Communities, additional support testing, upgrading or altered recreation and ↓ ↓ ↓ households services & health & safety replacing household water tourism behaviours in response and individuals measures not funded by supply to concern PFOS employer substituting for domestically altered food purchase ↓ ↓ lobbying & advocacy in produced food behaviours in response to ↓ relation to workplace PFOS seeking professional advice concern PFOS ↓ issues opportunity of selling or altered health behaviours in ↓ ↓ financing property response to concern about need to substitute for PFOS ↓ seafood & other wild foods lobbying, advocacy & ↓ services & support to litigation in relation to producer ↓ address community concerns responsibility lobbying & advocacy in lobbying & advocacy in ↓ ↓ relation to local PFOS issues relation to broader PFOS opportunity costs of environmental impacts & ↓ PFOSrelated expenditure human health concerns Businesses litigation and demand for PFOS waste increased pressure on waste ↓ ↑ ↓ (including compensation transport, disposal & management & landfill services PFOS users) uncertainty destruction services contamination of biosolids ↓ ↓ fisheries closures or opportunity cost of ↓ ↓ restrictions expenditure on PFOS contamination, monitoring for businesses ↓ ↓ environmental impact & human directly reliant on the health monitoring environment advertising and publicity to ↓ maintain or restore brand value & goodwill demand for products from ↑ businesses directly reliant on the environment & broader multiplier benefits opportunity costs of ↓ PFOSrelated expenditure economic productivity of ↑ environmental assets Governments litigation & compensation monitoring of increased demand on health ↓ ↓ ↓ monitoring of onsite contamination, environmental services, including mental ↓ contamination impacts & health concerns health services and testing monitoring of responding to lobbying & services ↓ ↓ contamination downstream advocacy contamination of biosolids ↓ from site offsite management, increased complexity & risk ↓ ↓ onsite management remediation, welfare & of urban & regional planning ↓ when polluters cannot pay compensation when polluter processes cannot pay opportunity cost of ↓ PFOSrelated expenditure Notes: = increased effect / impact ↑ = decreased effect / impact ↓ 14. Unquantified social impacts of phasing out PFOS Type At PFOS sites Linked to PFOS sites Society-wide
Communities, households and individuals ↓ additional support services & health & safety measures not funded by employer ↓ lobbying & advocacy in relation to workplace PFOS issues ↓ testing, upgrading or replacing household water supply ↓ substituting for domestically produced food ↓ seeking professional advice ↓ opportunity of selling or financing property ↓ need to substitute for seafood & other wild foods ↓ services & support to address community concerns ↓ lobbying & advocacy in relation to local PFOS issues ↓ opportunity costs of PFOSrelated expenditure ↓ altered recreation and tourism behaviours in response to concern PFOS ↓ altered food purchase behaviours in response to concern PFOS ↓ altered health behaviours in response to concern about PFOS ↓ lobbying, advocacy & litigation in relation to producer responsibility ↓ lobbying & advocacy in relation to broader PFOS environmental impacts & human health concerns Businesses (including PFOS users) ↓ litigation and compensation ↓ uncertainty ↑ demand for PFOS waste transport, disposal & destruction services ↓ fisheries closures or restrictions ↓ contamination, environmental impact & human health monitoring ↓ advertising and publicity to maintain or restore brand value & goodwill ↑ demand for products from businesses directly reliant on the environment & broader multiplier benefits ↓ opportunity costs of PFOSrelated expenditure ↑ economic productivity of environmental assets ↓ increased pressure on waste management & landfill services ↓ contamination of biosolids ↓ opportunity cost of expenditure on PFOS ↓ monitoring for businesses directly reliant on the environment Governments ↓ litigation & compensation ↓ monitoring of onsite contamination ↓ monitoring of contamination downstream from site ↓ onsite management when polluters cannot pay ↓ monitoring of contamination, environmental impacts & health concerns ↓ responding to lobbying & advocacy ↓ offsite management, remediation, welfare & compensation when polluter cannot pay ↓ increased demand on health services, including mental health services and testing services ↓ contamination of biosolids ↓ increased complexity & risk of urban & regional planning processes ↓ opportunity cost of PFOSrelated expenditure Notes: ↑ = increased effect / impact ↓ = decreased effect / impact 14. Unquantified social impacts of phasing out PFOS Type At PFOS sites Linked to PFOS sites Society-wide
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