Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Gochfeld M

Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation, Rutgers University and Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, USA

Biography

His main area of research has focused on heavy metals exposure and effect. The current emphasis is on the relationship between mercury and selenium exposure and balancing the risks against benefits of fish consumption. Much of this work involves Native American and Alaskan Native communities.A second area focuses on the environmental consequences of energy options, examining nuclear options in the light of the spent nuclear fuel impasse and the Fukushima disaster vs unintended consequences of renewable energy.

Publications

Health Risks to Ecological Workers on Contaminated Sites - The Department of Energy as a Case Study

Background: At most contaminated sites the risk to workers focuses on those ‘hazardous waste workers’ directly exposed to chemicals or radionuclides, and to the elaborate approaches implemented to protecting their health and safety. Ecological workers generally are not considered. Objectives: To explore the risks to the health and safet... Read More»

Burger J and Gochfeld M

Research Article: J Community Med Health Educ 6:427

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000427

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