Creating a Big Data-Based Environmental Health System
by Jo Youjin
Published 30 Jan.2024 12:42(KST)
Updated 30 Jan.2024 14:37(KST)
Integrated Environmental Health Monitoring and Evaluation System
Ministry of Environment to Establish Within This Year
Han Hwa-jin, Minister of Environment, is attending the Cabinet meeting held at the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 30th. Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@
원본보기 아이콘Environmental health policies based on big data will be promoted.
On the 30th, the Ministry of Environment announced plans to establish the 'Environmental Health Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation System' (SALUS) within this year, and that the necessary 'Environmental Health Big Data' will be prepared by May.
The environmental health big data will consist of millions of records across 19 fields, including environmental data such as air pollutant emissions and vegetation indices, as well as socioeconomic data like population numbers.
The Ministry of Environment explained that once the integrated monitoring and evaluation system utilizing this data is completed, it will enable 'environmental health policies based on scientific evidence.'
The Ministry further explained that once the system is established, it will be easy to understand the scale and patterns of environmentally related diseases such as atopic dermatitis and asthma, and it will be possible to identify factors threatening public health and take preventive measures in advance.
An official from the Ministry of Environment stated, "This integrated monitoring and evaluation system can multidimensionally monitor and evaluate the status and level of environmental health by integrating information from various fields such as environmental factors, health, population, and socioeconomic data."
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