Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Health Society Conference (한국환경보건학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2005.12a
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- Pages.45-48
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- 2005
Future Plan of Environmental Policy in Korea
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Kim, Yoon-Shin
(Institute of Environmental & Industrial Medicine, College of Medicine Hanyang University)
- Published : 2005.12.16
Abstract
In 2005, the KMOE and an advisory members for environmental health policy are exploring new environmental policy directions in the 21st century by suggesting a 10-year plan of environmental health policy with its specific goals, grounded on four basic principles: preemptive environmental control instead of post hoc facto control of environmental contaminants or discharged substances, receptor-centered approach, priority on protection of the people vulnerable and sensitive to environmental contamination, and warranty of citizens' rights to be engaged and informed. Such new policy challenges in the area of environmental health, which must be significant of important policy shift for environmental health in the 21t century, is expected to conduct to improvement of environmental health in Korea and Northeast Asian Regions as well.
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