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Challenges and Opportunities for Urban Environmental Health and

WEBThe range of risks and opportunities for urban environmental health explored in this special issue clearly demonstrates the complexity of the challenge cities are facing in the 21 st century in the context of climate, land use and demographic change. As the …

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Articles Environmental Health

WEBDrinking water at U.S. Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina was contaminated with trichloroethylene and other industrial solvents from 1953 to 1985. Frank J. Bove, April Greek, Ruth Gatiba, Rona C. Boehm and Marcie M. …

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High arsenic contamination in the breast milk of mothers …

WEBGroundwater arsenic poisoning has posed serious health hazards in the exposed population. The objective of the study is to evaluate the arsenic ingestion from breastmilk among pediatric population in Bihar. In the present study, the total women …

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Racism as a public health issue in environmental health disparities …

WEBEnvironmental health research in the US has shown that racial and ethnic minorities and members of low-socioeconomic groups, are disproportionately burdened by harmful environmental exposures, in their homes, workplace, and neighborhood …

Category:  Mental health Go Health

Human health implications of organic food and organic …

WEBThis review summarises existing evidence on the impact of organic food on human health. It compares organic vs. conventional food production with respect to parameters important to human health and discusses the potential impact of organic …

Category:  Food Go Health

Urban and transport planning, environmental exposures and …

WEBThe majority of people live in cities and urbanization is continuing worldwide. Cities have long been known to be society’s predominant engine of innovation and wealth creation, yet they are also a main source of pollution and disease. We conducted a …

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Health impacts of climate change and health and social …

WEBThe Working Group II contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) considers that by 2050 climate change will mostly exacerbate existing health problems, and that populations that are currently …

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Evaluation of the public health impacts of traffic congestion: a …

WEBTraffic congestion is a significant issue in urban areas in the United States and around the world. Previous analyses have estimated the economic costs of congestion, related to fuel and time wasted, but few have quantified the public health impacts or …

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Hazardous waste and health impact: a systematic review of the

WEBWaste is part of the agenda of the European Environment and Health Process and included among the topics of the Sixth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health. Disposal and management of hazardous waste are worldwide challenges. …

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The changing health effects of air pollution exposure for …

WEBMultifaceted SARS-CoV-2 interventions have modified exposure to air pollution and dynamics of respiratory diseases. Identifying the most vulnerable individuals requires effort to build a complete picture of the dynamic health effects of air pollution …

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About Environmental Health

WEBThe journal is aimed at scientists and practitioners in all areas of environmental science in which human health and well-being are involved, either directly or indirectly, and with a view to improving the prevention of environmentally-related risks to human health. …

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Update on human exposure to glyphosate, with a complete review …

WEBGlyphosate, a commonly used pesticide, has been the topic of much debate. The effects of exposure to glyphosate remains a contentious topic. This paper provides an update to the existing literature regarding levels of glyphosate exposure in …

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Emerging environmental health risks associated with the land

WEBWe used an iterative process to select academic and governmental publications for inclusion in this scoping review. Initially, we searched databases and governmental websites to identify publications associated with risks to human health and …

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Statistical software for analyzing the health effects of multiple

WEBBackground Estimating the health effects of multi-pollutant mixtures is of increasing interest in environmental epidemiology. Recently, a new approach for estimating the health effects of mixtures, Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR), has been …

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The global environmental injustice of fast fashion

WEBFast fashion, inexpensive and widely available of-the-moment garments, has changed the way people buy and dispose of clothing. By selling large quantities of clothing at cheap prices, fast fashion has emerged as a dominant business model, causing …

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A review of health effects associated with exposure to jet engine

WEBAirport personnel are at risk of occupational exposure to jet engine emissions, which similarly to diesel exhaust emissions include volatile organic compounds and particulate matter consisting of an inorganic carbon core with associated polycyclic …

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The evolution of symptoms of nervous system dysfunction in a …

WEBBackground Since the 1960’s, mercury (Hg) contamination of the aquatic environment of Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation) territories has impacted the community members’ traditions, culture, livelihood, diet and …

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Concerns over use of glyphosate-based herbicides and risks …

WEBThe broad-spectrum herbicide glyphosate (common trade name “Roundup”) was first sold to farmers in 1974. Since the late 1970s, the volume of glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) applied has increased approximately 100-fold. Further increases in …

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Airplane pilot mental health and suicidal thoughts: a cross …

WEBThe Germanwings Flight 9525 crash has brought the sensitive subject of airline pilot mental health to the forefront in aviation. Globally, 350 million people suffer from depression–a common mental disorder. This study provides further information on this …

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