The effects of COVID-19 transmission on environmental sustainability and human health: Paving the way to ensure its sustainable management

Kumar, P. Senthil; Sonne, Christian; Song, Hee Jo; Kim, Ki‐Hyun

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156039

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“…In terms of social impacts, disruptions caused by the pandemic affected the poor and other marginalized groups due to food shortages. Lockdowns also undermined gender equality due to excessive workload stress on females ( Rai et al, 2022 ). The pandemic made laborers, indigenous people, and women more vulnerable to food security and malnutrition ( Adhikari et al, 2021 ).…”

Section: Theoretical Background and Research Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transition to a sustainable food supply chain during disruptions: A study on the Brazilian food companies in the Covid-19 era

Ardekani

Sobhani²,

Barbosa

et al. 2023

International Journal of Production Economics

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Section: Theoretical Background and Research Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transition to a sustainable food supply chain during disruptions: A study on the Brazilian food companies in the Covid-19 era

Ardekani

Sobhani²,

Barbosa

et al. 2023

International Journal of Production Economics

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“…Public policy has been published with the priority focused on people's health. COVID-19 directly affects the physical health and emotional and social behavior of all citizens [8].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Affective Domain, Safety Attitude, and COVID-19 Prevention of Employees in the Petrochemical Industry

Lai

Wen

Chien

2023

Behavioral Sciences

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The petrochemical industry is relatively strict regarding safety rules in the workplace. The workplace involves high-risk categories that are intolerant of human error. Especially in the current situation with COVID-19, concerns regarding prevention and safety in the workplace have increased. In light of this pandemic, the company must know whether all employees recognize the implementation of COVID-19 prevention. In addition, employee awareness of safety grounded in the affective domain of human thought is lacking. This study investigates the safety attitudes and COVID-19 prevention in the workplace based on the affective domain of employees. A survey questionnaire based on the Likert scale was utilized to collect data from 618 employees in the petrochemical industry. Descriptive analysis and analysis of variance were used to examine the data. The results reveal that employees in the petrochemical industry have a positive degree of responses to COVID-19 prevention, safety attitudes, and the affective domain, regardless of employment characteristics such as gender, age, position, and work experience. This study concludes that a positive affective domain of employees is followed by a positive safety attitude; thus, effective COVID-19 prevention was established in the workplace based on the perspectives and attitudes of the employees.

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“…In this respect, SDG 6 includes targets related to improving access to safe and affordable drinking water, sanitation facilities, and the sustainable management of water resources. Also, the sustainable management of groundwater quality is the need of the hour given its inextricable linkage with human health and well-being (SDG 3) (Rai et al, 2022). However, increasing population, urbanization, industrialization, and wide adoption of modern agricultural practices in recent decades have led to contamination of groundwater (Saleh et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

Assessment of physicochemical characteristics and identification of groundwater quality indicator parameters in Aizawl, Mizoram, Northeast India

Zonunthari,

Rai,

Lalnuntluanga

et al. 2023

JANS

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The increase in population and rapid industrial development have resulted in surface water pollution that stresses groundwater resources to ensure sustainable consumption and human well-being. The present study was aimed to assess the physico-chemical characteristics and heavy metal concentration of groundwater in Aizawl city. The study also seeks to determine the indicator parameters of water quality through analysis of variance (ANOVA) and correlation coefficient in relation to physico-chemical properties. The results revealed that all physico-chemical parameters were within the regulatory standards, except turbidity (80.9 NTU) and phosphate (0.6365 mg/L). Trace amounts of Zinc (Zn) and Copper (Cu) were also present; however, Iron (Fe) and Manganese (Mn) slightly exceeded (Fe: 1.162 mg/L; Mn: 0.6892 mg/L) the permissible limit. Statistically, two-way ANOVA revealed that temperature, chloride, total alkalinity (TA), total hardness (TH), calcium, and dissolved oxygen (DO) were significant (p<0.001) both between sites and seasons. Further, TH showed positive and significant correlation with total dissolved solid (TDS) (R2=0.792), chloride (R2=0.52), TA (R2=0.62), calcium (R2=0.88), and Zn (R2=0.61). Conversely, DO demonstrated negative and significant correlation with turbidity (R2=-0.73), chloride (R2=-0.52), phosphates (R2=-0.70), ammonia (R2=-0.81), and Mn (R2=-0.58). These results indicate that the analysis of TH and DO can serve function as proxies for indirectly indicating the presence and concentrations of the other correlated water quality parameters. Thus, TH and DO act as indicator parameters for water quality in holistic groundwater monitoring in Aizawl. The identification of water quality indicator parameters can play a key role in future research for cost-effective, rapid, and seasonal groundwater monitoring to ensure the sustainable management of this resource.

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The effects of COVID-19 transmission on environmental sustainability and human health: Paving the way to ensure its sustainable management

Cited by 23 publications

References 103 publications

Transition to a sustainable food supply chain during disruptions: A study on the Brazilian food companies in the Covid-19 era

Transition to a sustainable food supply chain during disruptions: A study on the Brazilian food companies in the Covid-19 era

The Affective Domain, Safety Attitude, and COVID-19 Prevention of Employees in the Petrochemical Industry

Assessment of physicochemical characteristics and identification of groundwater quality indicator parameters in Aizawl, Mizoram, Northeast India

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