Evaluation of public health risk. a new instrument for environmental management in Chile Evaluación de riesgo para la salud pública: Nuevo instrumento de gestión ambiental para Chile

Abstract

One of the main challenges in environmental management is to prevent the public health impact of projects that can cause pollution. To tackle this problem, the new Chilean bill on environmental management has defi ned the need to determine the potential health risks of a given Project. This paper gives a summary of the method used for risk evaluation and its evolution. Its incorporation in the Environmental Impact Evaluation System is proposed, to guarantee an effective prevention of the potential risks on health of new projects.