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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"environmental health risks"”.
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Environmental health risks, inequality and welfare beyond GDP
… and sanitation, temperature balance and other environmental quality changes. These environmental health risks are impacting welfare worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that 24% of all global deaths are linked to environmental factors, or around 13.7 million mortalities per year …
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Human and environmental health risks associated with eleven metal(loid)s evaluated in topsoil and wild mushrooms sampled from across Leicestershire, UK.
… that may exceed limits for safe human and environmental health. The study objectives were to elucidate the presence, distribution, and quantification of eleven metal(loid)s, Be, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd and Pb, that are of toxicological importance in topsoil and their …
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Developing and evaluating “paraben-free & me”: an educational toolkit that targets parabens exposure reduction from personal care products
… hair products, parabens are linked to increased risks of breast cancer and endocrine disorders. Despite these risks, awareness and risk perceptions about parabens remain low among women. Educational toolkits have the potential to effectively raise awareness and promote positive behaviours …
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Street science : the fusing of local and professional knowledge in environmental policy
… analyzes how local knowledge improves environmental decisions. The premise is that controlling pollution and addressing public health disparities are not problems that professionals alone can solve. Concerned lay publics, especially low-income populations and people of color that …
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Syndemic Health Impacts and Environmental Risk Perceptions Associated with Mining Among the Ch'orti' of Eastern Guatemala
… negative social, political, economic, human, and environmental health impacts. A number of studies from around the world have looked at specific aspects of human and environmental health related to various contaminants from mining and the landscape alterations associated with the processes, along …
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Evaluating a South African mobile application for healthcare professionals to improve diagnosis and notification of pesticide poisonings
… poisoning (APP) is a major global public health problem, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) including South Africa. However, healthcare professionals (HCPs) worldwide have limited training in handling environmental health risks such as from pesticide exposures. Most …
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Radioactivity of Fossil Fuel Waste Products and Associated Environmental Implications
… yr) decay series, posing potential human and environmental health risks if not managed properly. In particular, elevated activities of NORM have been measured in coal combustion residuals (CCRs) generated from coal combustion and oil and gas wastewater (OGW) drawn from both conventional and …
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Impacts of wildfire activity in the wildland-urban interface on environmental mobilization and bioaccessibility of nanoscale trace metals, The
… of people worldwide. The biological and environmental health risks of forest wildfires are well documented, including mobilization of respirable particulate matter, water contamination, and trace metal enrichment. However, less is known about the biogeochemical impacts of WUI wildfires. …
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Investigating Seasonal and Occupational Trends of Five Organophosphate Pesticides in House Dust in the Lower Yakima Valley, WA
… become widely used. Adult exposure routes and health effects of OPs have been researched in detail. However, data characterizing chronic low–dose childhood exposures to pesticide sources, such as those that may occur in indirect outdoor and indoor environmental pathways, is limited. This is …
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Compound Events and Exposure Science: Characterizing Mixtures and Assessing Cumulative Risks Using Participatory Research Methods
Environmental justice (EJ) communities face disproportionate contaminant exposure due to systemic inequities, industrial proximity, and inadequate regulatory protections, with climate change further exacerbating these risks. This work explored environmental exposure in a diverse range of …