Table 2.1. (Cont'd) Group Effects Activities Involved State of Knowledge References Terrestrial Workers Occupational Air Pollution Health Effects Respiratory disease Cardiovascular impairment Skin/eye irritation Other occupational illness Mining, Construction, Manufacturing, Launch • Conventional occupational health effects well-documented. Threshold Limit Values established. 2.8.43 Water Pollution Effects Skin/eye irritation Occupational illness Manufacturing, Recovery (residual propellant spills, ablative material removal) • Extent of effects unknown. Noise Hearing impairment Stress-psychological and physiological Mining, Manufacturing, Launch • Noise effects available. Occupational exposure limits available for conventional act ivities. 2.8.42 Safety Hazards Accidental injury/ fatality Mining, Construction, Manufacturing, Transport, Launch, Recovery • Conventional occupational hazards and injury/fatality rates known. 2.8.7 « Incidence and extent of occupational accidents from catastrophic transport accident and launch and recovery emergencies not evaluated. Toxic Materials Exposure Mining, Manufacturing, Transport 9 Toxic materials involved in SPS not identified yet. High Intensity Electromagnetic Field Exposure Ground Station Operation 9 Effects unknown. Space Workers Prolonged Weightlessness Effects Motion Sickness Balance Calcium loss Muscle deterioration Hormone, fluid, electrolyte imbalances Anemia Cellular immunity changes Cardiovascular changes Orbital Transfer, Space Construction, Space Operat ion e Data available from other space program activities. Radiation Exposure Effects Cancer Genetic changes Cataracts Central nervous system damage Life shortening Orbital Transfer, Space Construction, Space Operat ion 9 Limited data available from other space program activities. System Emergencies Launch, Recovery, Orbital Transfer, Space Construction, Space Operat ion • No data available on projected occurrence and extent of SPS emergency conditions.
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