refers to the risks to one's health, and these can be presented to the hoarder in terms of health, sanitation and fire hazards.[52]
From: Religions Journal (MDPI)
(1) For many, the fellow pilgrim encountered on the road can become this.[53]