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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Accessibility of toxic materials

Accessibility of toxic materials

  • Lack of security for toxic substances

Broader

Unsafe hazardous waste disposal
Excellent
Failure to conform to international health standards
Presentable
Breakdown in community security systems
Presentable

Narrower

Toxic substances in the home
Presentable

Aggravates

Poisoning
Presentable
Environmental hazards from chemicals
Presentable

Aggravated by

Toxic industrial chemicals
Presentable
Natural toxins in food
Presentable
Misuse of agricultural chemicals
Presentable
Irritant fumes
Presentable
Conflicting standards for protection against chemical occupational hazards
Presentable
Unprotected commercial establishments
Unpresentable
Poisonous gases and vapours
Unpresentable

Reduced by

Restrictive social policies
Excellent

Strategy

Taxing use of toxic products
Yet to rate

Value

Toxicity
Yet to rate
Security
Yet to rate
Lack
Yet to rate
Insecurity
Yet to rate
Accessibility
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #9: Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Fundamental sciences » Material
  • Societal problems » Poison
  • Societal problems » Scarcity
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    U1937
    DOCID
    13119370
    D7NID
    151695
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020