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• he health gains from risk reduction with regard to chemical health hazards have so far been most evident in the occupational setting. Development with regard to analytical and epidemiological methods, and possibilities to measure discrete effects, do however indicate health effects also at low levels of exposure, relevant for the general environment. Efficient risk reduction in the general, and even domestic, environment is possible as illustrated by the reduced exposure to tobacco smoke. Current exposures in Sweden to radon, mercury, cadmium, lead, PCBs, dioxins, and other persistent organic pollutants, affect diseases of major concern for public health like cancer, reproductive effects, cardiovascular disease, and osteoporosis. Lung cancer from domestic radon exposure remains a major concern, and should be targeted with higher ambition.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Arbetsmedicin och miljömedicin (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Occupational Health and Environmental Health (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Asbestos: adverse effects

Dioxins: adverse effects

Environmental Exposure: adverse effects

Environmental Exposure: prevention & control

Environmental Pollutants: adverse effects

Metals: adverse effects

Radon: adverse effects

Tobacco Smoke Pollution: prevention & control

Tobacco Smoke Pollution: adverse effects

Air Pollutants: adverse effects

Radioactive: adverse effects

Air Pollutants

Publication and Content Type

art (subject category)

ref (subject category)