PHYSICAL EFFECTS. The CONSULTANT will summarize each of the physical effect issues in the Environmental Document. If no involvement for a particular issue is indicated, then a statement to that effect will be included. The CONSULTANT will identify the physical effect evaluation area. The CONSULTANT will assess the direct and indirect effects and will document the severity of the following:
PHYSICAL EFFECTS. The APE for physical effects will include the Oak Flat Federal Parcel (selected lands) leaving Federal management under the land exchange and the project areas associated with the GPO, which includes all areas likely to be affected by such activities associated with construction, operations, and reclamation (see Appendix A of this Agreement). The physical effects APE associated with the GPO will be modified as necessary to allow for adjustments in construction, operations, and access road placement. When possible, adjustments to the physical APE may also be made to avoid effects on natural, cultural, or modern features such as outcrops, historic properties, and historic properties of traditional religious and cultural importance.
PHYSICAL EFFECTS. U.S. studies show that physical risks for women and girls while being trafficked include drug and alcohol addiction, physical injuries (broken bones, concussions, xxxxx, vaginal/anal tearing), traumatic brain injury (TBI) resulting in memory loss, dizziness, headaches, numbness, sexually transmitted diseases (i.e. HIV/AIDS, gonorrhea, syphilis, UTIs, public lice), sterility, miscarriages, menstrual problems, other diseases (i.e. TB, hepatitis, malaria, pneumonia), and forced or coerced abortions (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2012). These health effects or often due to lack of nutrition, medical services, sexually transmitted diseases, poor living conditions, and violence. Of each of these effects, repeated physical violence is one of the most detrimental to the victims’ health. Violence Violence is almost always directly associated with sex trafficking (Alempijevic et al., 2007). The brutality of violence in sex trafficking is often what results in police intervention, rather than the prostitution or forced sex work itself (Belles, 2012). A U.S. study of sex trafficked victims cites multiple examples of abuse, including direct physical and sexual assault, psychological abuse, forced or coerced use of drugs and alcohol, restrictions on movement, social isolation, and abusive working and living conditions (Xxxxxx et al., 2007).
