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Health Risks in the Telecommunications Industry and Sustainable Development

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Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Sustainable Development:

Development that meets today’s needs without jeopardizing the ability to meet the needs of tomorrow, because it involves a healthy balance between the three dimensions of social, economy, and environment, with human health identified as a key cornerstone in considerations of the environment

Risk Management:

Identifying the potential for unfavorable outcomes, quantifying them, and taking proactive measures to minimize and mitigate the effects of these outcomes

Introduction

Telecommunication is arguably the major visible face of development. Prior to the emergence of the Internet and satellite communication, telecommunications essentially referred to the transmission of voice via the telephone or text via the telegraph. Today, however, telecommunications now include the transmission of images, videos, and interactive applications such as video conferencing, web browsing, and social media.

Telecommunication brings obvious positive dividends into two of...

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    Joshua O. Ojo

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

  3. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  4. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  5. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

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  1. Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Masoud Mozafari

  2. Department of Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran

    Masoud Mozafari

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Ojo, J.O. (2020). Health Risks in the Telecommunications Industry and Sustainable Development. In: Leal Filho, W., Wall, T., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P. (eds) Good Health and Well-Being. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69627-0_119-1

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