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Various Physical and Environmental Conditions Which could Exist are Evaluated (SO2-AC2)
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The factors in the physical environment that are important to health include harmful substances, such as air pollution or closeness to toxic sites (the focus of classic environmental diseases; access to various health-related resources (e.g. healthy or unhealthy foods).
The physical environment includes land, air, water, plants and animals, buildings and other infrastructure, and all of the natural resources that provide our basic needs and opportunities for social and economic development. A clean, healthy environment is important for people's physical and emotional wellbeing.
The physical risk factors are air speed, air temperature, air humidity, noise, vibrations, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, electromagnetic fields and other physical risk factors present in the working environment, which may be harmful to the health of workers.
