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1. Future threat from the past

Author:
Amr El-Sayed; Mohamed Kamel
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2021 v.28 no.2 pp. 1287-1291
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
anthrax; children; death; genome; ice; influenza; pollution; public health; research; smallpox; temperature
Abstract:
... Global warming is one of the major challenges facing humanity. The increase in the Earth’s temperature and thawing of ancient ice release viable viruses, bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms which were trapped for thousands and millions of years. Such microorganisms may belong to novel microbial species, unknown genotypes of present pathogens, already eradicated pathogens, or even known patho ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-020-11234-9

2. Aeroallergen sensitization in Lebanese asthmatic children: the results of a cohort national study

Author:
Hala Feghali Abiad; Valeria Modica Alameddine; Souheil Hallit; Paul-Henry Torbey; Salman Mroueh; Nelly Yazbek; Edgard Asmar; Pierre Hage; George Abi Fares; Marie Samarani; Marie-Claude Fadous Khalife
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.5 pp. 5597-5605
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Alternaria; Anthoxanthum odoratum; Aspergillus fumigatus; Blattella germanica; Cupressaceae; Dactylis glomerata; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; Lolium; Parietaria; allergens; altitude; asthma; barley; childhood; children; corn; dogs; dust mites; grasses; meadows; national surveys; oats; olives; patients; prognosis; skin prick tests; wheat; Lebanon
Abstract:
... Atopic asthma is characterized by the presence of sensitization to common aeroallergens, which tends to have a worse prognosis than non-atopic asthma. The objectives were to determine the prevalence of aeroallergens sensitization in the Lebanese pediatric asthmatic population and determine the relationship between allergens sensitization (indoor and outdoor) and age, area of residence and altitude ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-07234-z

3. Assessment of human health risks and pollution index for heavy metals in farmlands irrigated by effluents of stabilization ponds

Author:
Azam Karimi; Ali Naghizadeh; Hamed Biglari; Roya Peirovi; Aliyeh Ghasemi; Ahmad Zarei
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.10 pp. 10317-10327
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; agricultural land; agricultural soils; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; copper; effluents; exposure pathways; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; iron; irrigation; lead; manganese; pollution load; soil sampling; topsoil; waste lagoons; zinc; Iran
Abstract:
... Areas contaminated with heavy metals can pose major risks to human health and ecological environments. The aims of this study are to assess human health risk and pollution index for heavy metals in agricultural soils irrigated by effluents of stabilization ponds in Birjand, Iran. The results revealed that the levels of Cr, Mn, Zn, Fe, Cu, Cd, and Pb were in range of 70.3–149.65, 355–570, 31.15–98. ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-020-07642-6

4. Assessment of noise pollution and its effects on human health in industrial hub of Pakistan

Author:
Zia Ur Rahman Farooqi; Muhammad Sabir; Junaid Latif; Zubair Aslam; Hamaad Raza Ahmad; Iftikhar Ahmad; Muhammad Imran; Predrag Ilić
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.3 pp. 2819-2828
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
blood pressure; children; cities; fabrics; hospitals; human health; hypertension; industry; labor force; noise pollution; public opinion; questionnaires; sleep disorders; sound level meters; surveys; Pakistan
Abstract:
... Faisalabad is one of the major industrial cities of Pakistan, which may cause noise pollution to the local residents due to the development of robust industrial and transport systems. This study aimed at (i) mapping the noise pollution levels at various locations of Faisalabad city; (ii) comparing noise pollution levels in the morning, the afternoon, and the evening for each source; and (iii) asse ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-07105-7

5. Association between exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author:
Roshanak Rezaei Kalantary; Neematollah Jaffarzadeh; Maysam Rezapour; Mohsen Hesami Arani
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.11 pp. 11531-11540
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
children; databases; epidemiological studies; meta-analysis; odds ratio; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; statistical models; systematic review
Abstract:
... Some studies have shown that exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is a dangerous factor for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to clarify this relationship, and to collect and analyze all the relevant evidences in published reports of epidemiologic studies. PubMed, Science Direct, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-020-08134-3

6. Bioaccumulation and human health risk of shellfish contamination to heavy metals and As in most rapid urbanized Shenzhen, China

Author:
Yuan Gong; Minwei Chai; Huan Ding; Cong Shi; Yao Wang; Ruili Li
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.2 pp. 2096-2106
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Argopecten irradians; Azumapecten farreri; Babylonia areolata; Crassostrea ariakensis; adolescents; adults; arsenic; bioaccumulation; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; copper; food contamination; heavy metals; human health; lead; mercury; neoplasms; risk; seafood consumption; seafoods; shellfish; urbanization; China
Abstract:
... Despite the benefits of shellfish consumption, the bioaccumulation of heavy metals in shellfish can endanger consumer’s health. The consumption of seafood in Shenzhen (a fast-developing metropolis in China) has received more and more attention. Arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), mercury (Hg), and lead (Pb) in ten common shellfish species and associated health risks were analyzed for Shenzhen ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-06580-2

7. Cadmium and chromium levels in water and edible herbs in a risk assessment study of rural residents living in Eastern Iran

Author:
Mohammad Hossein Sayadi; Javad Kharkan; Lukasz J. Binkowski; Mahmoud Moshgani; Martyna Błaszczyk; Borhan Mansouri
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.9 pp. 9901-9909
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Adiantum; Chara globularis; Plantago lanceolata; acids; adults; atomic absorption spectrometry; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; health effects assessments; herbs; mineralization; neoplasms; oral exposure; pollution; relative risk; risk assessment; semiarid zones; villages; Iran
Abstract:
... In arid and semi-arid regions of Iran, water is supplied by qanats, underground channels where pollution is suspected, but unestablished. The aim of this study was thus to run a risk assessment study regarding the levels of cadmium (Cd) and chromium (Cr) in qanat water and edible herbs (Adiantum capillus-verenis, Chara globularis and Plantago lanceolata) growing in qanats in 14 villages in South K ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-020-07600-2

8. Characteristics and health risk assessment of heavy metals in street dust for children in Jinhua, China

Author:
Chad Joseph Bartholomew; Na Li; Yuanyuan Li; Weishuai Dai; Deborah Nibagwire; Ting Guo
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.5 pp. 5042-5055
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
atmospheric deposition; cadmium; carcinogenicity; carcinogens; children; copper; dust; health effects assessments; heavy metals; lead; models; nickel; pollution; risk; screening; soil; soil sampling; traffic; zinc; China
Abstract:
... Street dust and soil samples were collected from three study areas in Jinhua, China: a commercial area and two urban districts. The concentrations of nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd), and particularly zinc (Zn) in street dust exceeded soil background values and Chinese soil screening safe levels in some areas. Zn and Cd concentrations in street dust appeared to pose health concern ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-07144-0

9. Chemical content and source apportionment of 36 heavy metal analysis and health risk assessment in aerosol of Beijing

Author:
Limeng Cui; Zhuona Wu; Peng Han; Yasuyuki Taira; Huan Wang; Qinghua Meng; Zechen Feng; Shuguang Zhai; Jun Yu; Weijie Zhu; Yuxia Kong; Hongfang Wang; Hong Zhang; Bin Bai; Yun Lou; Yongzhong Ma
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.7 pp. 7005-7014
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; aerosols; air pollutants; air pollution; air quality; aluminum; anthropogenic activities; antimony; arsenic; barium; breathing; cadmium; calcium; cesium; children; chromium; cobalt; copper; emissions; gases; health effects assessments; heavy metals; inhalation exposure; iron; lead; magnesium; manganese; mercury; molybdenum; nickel; potassium; radioactivity; rubidium; silver; sodium; spring; strontium; tin; zinc; China
Abstract:
... The concentration levels of 36 airborne heavy metals and atmospheric radioactivity in total suspended particulate (TSP) samples were measured to investigate the chemical characteristics, potential sources of aerosols, and health risk in Beijing, China, from September 2016 to September 2017. The TSP concentrations varied from 6.93 to 469.18 μg/m³, with a median of 133.97 μg/m³. The order for the me ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-06427-w

10. Concentration of phthalate esters in indoor and outdoor dust in Kocaeli, Turkey: implications for human exposure and risk

Author:
Bilgehan Başaran; Gizem Nur Soylu; Mihriban Yılmaz Civan
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.2 pp. 1808-1824
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Monte Carlo method; adults; adverse effects; carcinogenicity; child health; children; coatings; dermal exposure; dibutyl phthalate; dust; humans; inhalation exposure; neoplasms; oral exposure; pollutants; poly(vinyl chloride); risk; skin absorption; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... The interest in phthalate esters (PAEs) has increased in recent years because elevated phthalate levels have been detected in environmental matrices and they have certain adverse effects on human health. Indoor dust from 90 homes and outdoor (street) dust from outside these homes were collected in Kocaeli province between February and April 2016 and analyzed for eight PAEs. The total indoor dust c ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-06815-2

11. Correction to: Associations of trace elements in blood with the risk of isolated ventricular septum defects and abnormal cardiac structure in children

Author:
Yu Zhu; Cheng Xu; Yuxi Zhang; Zongyun Xie; Yaqin Shu; Changgui Lu; Xuming Mo
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.6 pp. 6721
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
blood; children; heart abnormalities; heart ventricle; trace elements
Abstract:
... The original publication of this paper contains an error. ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-07540-6

12. Effects of extreme meteorological factors on daily mumps cases in Hefei, China, during 2011–2016

Author:
Huabing Wu; Enqing You; Chunxiao Jiang; Yuwei Yang; Ling Wang; Qingshan Niu; Xuelei Lu; Fen Huang
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.4 pp. 4489-4501
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adolescents; at-risk population; children; males; nonlinear models; relative risk; seasonal variation; solar radiation; temperature; China
Abstract:
... Mumps remains one of the worldwide major health problems over the past decade. Seasonal variations of mumps indicate that meteorological factors play an important role in the development of mumps, but few studies have investigated the relationship between extreme meteorological factors and the incidence of mumps. Daily mumps cases and meteorological factors in Hefei, China, from 2011 to 2016 were ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-07073-y

13. Effects of some industrial and organic wastes application on growth and heavy metal uptake by tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) grown in a greenhouse condition

Author:
Marzieh Taghipour; Mohsen Jalali
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.5 pp. 5353-5366
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Solanum lycopersicum var. lycopersicum; adults; ceramics; children; crop yield; dry matter accumulation; fractionation; greenhouses; heavy metals; organic matter; organic wastes; polluted soils; rice hulls; risk; roots; shoots; solid wastes; sugar industry; tomatoes; toxicity; vegetable consumption; wheat straw
Abstract:
... In this study, pot experiments were conducted to determine the effects of industrial solid wastes (ISWs) (ceramic, stone, and sugar factory wastes) and organic wastes (rice husk and wheat straw) on growth and heavy metals uptake by tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) plants. The soil was treated with 10% of ISWs and 5% of organic wastes. The fractionation of heavy metals also has been studied in all ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-07017-6

14. Exposure to arsenic and lead in children from Salamanca México, effects on telomeric lengthening and mitochondrial DNA

Author:
Jorge Alejandro Alegría-Torres; Rebeca Yasmín Pérez-Rodríguez; Lizeth García-Torres; Rogelio Costilla-Salazar; Diana Rocha-Amador
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.6 pp. 6420-6428
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
arsenic; atomic absorption spectrometry; biomarkers; blood plasma; blood sampling; children; elementary schools; environmental monitoring; genomics; lead; leukocyte count; mitochondrial DNA; oxidative stress; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; telomeres; urine; Mexico
Abstract:
... Levels of urinary arsenic and levels of lead in blood were measured in children attending elementary schools located in an industrial zone in Salamanca, México. Its possible effects using telomere length and mitochondrial DNA copy number as biomarkers of genomic disequilibrium by oxidative stress were studied. Eighty-eight children (6–15 years old) were included and urine samples were collected fo ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-07108-4

15. Fluorosis and cognitive development among children (6–14 years of age) in the endemic areas of the world: a review and critical analysis

Author:
Muhammad Saeed; Riffat Naseem Malik; Atif Kamal
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.3 pp. 2566-2579
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; anthropogenic activities; bones; brain; childhood; children; cognition; cognitive development; databases; developing countries; drinking water; fluorides; fluorosis; groundwater; human population; kidneys; neoplasms; neurotoxicity; teeth
Abstract:
... The fluoride contamination in water is still a live discussion among the scientific community, because of its beneficial and injurious health effects inflicted on the human population. The magnitude of groundwater fluoride contamination is aggravated by increasing anthropogenic activities. Groundwater is supposedly the main source through which people are highly exposed to fluoride, compared with ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-06938-6

16. Health risk assessment of groundwater nitrate contamination: a case study of a typical karst hydrogeological unit in East China

Author:
Shuai Gao; Changsuo Li; Chao Jia; Hailin Zhang; Qin Guan; Xiancang Wu; Jinxiao Wang; Minghui Lv
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.9 pp. 9274-9287
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; adults; adverse effects; case studies; children; dermal exposure; drinking water; dry season; females; groundwater; health effects assessments; human health; infants; karsts; lakes; males; nitrates; nitrogen; pollution; pollution control; risk assessment process; rivers; wet season; China
Abstract:
... Nitrate pollution in rivers, lakes, shallow groundwater, and even deep groundwater occurs in many parts of the world. And, it’s essential to assessing the relationship between nitrate pollution and human health, which is called human health risk assessment (HHRA). In this paper, groundwater samples were collected for their nitrate content in a typical karst hydrogeological unit in East China durin ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-07075-w

17. Health risks of heavy metal exposure and microbial contamination through consumption of vegetables irrigated with treated wastewater at Dubai, UAE

Author:
Muhammad Iftikhar Hussain; Asad Sarwar Qureshi
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.10 pp. 11213-11226
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; average daily intake; cadmium; carrots; children; chromium; coliform bacteria; copper; decontamination; eggplants; field crops; forestry; freshwater; fruits; heavy metals; human health; iron; lead; leaves; lettuce; microbial contamination; microbial load; microirrigation; radishes; risk; semiarid zones; soil types; spinach; wastewater; water resources; water reuse; zinc; United Arab Emirates
Abstract:
... The shortage of fresh water is a major problem throughout the world, but the situation is worst in the arid and semiarid regions. Therefore, reuse of nonconventional water resources such as treated wastewater (TWW) is a common practice to irrigate field crops, vegetables, and forestry sectors. The present study was conducted to evaluate the significant impact of different heavy metals such as copp ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-07522-8

18. Knowledge and attitudes regarding exposure to brominated flame retardants: a survey of Croatian health care providers

Author:
Krešimir Jakšić; Marijana Matek Sarić; Jelena Čulin
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.7 pp. 7683-7692
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
attitudes and opinions; children; computer software; cross-sectional studies; flame retardants; health care workers; human health; lactating women; lactation; medicine; occupations; pollution; questionnaires; statistical analysis; surveys
Abstract:
... The exposure of pregnant and lactating women and their children to environmental contaminants such as brominated flame retardants (BFRs) is a subject of international concern, but the perception of these contaminants by health providers has not been extensively investigated. The aim of this study was to assess Croatian health care providers’ knowledge of exposure to BFRs and their attitudes toward ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-07496-7

19. Levels and ecological and health risk assessment of PM2.5-bound heavy metals in the northern part of the Persian Gulf

Author:
Fatemeh Faraji Ghasemi; Sina Dobaradaran; Reza Saeedi; Iraj Nabipour; Shahrokh Nazmara; Dariush Ranjbar Vakil Abadi; Hossein Arfaeinia; Bahman Ramavandi; Jörg Spitz; Mohammad Javad Mohammadi; Mozhgan Keshtkar
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.5 pp. 5305-5313
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; cadmium; children; chromium; cobalt; dust storms; filters; guidelines; health effects assessments; heavy metals; iron; lead; neoplasms; nickel; particulates; principal component analysis; quartz; risk; risk assessment; vanadium; wind direction; Persian Gulf
Abstract:
... Bushehr, a port along the northern part of the Persian Gulf, has repeatedly encountered dust storms in recent years but there is not been a comprehensive study on the PM₂.₅ contents in this region. The present study reports the characteristics and health risks of atmospheric PM₂.₅-bound heavy metals (HMs) in Bushehr from December 2016 to September 2017. A total of 46 samples were analyzed, and a h ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-07272-7

20. Mercury (Hg) and selenium (Se) content in the shark Mustelus henlei (Triakidae) in the northern Mexican Pacific

Author:
Sergio Alonzo Medina-Morales; David Corro-Espinosa; Ofelia Escobar-Sánchez; Carolina Guadalupe Delgado-Alvarez; Jorge Ruelas-Inzunza; Martin Gabriel Frías-Espericueta; Martin Enrique Jara-Marini; Federico Páez-Osuna
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.14 pp. 16774-16783
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Mustelus; adults; atomic absorption spectrometry; carnivores; children; liver; meat; mercury; muscles; pollution; public health; research; risk; selenium; sharks; women
Abstract:
... Mercury and selenium were assessed in Mustelus henlei, which is a carnivorous predatory shark that is important for the coastal communities of the northern Mexican Pacific (NMP). Sixty-two individuals were sampled; muscle and liver were isolated and analyzed by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The mean Hg concentrations (wet weight) obtained for muscle (0.08 ± 0.10 μg g⁻¹) and liver (0.09 ± 0. ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-020-08198-1

21. Oral antimicrobial activity weakened in children with electronic waste lead exposure

Author:
Shaocheng Zhang; Xia Huo; Minghui Li; Ruikun Hou; Xiaowei Cong; Xijin Xu
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.13 pp. 14763-14770
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
agglutinins; antibacterial properties; blood sampling; children; dental caries; dysbiosis; electronic wastes; lead; lead poisoning; leukocyte count; monocytes; mouth; oral exposure; saliva; toxicity
Abstract:
... Environmental lead (Pb) exposure can induce dysbacteriosis, impair oral health, and is associated with the development of dental caries. However, the mechanism is unclear. The aim of this study was to explore the effects of Pb toxicity on oral antimicrobial activity in children in an e-waste area. Results showed higher blood Pb levels in e-waste-exposed group children, accompanied by decreased sal ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-020-08037-3

22. Organochlorine pesticides in the surrounding soils of POPs destruction facility: source fingerprinting, human health, and ecological risks assessment

Author:
Syeda Nazish Ali; Mujtaba Baqar; Mehvish Mumtaz; Uzma Ashraf; Muhammad Naveed Anwar; Abdul Qadir; Sajid Rashid Ahmad; Abdul-Sattar Nizami; Huang Jun
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.7 pp. 7328-7340
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
DDD (pesticide); DDE (pesticide); DDT (pesticide); HCH (pesticide); adults; carcinogenicity; children; dermal exposure; developing countries; dieldrin; endrin; environmental assessment; food chain transfer; heptachlor; human health; inhalation exposure; methoxychlor; oral exposure; persistent organic pollutants; pollution; risk assessment; soil; Pakistan
Abstract:
... The elimination of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) obsolete pesticides stockpiles, particularly the organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), is one of the critical environmental issues faced by many developing countries. This pioneering study aimed to investigate the occurrence, source fingerprinting, human health, and ecological risks of OCPs in the surroundings of the lone POPs pesticide destructi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-07183-7

23. Pollution characteristics, sources, and health risk assessments of urban road dust in Kuala Lumpur City

Author:
Murnira Othman; Mohd Talib Latif
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.10 pp. 11227-11245
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; aluminum; arsenic; cadmium; calcium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; cobalt; copper; dust; health effects assessments; human health; ion exchange chromatography; iron; lead; manganese; neoplasms; nickel; oral exposure; particulate emissions; pollution; residential areas; risk; soil; spectroscopy; strontium; traffic; uranium; urban areas; vanadium; zinc
Abstract:
... Urban road dust contains anthropogenic components at toxic concentrations which can be hazardous to human health. A total of 36 road dust samples from five different urban areas, a commercial (CM), a high traffic (HT), a park (GR), a rail station (LRT), and a residential area (RD), were collected in Kuala Lumpur City followed by investigation into compositions, sources, and human health risks. The ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-020-07633-7

24. Prenatal and childhood exposure to chlordecone and sex-typed toy preference of 7-year-old Guadeloupean children

Author:
Sylvaine Cordier; Nadine Forget-Dubois; Mireille Desrochers-Couture; Florence Rouget; Leah Michineau; Christine Monfort; Jean Pierre Thome; Philippe Kadhel; Luc Multigner; Gina Muckle
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.33 pp. 40971-40979
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
blood; breast milk; carcinogenicity; childhood; children; chlordecone; chronic exposure; cohort studies; food contamination; maternal exposure; neurodevelopment; neurotoxicity; play activities; pollution; regression analysis; research; sexual dimorphism; Guadeloupe
Abstract:
... Chlordecone was used intensively as an insecticide in the French West Indies. Because of its high persistence, the resulting contamination of food and water has led to chronic exposure of the general population as evidenced by its presence in the blood of people of Guadeloupe, in particular in pregnant women and newborns, and in maternal breast milk. Chlordecone is recognized as a reproductive and ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05686-x

25. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides, maternal paraoxonase 1 genotype, and childhood neurodevelopment at 24 months of age in Shandong, China

Author:
Yiwen Wang; Yan Zhang; Lin Ji; Yijun Zhou; Rong Shi; Michihiro Kamijima; Jun Ueyama; Yu Gao; Ying Tian
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.2 pp. 1969-1977
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
aryldialkylphosphatase; blood; childhood; children; genotype; maternal exposure; metabolism; metabolites; mothers; neurodevelopment; organophosphorus pesticides; urine; China
Abstract:
... Prenatal organophosphate pesticide (OP) exposure was reported to negatively affect childhood neurodevelopment. Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) is a key enzyme in the metabolism of OPs and may affect an individual’s susceptibility to OP exposure. However, little is known about its role in the associations of prenatal OP exposure and childhood neurodevelopment. We measured dimethylphosphate (DM), diethylphosph ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-06740-4

26. Short-term effects of meteorological factors, air pollution, and sunspot on childhood hand, foot, and mouth disease in Tianjin, China: a new time series regression, 2014–2018

Author:
Xue-Yue Ji; Li-Yuan Huang; Jia Song; Chun-Nan Fei; Jun Liu; He Liu
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.29 pp. 37022-37035
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Chinese people; acute effects; adolescents; air pollution; ambient temperature; boys; children; girls; hand, foot and mouth disease; infants; relative risk; risk factors; solar radiation; time series analysis; China
Abstract:
... This study is aimed at defining the relationship between a set of environmental factors and childhood HFMD and then at estimating the related effect. The 16 environmental factors included meteorological, air pollution, and sunspot. A traditional TSR modified by using susceptible-infectious-recovery models and distribution lag nonlinear model was applied to estimate the short-term effects of daily ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-020-09794-x

27. Socio-economic, macroeconomic, demographic, and environmental variables as determinants of child mortality in South Asia

Author:
Muhammad Zakaria; Samia Tariq; Muhammad Iftikhar ul Husnain
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.1 pp. 954-964
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
carbon; children; emissions; empirical research; environmental degradation; environmental factors; food security; human capital; immunization; longevity; macroeconomics; mortality; per-capita income; population density; socioeconomics; trade; urbanization; South Asia
Abstract:
... The study empirically examines the effects of socio-economic (human capital), macroeconomic (per capita GDP), demographic (fertility rate, urbanization), and environmental variables (carbon emissions) on child mortality in South Asia. For empirical analysis, panel cointegration technique is used by using data for five South Asian countries for the period 1973 to 2015. First, it is found that the v ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-06988-w

28. The contribution of orthodontic braces to aluminum exposure in humans: an experimental in vitro study

Author:
Aneta Olszewska; Anetta Hańć; Danuta Barałkiewicz; Piotr Rzymski
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.4 pp. 4541-4545
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; aluminum; ceramics; children; food safety; in vitro studies; leaching; saliva; stainless steel
Abstract:
... There is limited information on whether metals such as aluminum (Al) can migrate from orthodontic braces to saliva and subsequently contribute to its exposure in humans. This study aimed to assess this experimentally by incubating elastomeric orthodontic ligatures in artificial saliva for 30 days and other components of orthodontic braces (brackets, arch wires, and retainers) up to 180 days. As de ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-07083-w

29. The effect of air pollution on children’s migration with parents: evidence from China

Author:
Xiaoqin Li; Huashuai Chen; Yonghui Li
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.11 pp. 12499-12513
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
air pollution; children; developing countries; income; parents; surveys; urbanization; China
Abstract:
... Population migration and air pollution are inevitable problems in the process of urbanisation. With the continuous advancement of urbanisation, the trends in family migration have become more prominent, and children’s migration with parents has become an important indicator reflecting the speed, structure, and quality of urbanisation. Our analysis relies on data from China Migrants Dynamic Survey ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-020-07831-3

30. A mineralogical and chemical investigation of road dust in Philadelphia, PA, USA

Author:
Michael J. O’Shea; David R. Vann; Wei-Ting Hwang; Reto Gieré
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.13 pp. 14883-14902
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
children; dust; factor analysis; industrialization; industry; land use; mineral content; pollution; research; risk assessment; soil; traffic
Abstract:
... Road dust was investigated within Philadelphia, a major United States city with a long history of industrial activities, in order to determine pollution levels. Almost all of the investigated minor elements were enriched relative to the continental crust. Furthermore, mean concentrations of Cr, Co, Cu, and Pb were high compared with those reported in cities in other countries. Lead pollution shoul ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-06746-y

31. A systematic review and meta-analysis of lead and cadmium concentrations in cow milk in Iran and human health risk assessment

Author:
Abdol-Samad Abedi; Esmat Nasseri; Fatemeh Esfarjani; Fatemeh Mohammadi-Nasrabadi; Motahareh Hashemi Moosavi; Hedayat Hoseini
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.10 pp. 10147-10159
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Food and Agriculture Organization; World Health Organization; adults; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; databases; food additives; health effects assessments; human health; issues and policy; lead; meta-analysis; milk; milk consumption; neoplasms; planning; systematic review; Iran
Abstract:
... The aim of the current research was to systematically review and summarize the studies that evaluated the concentration of lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) in cow milk in different regions of Iran and to perform a meta-analysis of the findings. Moreover, the non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risks of Pb and Cd through milk consumption in adult and child consumers were assessed. As a result of a systemat ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-020-07989-w

32. Arsenic contamination in Kolkata metropolitan city: perspective of transportation of agricultural products from arsenic-endemic areas

Author:
Anirban Biswas; Shresthashree Swain; Nilanjana Roy Chowdhury; Madhurima Joardar; Antara Das; Meenakshi Mukherjee; Tarit Roychowdhury
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.22 pp. 22929-22944
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; arsenates; arsenic; arsenites; children; crops; drinking; drinking water; eating habits; exposure pathways; food intake; foods; groundwater; household surveys; humans; markets; neoplasms; nutrient intake; rice; risk; risk assessment; soil; toxicity; transportation; vegetables; water pollution
Abstract:
... Arsenic exposure route for humans is through the drinking of contaminated water and intake of arsenic-contaminated foods, particularly in arsenic-exposed areas of Bengal delta. Transport of the arsenic-contaminated crops and vegetables grown using arsenic-contaminated groundwater and soil in arsenic-exposed areas to the uncontaminated sites and consequent dietary intakes leads to great threats for ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05595-z

33. Arsenic contamination, subsequent water toxicity, and associated public health risks in the lower Indus plain, Sindh province, Pakistan

Author:
Asfandyar Shahab; Shihua Qi; Muhammad Zaheer
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.30 pp. 30642-30662
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; anthropogenic activities; arsenic; bicarbonates; children; cluster analysis; coal; drinking water; flooded conditions; groundwater; groundwater contamination; iron; microorganisms; minerals; mining; neoplasms; pesticides; physicochemical properties; principal component analysis; public health; risk; sorption; surface water; toxicity; Pakistan
Abstract:
... Arsenic (As) contamination in drinking water is a global public health risk. The present study highlighted the geological and anthropogenic causes of As contamination in groundwater (GW) and surface water (SW) and assessment of their potential health risks in Sindh province of Pakistan. Upon analyzing 720 GW and SW samples from 18 different sites, the estimates of As in groundwater and surface wat ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-2320-8

34. Assessment of metal contamination and the associated human health risk from dustfall deposition: a study in a mid-sized town in India

Author:
Neha Rani; Bhamidipati S. Sastry; Kaushik Dey
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.22 pp. 23173-23191
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; adults; air quality; breathing; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; cobalt; dust; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; ingestion; lead; models; monsoon season; neoplasms; nickel; principal component analysis; public health; risk; seasonal variation; spectrometers; summer; vanadium; zinc; zirconium; India
Abstract:
... It is evident from the past studies that dust fallout is a severe concern due to its impact to urban air quality and public health. This study mainly examines the spatial and seasonal variation of dustfall at ambient levels and chemical characterization of its insoluble fraction for Kharagpur Town, India. Dustfall samples were collected monthly for 1 year (July 2014 to June 2015) from four samplin ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05539-7

35. Assessment of source and health risk of metal(loid)s in indoor/outdoor dust of university dormitory in Lanzhou City, China

Author:
Lili Bao; Shengli Wang; Huiling Sun; Wen Huang; Guanxin Wang; Zhongren Nan
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.31 pp. 32333-32344
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; arsenic; buildings; cadmium; children; chromium; construction materials; copper; dust; human health; lead; manganese; mercury; nickel; pollution; risk; summer; winter; zinc; China
Abstract:
... The pollution of metal(loid)s from indoor and outdoor dust is of great concern because of its impact on human health. The concentrations of nine metal(loid)s (Mn, Cu, Zn, Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb, Hg, and As) were investigated in indoor and outdoor dust samples of university dormitories in winter and summer seasons in Lanzhou City, China. This study revealed the variations of metal(loid) concentrations in d ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-06365-7

36. Assessment of the human health risks of heavy metals in nine typical areas

Author:
Shiyu Wang; Wenyong Wu; Fei Liu
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.12 pp. 12311-12323
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
European Union; Food and Agriculture Organization; World Health Organization; adults; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; environmental protection; heavy metals; human health; ingestion; lead; risk; river deltas; soil; wheat; Africa; Asia; Europe
Abstract:
... Human health risks of five different heavy metals were assessed in nine typical areas in Asia, Europe, and Africa. The geoaccumulation index (Igₑₒ) of arsenic (As) in Hyderabad (HB), cadmium (Cd) in Veles (VL), and lead (Pb) in Murcia (MC) were found to be 5, indicating extreme contamination. This is related to their high concentrations in soil. The concentration of As in wheat in Niger Delta (ND) ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-04076-z

37. Association between ambient PM2.5 and children’s hospital admissions for respiratory diseases in Jinan, China

Author:
Jinyue Liu; Yifan Li; Jun Li; Yao Liu; Ningning Tao; Wanmei Song; Liangliang Cui; Huaichen Li
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.23 pp. 24112-24120
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
acute effects; air pollution; bronchitis; children; health effects assessments; hospitals; linear models; males; particulates; pneumonia; risk; China
Abstract:
... To determine the association between daily air pollution and the hospital admissions for respiratory diseases in children aged from 0 to 17 years in Jinan, China. Generalized linear models were used to explore the acute effects of ambient fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅) on the children’s hospital admissions for respiratory diseases. We evaluated the lag associations (including lag 0 to lag 3, lag ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05644-7

38. Association of urinary acrylamide concentration with lifestyle and demographic factors in a population of South Korean children and adolescents

Author:
Soo Yeon Choi; Ahra Ko; Hui-Seung Kang; Myung-Sil Hwang; Hee-Seok Lee
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.18 pp. 18247-18255
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Koreans; acrylamides; adolescents; carcinogenicity; children; doughnuts; females; geometry; humans; lifestyle; males; popcorn; public health; regression analysis; smoking (habit); South Korea
Abstract:
... Acrylamide (AA) has been identified as probably carcinogenic to humans and thus represents a potential public health threat. This study aimed to determine the urinary concentrations of AA and N-acetyl-S-(2-carbamoylethyl)-L-cysteine (AAMA) in a nationally representative sample (n = 1025) of children and adolescents (age range 3–18 years) in South Korea. The AA and AAMA detection rates and geometri ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05037-w

39. Associations of trace elements in blood with the risk of isolated ventricular septum defects and abnormal cardiac structure in children

Author:
Yu Zhu; Cheng Xu; Yuxi Zhang; Zongyun Xie; Yaqin Shu; Changgui Lu; Xuming Mo
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.10 pp. 10037-10043
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
aorta; blood; children; confidence interval; echocardiography; gender; heart ventricle; nutrient deficiencies; patients; regression analysis; risk; zinc; China
Abstract:
... This study sought to determine correlations between the presence of isolated ventricular septum defects (VSDs) and blood levels of trace elements. A total of 144 patients with VSDs and 144 controls were recruited for cross-sectional assessment of trace elements and examination of cardiac structures in the Jiangsu and Anhui provinces between 2016 and 2018. Logistic regression was performed to explo ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-04312-0

40. Candy consumption may add to the body burden of lead and cadmium of children in Nigeria

Author:
Orish Ebere Orisakwe; Zelinjo Nkeiruka Igweze; Nnaemeka Arinze Udowelle
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.2 pp. 1921-1931
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
affordability; atomic absorption spectrometry; cadmium; candy; children; chromium; filtrates; food additives; heavy metals; lead; milk; neoplasms; nickel; perchloric acid; risk; river deltas; zinc; Nigeria
Abstract:
... The affordability of candies and chocolates makes their consumption common especially in children. Heavy metal contamination of these candies is well known. This study has estimated health risks associated with heavy metals (HM; Pb, Cd, Cr, Ni, and Zn) in commonly consumed candies in Nigeria. Fifty candies/sweets and chocolates/chewing gums bought from different stores in Port Harcourt and Uyo in ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-3706-3

41. Characterization and risk assessment of heavy metals in road dust from a developing city with good air quality and from Shanghai, China

Author:
Xiaojia Chen; Meixiu Guo; Jingjing Feng; Shan Liang; Deming Han; Jinping Cheng
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.11 pp. 11387-11398
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
air quality; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; cities; copper; dust; health effects assessments; heavy metals; lead; manganese; mercury; nickel; particulate emissions; risk; soil; vehicles (equipment); zinc; China
Abstract:
... To investigate the differences in characteristics of heavy metals associated with different levels of ambient air quality, we collected road dust samples from Beihai (BH) and Shanghai (SH). The mean concentrations of Ni, Cr, Zn, and Cu in BH samples were one to four times the background concentrations in soil, whereas the concentrations of Cd, Cr, Mn, Zn, Cu, and Pb in SH were one to three times t ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-04550-2

42. Chemical fractionation, bioavailability, and health risks of heavy metals in fine particulate matter at a site in the Indo-Gangetic Plain, India

Author:
Dinesh Sah; Puneet Kumar Verma; Maharaj Kumari Kandikonda; Anita Lakhani
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.19 pp. 19749-19762
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; air quality; anthropogenic activities; atomic absorption spectrometry; bioavailability; breathing; cadmium; carbonates; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; copper; fractionation; heavy metals; human health; iron; lead; manganese; nickel; organic matter; oxides; particulates; risk; risk assessment; zinc; India; Indo-Gangetic Plain
Abstract:
... In the present study, the distribution and chemical fractionation of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn) in PM₂.₅ collected at Sikandarpur in Agra from September 2015 to February 2016 were carried out to evaluate their mobility potential, environmental, and human health risk through inhalation. Sequential extraction procedure was applied to partition the heavy metals into four fracti ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05144-8

43. Chronic mercury exposure and blood pressure in children and adolescents: a systematic review

Author:
Gema Gallego-Viñas; Ferran Ballester; Sabrina Llop
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.3 pp. 2238-2252
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adolescents; blood pressure; case-control studies; children; cross-sectional studies; databases; maternal exposure; mercury; observational studies; protocols; systematic review
Abstract:
... The aim of this paper is to systematically review the scientific literature on the possible relation of chronic mercury exposure and blood pressure among children and adolescents. We searched for observational studies in 6 electronic databases and grey literature for English, French or Spanish language studies published up to 30ᵗʰ November 2017. We performed a quality assessment of primary studies ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-3796-y

44. Concentration, contamination level, source identification of selective trace elements in Shiraz atmospheric dust sediments (Fars Province, SW Iran)

Author:
Amir Karimian Torghabeh; Ashkan Jahandari; Roya Jamasb
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.7 pp. 6424-6435
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; anthropogenic activities; arsenic; cadmium; children; chromium; copper; dust; environmental hazards; exposure pathways; geochemistry; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; humans; ingestion; lead; neoplasms; nickel; principal component analysis; risk; risk assessment; sediments; soil; spectroscopy; zinc; Iran
Abstract:
... Geogenic dust is one of the most important environmental hazards in Iran. This study investigated the concentration, contamination level, potential sources, and ecological risk and human health assessment of Shiraz atmospheric dust, the largest city in southern Iran. Contents of atmospheric dust sediments geochemistry were determined by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-04100-2

45. Daily exposure to toxic metals through urban road dust from industrial, commercial, heavy traffic, and residential areas in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: a health risk assessment

Author:
Ibrahim Sani Shabanda; Isa Baba Koki; Kah Hin Low; Sharifuddin Md Zain; Sook Mei Khor; Nor Kartini Abu Bakar
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.36 pp. 37193-37211
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; anthropogenic activities; atmospheric deposition; atomic absorption spectrometry; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; cluster analysis; copper; dermal exposure; developing countries; dust; emissions; environmental quality; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; inhalation exposure; lead; manganese; oral exposure; residential areas; risk; risk analysis; soil; traffic; uncertainty; urban areas; wind; zinc; Malaysia
Abstract:
... Human health is threatened by significant emissions of heavy metals into the urban environment due to various activities. Various studies describing health risk analyses on soil and dust have been conducted previously. However, there are limited studies that have been carried out regarding the potential health risk assessment of heavy metals in urban road dust of < 63-μm diameter, via incidental i ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-06718-2

46. Decomposition of passive smoking inequality in Iranian children and adolescents: the CASPIAN-V Study

Author:
Mostafa Amini Rarani; Ramin Heshmat; Shirin Djalalinia; Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh; Hasan Ziaodini; Armita Mahdavi-Gorabi; Majzoubeh Taheri; Zeinab Ahadi; Mostafa Qorbani; Roya Kelishadi
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.18 pp. 18921-18929
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adolescents; boys; children; confidence interval; fathers; health policy; low educational status; mothers; principal component analysis; rural areas; sampling; socioeconomic status; students; Iran
Abstract:
... To investigate the socioeconomic inequality in passive smoking in Iranian children and adolescents. Through a multistage random cluster sampling method, a representative sample of 14,400 school students, aged 6–18 years, were enrolled from urban and rural areas of 30 provinces of Iran. Using a non-linear principal component analysis (NLPCA), the correlated variables were summarized as socioeconomi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05146-6

47. Ecological and health risks of heavy metal on farmland soils of mining areas around Tongling City, Anhui, China

Author:
Zhangjun Shen; Decong Xu; Lingling Li; Jingjing Wang; Xiaming Shi
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.15 pp. 15698-15709
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; agricultural land; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; copper; environmental quality; heavy metals; lead; mining; pollution; risk; topsoil; zinc; China
Abstract:
... To investigate and assess heavy metal contamination on the farmland soils of a typical mining city, the concentrations of Cu, Cd, Zn, Pb, As, and Cr were analyzed from four mining areas (Tongguan District (TGD), Shunan Town (SAT), Tianmen Town (TMT), and Zhongmin Town (ZMT)) and two control areas (Xilian Township (XLT), Donglian Township (DLT)) in Tongling City, China. The total metal concentratio ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-04463-0

48. Ecological and human health risk assessment of heavy metal contamination in road dust in the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, India

Author:
Sayantee Roy; Sanjay Kumar Gupta; Jai Prakash; Gazala Habib; Kuldeep Baudh; Mahmoud Nasr
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.29 pp. 30413-30425
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
children; chromium; copper; dust; environmental assessment; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; humans; iron; lead; manganese; nickel; oral exposure; pollution load; risk; risk assessment; roads; zinc; India
Abstract:
... The present study was carried out to determine the contamination levels of heavy metals in road dust of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT), India and its consequent effect on human and environment. The levels of heavy metals (Pb, Zn, Cu, Cr, Ni, Mn, and Fe) in 9 districts (Z1–Z9) of NCT were monitored and the corresponding human health risk was estimated. District-wise evaluation of hea ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-06216-5

49. Effects of extreme temperatures on hospital emergency room visits for respiratory diseases in Beijing, China

Author:
Yuxia Ma; Jianding Zhou; Sixu Yang; Zhiang Yu; Fei Wang; Ji Zhou
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.3 pp. 3055-3064
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
children; cold; elderly; females; hospitals; human health; males; nonlinear models; relative risk; respiratory tract diseases; temperature; China
Abstract:
... Extreme temperature is closely associated with human health, but limited evidence is available for the effects of extreme temperatures on respiratory diseases in China. The goal of this study is to evaluate the effects of extreme temperatures on hospital emergency room (ER) visits for respiratory diseases in Beijing, China. We used a distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM) coupled with a generaliz ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-3855-4

50. Effects of perinatal dioxin exposure on development of children: a 3-year follow-up study of China cohort

Author:
Zheng Wang; Jin Guo Hang; Hao Feng; Li Li Shi; Jing Jian Dong; Bin Shen; Ting Luo; Ren Mei Cai; Ling Jie Shen; Teruhiko Kido; Xian Liang Sun
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.20 pp. 20780-20786
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
boys; breast milk; chest; children; electronic wastes; gas chromatography; girls; head; mass spectrometry; polychlorinated dibenzofurans; tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin; toxicity; women; China
Abstract:
... The purpose of this study was to investigate the longitudinal effects of perinatal exposure to dioxin on physical growth in a 3-year follow-up study. In 2015, 27 mother–infant pairs living in an electronic waste (e-waste) dismantling region and 35 pairs living in a control region were enrolled in the present study. Breast milk samples were collected at 4 weeks after birth. Physical growth, includi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05362-0

51. Endocrine disrupting pesticides in soil and their health risk through ingestion of vegetables grown in Pakistan

Author:
Neelum Ali; Sardar Khan; Muhammad Amjad Khan; Muhammad Waqas; Huaiying Yao
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.9 pp. 8808-8820
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Food and Agriculture Organization; World Health Organization; acceptable risk; bioaccumulation factor; carcinogens; children; endocrine-disrupting chemicals; garlic; health effects assessments; heptachlor epoxide; ingestion; lettuce; neoplasms; onions; radishes; soil; spinach; turnips; vegetable consumption; Pakistan
Abstract:
... A comprehensive study was conducted to appraise the concentrations of 30 endocrine disrupting pesticides (EDPs) in soil and vegetable samples collected from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The sum of 30 EDPs (Σ₃₀EDPs) ranged from 192 to 2148 μg kg⁻¹ in the collected soils. The selected EDP concentrations exceeded their respective limits in most of the tested soils and showed great variation from sit ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-04287-y

52. Exposure to phthalates and bisphenol A is associated with higher risk of cardiometabolic impairment in normal weight children

Author:
Vahid Mansouri; Karim Ebrahimpour; Parinaz Poursafa; Roya Riahi; Bahareh Shoshtari-Yeganeh; Perry Hystad; Roya Kelishadi
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.18 pp. 18604-18614
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adolescents; bisphenol A; blood serum; case-control studies; childhood obesity; children; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; metabolites; monitoring; odds ratio; phthalates; regression analysis; risk factors; Iran
Abstract:
... Some obese individuals have normal metabolic profile, and some normal-weight persons have impaired metabolic status. Our hypothesis was that one of the potential underlying factors for such differences in cardiometabolic profiles might be the exposure to some environmental chemicals. This study aimed to investigate the association of serum bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalate metabolites with cardiomet ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05123-z

53. Highly porous carboxylated activated carbon from jute stick for removal of Pb2+ from aqueous solution

Author:
Md. Abdul Aziz; Imran Rahman Chowdhury; Mohammad Abu Jafar Mazumder; Shakhawat Chowdhury
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.22 pp. 22656-22669
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
activated carbon; adsorbents; adsorption; agroindustrial byproducts; aqueous solutions; carboxylation; carboxylic acids; children; drinking water; health effects assessments; humans; industrial applications; jute; lead; pH; surface area; temperature
Abstract:
... Drinking water is a potential source of human exposure to lead (Pb²⁺), which can induce several health effects upon exposure to low dose for a long period. In particular, the children and young populations are the vulnerable groups. Removal of Pb²⁺ from drinking water using an inexpensive adsorbent is a challenge. In this research, activated carbon adsorbent was developed using jute stick, an agri ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05556-6

54. Human health risks assessment for airborne PM10-bound metals in Seoul, Korea

Author:
Debanada Roy; Yong-Chil Seo; Seongheon Kim; Joosung Oh
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.23 pp. 24247-24261
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; biomass; breathing; children; coal; combustion; dust; factor analysis; health effects assessments; human health; humans; inhalation exposure; metalloids; metals; models; neoplasms; oils; oral exposure; particulates; politics; pollution; pollution control; respiratory system; risk; South Korea
Abstract:
... Seoul, the capital city of South Korea, is the social, political, and economic center of the country. Significant levels of PM₁₀-bound As metalloid and metals have been found in the city, which poses possible adverse health risks to the residents from inhalation exposure. Therefore, this study focuses on the health risk assessment of age-dependent cancer and non-cancer using exposure pathway and h ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05213-y

55. Impact of PM10 and meteorological factors on the incidence of hand, foot, and mouth disease in female children in Ningbo, China: a spatiotemporal and time-series study

Author:
Ruixue Huang; Huacheng Ning; Tianfeng He; Guolin Bian; Jianan Hu; Guozhang Xu
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.18 pp. 17974-17985
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Poisson distribution; aerodynamics; children; disease outbreaks; females; hand, foot and mouth disease; meteorological parameters; nonlinear models; particulates; public health; relative risk; temperature; time series analysis; China
Abstract:
... Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a viral illness that is considered a critical public health challenge worldwide. Previous studies have demonstrated that meteorological parameters are significantly related to the incidence of HFMD in children; however, few studies have focused only on female children. This study quantified the associations of HFMD incidence with meteorological parameters an ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-2619-5

56. Indoor phthalates from household dust in Qatar: implications for non-dietary human exposure

Author:
Noof Nayef Al_Qasmi; Hussain Al-Thaiban; Murad I. H. Helaleh
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.1 pp. 421-430
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; bags; buildings; children; cleaning; cosmetics; dust; floors; geometry; hospitals; humans; oral exposure; phthalates; poly(vinyl chloride); toddlers; volatile organic compounds; Qatar
Abstract:
... Phthalates are ubiquitous semi-volatile organic compounds in the indoor environment present in various consumer products such as cosmetics, polyvinylchloride (PVC) flooring, food packing, and many others. Indoor phthalate concentrations were investigated in 15 buildings including 11 homes, 3 laboratories, and 1 from a hospital in Qatar. Dust samples were collected from vacuum cleaning bags usually ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-3604-8

57. Investigating the drinking and surface water quality and associated health risks in a semi-arid multi-industrial metropolis (Faisalabad), Pakistan

Author:
Yusra Mahfooz; Abdullah Yasar; Muhammad Tayyab Sohail; Amtul Bari Tabinda; Rizwan Rasheed; Samina Irshad; Balal Yousaf
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.20 pp. 20853-20865
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
absorption; adults; alkalinity; aluminum; anthropogenic activities; arsenic; barium; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; copper; drinking; health effects assessments; heavy metals; iron; lead; magnesium; nickel; pollution; risk; salinity; semiarid zones; sodium; surface water; urban areas; water quality; water utilities; weather; zinc; Pakistan
Abstract:
... Urban areas under the influence of multi-industrial activities with arid and semi-arid environments witness the significant increase in environmental pollution especially in the water sector. The present study evaluated the water quality and associated health risk assessment through heavy metal pollution. Drinking (n = 48) and surface (n = 37) water samples were collected from semi-arid multi-indu ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05367-9

58. Low blood lead levels and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author:
Jianjun He; Huacheng Ning; Ruixue Huang
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.18 pp. 17875-17884
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
blood; case-control studies; children; computer software; confidence interval; databases; etiology; lead; meta-analysis; models; systematic review
Abstract:
... Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) of children is one of the most common neurodevelopmental diseases; the etiology remains unclear. We reviewed and meta-analyzed case-control studies to assess the effects of blood lead levels in children on ADHD symptoms. Relevant studies were identified by searching electronic databases. A meta-analysis was performed using the fixed model of Review M ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-017-9799-2

59. Occurrence, distribution, and risk assessment of organophosphate esters in urban street dust in the central province of Henan, China

Author:
Long Pang; Huiqiang Yang; Rong Pang; Yifan Zhou; Jingwen Xiao; Zhenxing Wang
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.27 pp. 27862-27871
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
acceptable risk; adults; aromatic compounds; automobiles; children; dust; esters; gross domestic product; organophosphorus compounds; ownership; population density; principal component analysis; risk assessment; roads; traffic; China
Abstract:
... In this study, nine OPEs were measured in 60 street dust samples collected from the central province of Henan, China. The total concentrations of OPEs (∑₉OPEs) in street dust range from 2.77 to 505 μg/kg (median 59.3 μg/kg). Chlorinated OPEs are dominant in street dust with median concentration of 33.5 μg/kg, followed by aryl OPEs (median 9.05 μg/kg), and alkyl OPEs (median 6.19 μg/kg). No signifi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-06008-x

60. Organohalogenated pollutants in raw and UHT cow’s milk from Turkey: a risk assessment of dietary intake

Author:
Senar Aydin; Mehmet Emin Aydin; Fatma Beduk; Arzu Ulvi
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.13 pp. 12788-12797
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
DDT (pesticide); UHT milk; acceptable daily intake; adults; aldrin; alpha-endosulfan; average daily intake; beta-endosulfan; children; dieldrin; endosulfan sulfate; endrin; heptachlor; heptachlor epoxide; lindane; maximum residue limits; methoxychlor; milk; milk consumption; pollutants; polybrominated diphenyl ethers; polychlorinated biphenyls; risk; supermarkets; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... In this study, health risk of human exposure to organohalogenated pollutants (OHPs) through milk consumption was determined. Conventionally produced, unprocessed cow’s milk samples taken from Konya District, in Turkey, and 15 different brand ultra-high-temperature (UHT) processed cow’s milk samples taken from supermarkets of Turkey were analyzed for organochlorine pesticides (OCPs, α-, β-, γ-, and ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-04617-0

61. Perspectives on impacts of water quality on agriculture and community well-being—a key informant study from Sri Lanka

Author:
Bhadranie Thoradeniya; Uthpala Pinto; Basant Maheshwari
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.3 pp. 2047-2061
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
agrochemicals; children; cognition; crops; drinking; drinking water; elderly; farmers; fertilizers; food preparation; food production; food security; fuzzy logic; governance; groundwater; interviews; issues and policy; literacy; livelihood; pollution; stakeholders; surface water; water quality; water supply; Sri Lanka
Abstract:
... Integrated management of water quality is critical for sustaining food production and achieving overall well-being of a community. Further, understanding people’s perceptions and engagement can play an important role in achieving water and food security. The main aim of this study was to investigate the perspectives of community and other stakeholders as to how water quality impacts on agriculture ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-017-0493-1

62. Pollution assessment and health risks evaluation of (metalloid) heavy metals in urban street dust of 58 cities in China

Author:
Zhang Zhaoyong; Anwar Mamat; Zibibula Simayi
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.1 pp. 126-140
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
absorption; adults; arsenic; cadmium; children; chromium; cities; cobalt; copper; dust; exposure pathways; females; heavy metals; lead; males; manganese; mercury; mining; nickel; pollution; risk; statistical analysis; zinc; China
Abstract:
... In this research, we conducted a statistical analysis of ten (metalloid) heavy metals, including Cu, Hg, Cd, Zn, Pb, As, Ni, Cr, Co, and Mn in urban dust of 58 cities in China from 2000 to 2018, and then we analyzed the statistic characters, pollution statue, and health risks of ten heavy metals. Results showed that (1) the maximum (average) values of ten (metalloid) heavy metals in the street dus ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-3555-0

63. Prediction of O3 in the respiratory system of children using the artificial neural network model and with selection of input based on gamma test, Ahvaz, Iran

Author:
Zeinab Ghaedrahmat; Mehdi Vosoughi; Yaser Tahmasebi Birgani; Abdolkazem Neisi; Gholamreza Goudarzi; Afshin Takdastan
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.11 pp. 10941-10950
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
air pollutants; air pollution; analysis of variance; biomarkers; children; cold; cold season; environmental protection; humans; lung function; neural networks; ozone; plants (botany); prediction; respiratory system; students; toxicity; warm season; Iran
Abstract:
... In recent years, concerns over the issue of air pollution have increased as one of the significant environmental and health problems. Air pollutants can be toxic or harmful to the life of plants, animals, and humans. Contrast to primary pollutants, ozone is a secondary pollutant that is produced by the reaction between primary precursors in the atmosphere. The average of air pollutant data was com ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-04389-7

64. Rural household preferences for cleaner energy sources in Pakistan

Author:
Muhammad Imran; Orhan Özçatalbaş; Khuda Bakhsh
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.22 pp. 22783-22793
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; affordability; biofuels; biomass; children; clean energy; educational status; energy; females; household income; households; human health; markets; models; probability; rural population; rural women; Pakistan
Abstract:
... Dependence of rural population on traditional fuel sources namely biomass has increased because of easy accessibility and affordability. The use of biomass fuels results in many environmental and health-related hazards. Rural households have little awareness about the ill effects of using biomass energy sources. This study investigated the patterns of rural household energy use and identified the ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05588-y

65. Several environmental endocrine disruptors in beverages from South China: occurrence and human exposure

Author:
Hong Wu; Liu-Hong Wu; Fei Wang; Chong-Jing Gao; Da Chen; Ying Guo
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.6 pp. 5873-5884
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
UV filters; adolescents; beverages; bisphenol A; children; diet; dimethyl phthalate; dust; elderly; endocrine-disrupting chemicals; human health; humans; infants; ingestion; markets; personal care products; risk; toddlers; triclosan; China
Abstract:
... Environmental endocrine disruptors (EEDs) in beverages may enter the human body by ingestion and thus may represent a potential health risk. In this study, phthalates, bisphenol A, and its analogues, parabens, benzophenone-type UV filters, and triclosan (TCS) were analyzed in beverage samples (n = 116) collected from local markets in Guangzhou, South China. Twelve of 30 target compounds were found ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-3933-7

66. Short-term effect of PM2.5 on pediatric asthma incidence in Shanghai, China

Author:
Yuxia Ma; Zhiang Yu; Haoran Jiao; Yifan Zhang; Bingji Ma; Fei Wang; Ji Zhou
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.27 pp. 27832-27841
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
air pollutants; air pollution; asthma; children; cities; epidemiological studies; hospitals; meteorological data; models; particulates; relative risk; seasonal variation; China
Abstract:
... Recent epidemiological studies pointed out that air pollution has a significant impact on pediatric asthma. Shanghai is one of the biggest cities in China, and the short-term effect of atmospheric particulate matter on the incidence of pediatric asthma has become a hot topic. From January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2010, we used daily measurements of pollutant concentrations, daily weather data, and ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05971-9

67. Soil heavy metal contamination and health risk assessment associated with development zones in Shandong, China

Author:
Huimin Zhuo; Sanze Fu; Heng Liu; Hui Song; Lijun Ren
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.29 pp. 30016-30028
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; arsenic; atmospheric deposition; cadmium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; edaphic factors; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; mercury; models; monitoring; pollution control; risk; risk assessment; soil; soil pollution; transportation; China
Abstract:
... Heavy metal pollution in soils of development zones has attracted wide attention. In this study, soil heavy metal pollution levels and health risks in 15 selected development zones in Shandong Province were investigated for the first time. Geo-accumulation and potential ecological risk indexes were used to assess pollution levels, and health risk was assessed using the US Environmental Protection ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-05979-1

68. Street dust heavy metal pollution implication on human health in Nicosia, North Cyprus

Author:
A A Musa; S M Hamza; R Kidak
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.28 pp. 28993-29002
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
X-radiation; adults; anthropogenic activities; arsenic; atmospheric deposition; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; copper; dust; emissions; exposure pathways; fluorescence; health effects assessments; heavy metals; highways; human health; lead; neoplasms; nickel; pollution; principal component analysis; risk; towns; traffic; zinc; Cyprus; Jordan; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... The consequence of carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risks of the heavy metal concentrations in street dust of North Cyprus is yet to be reported. This study is aimed at investigating the concentration of six different heavy metals’ concentration explicitly: As, Cu, Zn, Ni, Cr, and Pb, along leading highways in Nicosia. The result obtained was analyzed using an X-ray fluorescent machine. Mu ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-06028-7

69. Trace elements and human health risks assessment of finer aerosol atmospheric particles (PM1)

Author:
Rosa Caggiano; Serena Sabia; Antonio Speranza
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.36 pp. 36423-36433
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; aerodynamics; aerosols; air; aluminum; biomass burning; breathing; cadmium; calcium; carcinogenicity; children; chromium; copper; emissions; health effects assessments; human health; ingestion; inhalation exposure; iron; lead; lithium; magnesium; manganese; nickel; oils; potassium; principal component analysis; risk; sodium; traffic; zinc; Italy
Abstract:
... The present study investigated PM₁ (aerosol particles with an aerodynamic diameter ≤ 1.0 μm) mass concentrations and sixteen (Al, Ca, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, Pb, S, Ti, and Zn) PM₁-related trace elements. PM₁ samples were collected in an anthropized area of international attention close to oil/gas pre-treatment plants in Agri Valley (Southern Italy). The PM₁ mass concentrations vari ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-06756-w

70. The effects of particulate matters on allergic rhinitis in Nanjing, China

Author:
Haiyan Chu; Junyi Xin; Qi Yuan; Meilin Wang; Lei Cheng; Zhengdong Zhang; Meiping Lu
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.11 pp. 11452-11457
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; aerodynamics; children; epidemiological studies; meteorological data; models; particulates; patients; pollution; rhinitis; risk; China
Abstract:
... Particulate matter pollution is a serious environmental problem. Individuals exposed to particulate matters have an increased prevalence to diseases. In the present study, we performed an epidemiological study to investigate the effects of particulate matter less than 10 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM₁₀) and particulate matter less than 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM₂.₅) on allergic rhinitis i ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-04593-5

71. The first example of multi-elemental analysis of water samples from urban monumental fountains—a case study from Zagreb (Croatia)

Author:
Vibor Roje; Jovan Dukić; Petar Šutalo
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.3 pp. 2635-2648
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; aluminum; antimony; arsenic; barium; cadmium; calcium; case studies; children; chromium; cobalt; copper; iron; leaching; lead; magnesium; manganese; nickel; pH; potassium; selenium; sodium; strontium; tourists; vanadium; water analysis; zinc; Croatia
Abstract:
... Water fountains are usually present in the urban public places and often draw the attention of citizens and tourists. Their water is often, in various ways, used by adults and children, but water from fountains is not usually a subject of researchers’ interest. This paper describes the analytical procedure and the results of the multi-elemental characterisation of the waters from the selected publ ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-3809-x

72. Accumulation, fractionation, and risk assessment of mercury and arsenic in the soil-wheat system from the wastewater-irrigated soil in Baiyin, northwest China

Author:
Qian Zhang; Shengli Wang; Zhongren Nan; Yepu Li; Fei Zang
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.15 pp. 14856-14867
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; agricultural soils; arsenic; children; dietary exposure; fractionation; hulls; leaves; mercury; mining; risk; roots; soil pollution; stems; streams; wastewater irrigation; wheat; China
Abstract:
... Wastewater irrigation can increase metal concentrations in soil and wheat, thereby posing metal-associated health risk via food ingestion. We investigated levels of mercury (Hg) and arsenic (As) in roots, husks, stems, leaves, and grains of wheat and their fractionations in farmland soil from Baiyin City, an industrial and mining city, northwest China. Results show that the mean concentrations of ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-1641-y

73. Assessment of the health status and risk of genotoxic and cytotoxic damage in Argentinian adolescents living near horticultural crops

Author:
Fabián Martínez-Perafán; María Fernanda Santoli; Marcela López-Nigro; Marta Ana Carballo
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.6 pp. 5950-5959
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Citrus; adolescents; adults; agrochemicals; biomarkers; children; cholinesterase; chromatin; cytotoxicity; enzyme activity; females; fruits; gamma-glutamyltransferase; genotoxicity; health status; horticultural crops; low density lipoprotein cholesterol; lymphocytes; males; mutagens; parents; red meat; risk; rural areas; triacylglycerols; tubers; Argentina
Abstract:
... In some rural areas in Argentina, adolescents may be considered as a group indirectly exposed to agrochemicals because their parents plant small crops near their homes. This could become a health risk to children and adolescents who may be more sensitive to exposure to chemicals than adults. The objective of this study was to evaluate the health status of two different groups of Argentinian adoles ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-017-0969-z

74. Association of benzene exposure with insulin resistance, SOD, and MDA as markers of oxidative stress in children and adolescents

Author:
Mohammad Mehdi Amin; Nasim Rafiei; Parinaz Poursafa; Karim Ebrahimpour; Nafiseh Mozafarian; Bahareh Shoshtari-Yeganeh; Majid Hashemi; Roya Kelishadi
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.34 pp. 34046-34052
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adolescents; benzene; blood; blood glucose; children; cross-sectional studies; elderly; homeostasis; insulin; insulin resistance; longitudinal studies; malondialdehyde; metabolites; models; oxidative stress; pollutants; risk; superoxide dismutase; Iran
Abstract:
... Benzene is a ubiquitous environmental pollutant with various health effects. It is reported that benzene exposure might be associated with insulin resistance in elderly adults. The aim of this study is to investigate the association between urinary benzene metabolite, trans, trans-muconic acid (t,t-ma) and markers of oxidative stress and insulin resistance in children and adolescents. This cross-s ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-3354-7

75. Association of phthalate exposure with anthropometric indices and blood pressure in first-grade children

Author:
Wei Wu; Ping Wu; Fang Yang; Dan-ling Sun; De-Xing Zhang; Yi-Kai Zhou
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.23 pp. 23125-23134
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
body mass index; boys; chest; children; confidence interval; cross-sectional studies; girls; mercury; metabolites; obesity; phthalates; regression analysis; systolic blood pressure; urine; waist circumference
Abstract:
... We aimed to assess the relationship of urine phthalate metabolite concentrations with anthropometric indices, and blood pressure in first-grade children. We detected 11 phthalate metabolites in urine and estimated anthropometric indices, including skinfold measurements, waist circumference (WC), and body mass index (BMI) in 276 children aged 6–8 years. Multivariate linear regression models were us ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-2447-7

76. Association of urinary concentrations of four chlorophenol pesticides with cardiometabolic risk factors and obesity in children and adolescents

Author:
Saeed Parastar; Karim Ebrahimpour; Majid Hashemi; Mohammad Reza Maracy; Afshin Ebrahimi; Parinaz Poursafa; Roya Kelishadi
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.5 pp. 4516-4523
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
2,4,5-trichlorophenol; 2,4-dichlorophenol; adolescents; body mass index; childhood obesity; children; cholesterol; cross-sectional studies; lipid composition; longitudinal studies; regression analysis; risk factors; surveys; systolic blood pressure; urine; waist circumference
Abstract:
... This study was undertaken to determine the association of four chlorophenol pesticides with cardiometabolic risk factors and obesity in children and adolescents. This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2016 on 242 children and adolescents, aged 6 to 18 years. The concentrations of 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP), 2,5-dichlorophenol (2,5-DCP), 2,4,5-trichlorophenol (2,4,5-TCP), and 2,4,6-trichloro ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-017-0771-y

77. Association of urinary phthalate metabolites concentrations with body mass index and waist circumference

Author:
Mohammad Mehdi Amin; Saeed Parastar; Karim Ebrahimpour; Bahareh Shoshtari-Yeganeh; Majid Hashemi; Marjan Mansourian; Roya Kelishadi
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.11 pp. 11143-11151
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adolescents; body mass index; boys; children; environmental health; girls; metabolites; phthalates; regression analysis; t-test; waist circumference; Iran
Abstract:
... This study aims to investigate the association of urinary concentration of phthalate metabolites with body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) in 2016 on 242 children and adolescents, aged 6–18 years living in Isfahan, Iran. Urinary concentration of mono-butyl phthalate (MBP), mono-benzyl phthalate (MBzP), mono-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (MEHP), mono-methyl phthalate (MMP), mono (2-ethyl-5-e ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-1413-8

78. Associations of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in drinking water and human biomarkers: a case study from five districts of Pakistan

Author:
Ubaid ur Rehman; Sardar Khan; Said Muhammad
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.28 pp. 27912-27923
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
World Health Organization; adults; bioaccumulation; biomarkers; cadmium; case studies; children; chronic exposure; cobalt; copper; drinking water; erythrocytes; guidelines; humans; iron; lead; manganese; nickel; risk; spectrometers; toxic substances; toxicity; urine; zinc; Pakistan; United States
Abstract:
... Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) are hazardous contaminants with great global environmental/ecological concerns due to their toxic, persistence, and bio-accumulative nature. This study investigates the concentrations of PTEs (Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Ni, Mn, Pb, and Zn) in drinking water sources and consumers’ biomarkers such as hair, nails, urine, and blood. For this purpose, drinking water (n = 190) and ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-2755-y

79. Cadmium exposure and early renal effects in the children and adults living in a tungsten-molybdenum mining areas of South China

Author:
Xiangfen Cui; Hongguang Cheng; Xuelian Liu; Elisa Giubilato; Andrea Critto; Haixu Sun; Lei Zhang
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.15 pp. 15089-15101
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; adverse effects; beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase; boys; cadmium; children; creatinine; excretion; mining; pollution; regression analysis; retinol-binding protein; risk management; urine; women; China
Abstract:
... Adverse health effects related to accumulative cadmium (Cd) exposure have aroused widespread attention from the public in China. Knowledge on the relationships between Cd exposure and early renal effects is particularly limited for children, who are more susceptible to absorbing metals than adults. A typical Cd-polluted area of South China was selected to determine the Cd exposure and related earl ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-1631-0

80. Chemical characterization and quantitativ e assessment of source-specific health risk of trace metals in PM1.0 at a road site of Delhi, India

Author:
Jai Prakash; Tarachand Lohia; Anil K. Mandariya; Gazala Habib; Tarun Gupta; Sanjay K. Gupta
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.9 pp. 8747-8764
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; aerosols; ammonia; biomass; burning; children; chromium; combustion; copper; data collection; dust; lead; manganese; neoplasms; nickel; particulates; principal component analysis; risk; tires; winter; zinc; India
Abstract:
... This study presents the concentration of submicron aerosol (PM₁.₀) collected during November, 2009 to March, 2010 at two road sites near the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi campus. In winter, PM₁.₀ composed 83% of PM₂.₅ indicating the dominance of combustion activity-generated particles. Principal component analysis (PCA) proved secondary aerosol formation as a dominant process in enhancing a ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-017-1174-9

81. Children’s environmental chemical exposures in the USA, NHANES 2003–2012

Author:
Michael Hendryx; Juhua Luo
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.6 pp. 5336-5343
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; children; environmental monitoring; geometry; metals; nationalities and ethnic groups; pesticides; phenols; phthalates; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; poverty; principal component analysis; regression analysis; risk; United States
Abstract:
... Children are vulnerable to environmental chemical exposures, but little is known about the extent of multiple chemical exposures among children. We analyzed biomonitoring data from five cycles (2003–2012) of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to describe multiple chemical exposures in US children, examine levels of chemical concentrations present over time, and examine d ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-017-0874-5

82. Concentrations of selected heterocyclic aromatic amines among US population aged ≥ 6 years: data from NHANES 2013–2014

Author:
Ram B. Jain
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.20 pp. 19859-19874
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Asians; Blacks; Hispanics; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; Whites; adolescents; adults; aromatic amines; children; data analysis; ethnic differences; females; males; pyridines; United States
Abstract:
... Data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for US population aged ≥ 6 years for 2013–2014 were used to analyze data for four heterocyclic aromatic amines (HCAA), namely 2-amino-9H-pyrido[2,3-b]indole (AαC), 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhlP), harman, and norharman. Data were analyzed separately for children aged 6–11 years (N = 416), adolescents aged 12–19 years ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-2210-0

83. Contribution to the understanding of biologic concentrations of arsenic in children living in an urban area from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Author:
Thatiana Verônica Rodrigues de Barcellos Fernandes; Volney M. Camara; Paulo Rubens Guimarães Barrocas; Armando Mayer; Carmen I. R. Froes Asmus
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.17 pp. 16810-16815
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
arsenic; atomic absorption spectrometry; children; environmental exposure; females; geometry; hematologic tests; hydrides; males; mining; national surveys; public schools; questionnaires; socioeconomics; urban areas; urine; Brazil
Abstract:
... There are few studies about children’s environmental exposure to arsenic (As) in Brazil, most of them being in mining regions. The objective of this study was to contribute to the understanding of biologic concentrations of arsenic in children living in an urban area, in Brazil. A study of arsenic concentrations in capillary blood (n = 270), nail (n = 261), and urine (n = 99) samples, in male and ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-1797-5

84. Deciphering adverse effects of heavy metals on diverse wheat germplasm on irrigation with urban wastewater of mixed municipal-industrial origin

Author:
Zeshan Ali; Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi; Umar Masood Quraishi; Riffat Naseem Malik
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.19 pp. 18462-18475
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Triticum aestivum; adults; adverse effects; biochemical mechanisms; cadmium; calcium; carotenoids; catalase; children; chlorophyll; chromium; cluster analysis; cobalt; copper; genotype; germplasm; heavy metals; iron; lead; magnesium; manganese; nickel; peroxidase; potassium; principal component analysis; proline; proteins; risk; roots; sodium; sugars; superoxide dismutase; wastewater; wastewater irrigation; wheat; zinc
Abstract:
... The current study provides one of the first attempts to identify tolerant, moderately sensitive, and highly sensitive wheat genotypes on the basis of heavy metal accumulation, biochemical attributes, and human health risk assessments on urban wastewater (UW) irrigation. Mean heavy metals (Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, Cr, Mn) and macro-nutrients (Na, K, Ca, Mg) levels increased in the roots, stem, a ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-1996-0

85. Distribution, relationship, and risk assessment of toxic heavy metals in walnuts and growth soil

Author:
Yongxiang Han; Zhanglin Ni; Shiliang Li; Minghua Qu; Fubin Tang; Runhong Mo; Caifen Ye; Yihua Liu
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.18 pp. 17434-17443
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; arsenic; bioaccumulation factor; cadmium; children; chromium; heavy metals; lead; longitude; mercury; nutrients; organic matter; pH; planting; pollution; risk; soil; toxicity; walnuts; China
Abstract:
... Walnut is one of the most popular nuts worldwide and contains various mineral nutrients. Little is known, however, about the relationship between toxic heavy metals in walnuts and growth soil. In this study, we investigated the distribution, relationship, and risk assessment of five toxic heavy metals—lead (Pb), arsenic (As), chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd), and mercury (Hg)—in walnuts and growth soil ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-1896-3

86. Ecological and human health risk assessments in the context of soil heavy metal pollution in a typical industrial area of Shanghai, China

Author:
Jing Gao; Lucang Wang
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.27 pp. 27090-27105
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; arsenic; cadmium; children; chromium; copper; environmental assessment; geostatistics; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; industry; lead; mercury; nickel; pollution; risk; risk assessment; soil; soil sampling; steel; toxicity; zinc; China
Abstract:
... The purpose of this study was to identify the concentrations, sources, and potential ecological and health risks of heavy metals in soils from a typical industrial area in Shanghai, China. A total of 28 surface soil samples were collected and analyzed for As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, Ni, Zn, and Hg from the BAO steel industry in June and July 2016. Classic multivariate statistical and geostatistical analys ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-2705-8

87. Ecological and human health risks arising from exposure to metals in urban soils under different land use in Nigeria

Author:
Chukwujindu M.A. Iwegbue; Bice S. Martincigh
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.13 pp. 12373-12390
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; breathing; cadmium; childhood; children; chromium; copper; human health; humans; iron; land use; lead; manganese; neoplasms; nickel; risk; river deltas; urban areas; urban soils; zinc; Nigeria
Abstract:
... The concentrations of eight metals (Cd, Pb, Cr, Ni, Cu, Mn, Zn and Fe) were measured in soils under different land use in an urban environment of the Niger Delta in Nigeria. The aim was to provide information on the potential ecological and human health risks associated with human exposure to metals in these soils. The potential ecological risk due to metals in soils of these land use types falls ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-017-1113-9

88. Effects of air pollution on hospital visits for pneumonia in children: a two-year analysis from China

Author:
Die Li; Jian-bing Wang; Zhen-yu Zhang; Peng Shen; Pei-wen Zheng; Ming-juan Jin; Huai-chu Lu; Hong-bo Lin; Kun Chen
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.10 pp. 10049-10057
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
air pollutants; air pollution; children; cold season; confidence interval; hospitals; nitrogen dioxide; particulates; pneumonia; regression analysis; sulfur dioxide; time series analysis; China
Abstract:
... Although the effect of air pollution on respiratory health has been identified, few studies can be available to evaluate the association of air pollution with hospital visits for children’s pneumonia in China. To explore whether high concentrations of air pollutants (including PM₂.₅, PM₁₀, NO₂, and SO₂) are related to hospital visits for pneumonia in children, we conducted a population-based time- ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-1192-2

89. Effects of high fluoride content in livestock drinking water on milk samples of different cattle in endemic area of Pakistan: risk assessment for children

Author:
Tasneem Gul Kazi; Kapil Dev Brahman; Hassan Imran Afridi; Faheem Shah; Mohammad Balal Arain
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.13 pp. 12909-12914
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
apatite; average daily intake; camel milk; camels; children; cows; detection limit; drinking water; fluorides; goats; humans; milk; sheep; specific ion electrodes; teeth; tissues; Pakistan
Abstract:
... Fluoride in trace quantity is beneficial for human beings, serving to strengthen the apatite matrix of skeletal tissues and teeth, whereas high intake causes adverse impacts. In the present study, the effect of fluoride-contaminated drinking water of livestock on the milk samples of different cattle, belonging to a fluoride-endemic area (Tharparkar, Pakistan), was studied. In milk samples of diffe ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-1563-8

90. Evolution of human health risk based on EPA modeling for adults and children and pollution level of potentially toxic metals in Rafsanjan road dust: a case study in a semi-arid region, Iran

Author:
Milad Mirzaei Aminiyan; Mohammed Baalousha; Farzad Mirzaei Aminiyan
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.20 pp. 19767-19778
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; anthropogenic activities; arsenic; breathing; cadmium; case studies; children; chromium; cities; cobalt; copper; dust; health effects assessments; human health; humans; ingestion; lead; manganese; models; neoplasms; nickel; pollution; risk; roads; semiarid zones; toxicity; urban areas; zinc; Iran
Abstract:
... Humans can be directly exposed to potentially toxic metals in the urban environment via inhalation, ingestion, or dermal contact of dust particles. This paper focuses on human health risk assessment of urban dust contaminated with potentially toxic metals. The levels, sources, and human health risks of nine potentially toxic metals (i.e., As, Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni, Pb, Co, Mn, and Zn) in 200 road dust sa ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-2176-y

91. Factors associated with parent-reported wheeze and cough in children living in an industrial area of Gauteng, South Africa

Author:
Bukola G. Olutola; Nico Claassen; Janine Wichmann; Kuku Voyi
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.33 pp. 33455-33463
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
questionnaires; income; probability; mothers; trucks; cough; children; asthma; tobacco use; educational status; childhood; South Africa
Abstract:
... We examined the factors associated with mother-reported wheeze and dry cough in children living in Tembisa, a residential and industrial community in South Africa. A cross-sectional sample of parents reported wheezing and dry cough in children (aged 1 to 26 months) by completing the standardised International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood questionnaire with additional questions concer ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-3304-4

92. Groundwater nitrate contamination and associated human health risk assessment in southern districts of Punjab, India

Author:
Chetan P. S. Ahada; Surindra Suthar
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.25 pp. 25336-25347
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; World Health Organization; adults; animals; children; chronic toxicity; excreta; fertilizers; groundwater; health effects assessments; health hazards; human health; industrial effluents; leaching; models; nitrates; risk; wastewater; India
Abstract:
... Consumption of high NO₃ containing water may pose serious health hazard especially in children (< 5 years). The source of NO₃ in groundwater includes surface leaching from wastewater and waste dump sites, animal excreta disposal, industrial effluents, and N-based fertilizers, etc. This study aimed to investigate the concentration of NO₃ in groundwater of 14 intensively cultivated districts of Malw ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-2581-2

93. Hair mercury and risk assessment for consumption of contaminated seafood in residents from the coast of the Persian Gulf, Iran

Author:
Narjes Okati; Abbas Esmaili-sari
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.1 pp. 639-657
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Food and Agriculture Organization; Pseudorhombus arsius; World Health Organization; adults; aquatic environment; children; cities; coasts; fish; fish consumption; fishermen; food additives; food contamination; hairs; mercury; no observed adverse effect level; pollutants; risk; risk assessment; seafoods; shrimp; women; Iran; Persian Gulf
Abstract:
... The health risks of mercury exposure due to the high consumption of aquatic were assessed for fishermen and non-fishermen families living on the Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, and Mahshahr cities located in the coast of Persian Gulf (Iran). The mean hair mercury concentration of people in Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, and Mahshahr cities was obtained 1.56 ± 0.17, 1.97 ± 0.22, and 5.12 ± 0.3 μg g⁻¹, respectively. ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-017-0432-1

94. Haze and health impacts in ASEAN countries: a systematic review

Author:
Logaraj Ramakreshnan; Nasrin Aghamohammadi; Chng Saun Fong; Awang Bulgiba; Rafdzah Ahmad Zaki; Li Ping Wong; Nik Meriam Sulaiman
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.3 pp. 2096-2111
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
asthma; children; databases; elderly; emissions; epidemiological studies; human physiology; laboratory experimentation; mental health; models; morbidity; mortality; neoplasms; planning; pollutants; risk; systematic review; throat; time series analysis; toxicity; South East Asia
Abstract:
... Seasonal haze episodes and the associated inimical health impacts have become a regular crisis among the ASEAN countries. Even though many emerging experimental and epidemiological studies have documented the plausible health effects of the predominating toxic pollutants of haze, the consistency among the reported findings by these studies is poorly understood. By addressing such gap, this review ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-017-0860-y

95. Health risk assessment of arsenic and heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Co, Pb, and Sn) through consumption of caviar of Acipenser persicus from Southern Caspian Sea

Author:
Soheil Sobhanardakani; Lima Tayebi; Seyed Vali Hosseini
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.3 pp. 2664-2671
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Acipenser persicus; adults; arsenic; cadmium; children; cobalt; copper; fish roe; health effects assessments; heavy metals; humans; lead; marine ecosystems; pollutants; risk; seafoods; tin; toxic substances; wet digestion method; Caspian Sea
Abstract:
... In the current study contents of As, Cd, Cu, Co, Pb, and Sn were determined in the caviar of Persian sturgeon collected from Southern Caspian Sea sampling site. After acid digestion of caviar specimens, the concentrations of elements determined using ICP-OES. The results showed that the mean concentrations (mg kg⁻¹) of elements in caviar samples were 0.01 for As, 0.05 for Cd, 1.42 for Cu, 0.01 for ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-017-0705-8

96. Health risk evaluation of heavy metals in green land soils from urban parks in Urumqi, northwest China

Author:
Zhang Zhaoyong; Yang Xiaodong; Zibibula Simay; Anwar Mohammed
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.5 pp. 4459-4473
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
adults; breathing; cadmium; children; chromium; clay; environmental protection; heavy metals; nickel; nutrient content; organic matter; particle size; particle size distribution; phosphorus; plant growth; risk; risk assessment; sand; silt; soil nutrients; soil texture; sprinklers; urban parks; vegetation; China
Abstract:
... Here, we sampled, tested, and analyzed heavy metals in soil obtained from green land in urban parks of Urumqi. Analysis included soil nutrient contents, particle size distribution, and health risks of heavy metal contaminants. Results showed that (1) organic matter and rapidly available phosphorus contents of all samples ranged from 6.07–58.34 and 6.52–116.15 mg/kg, with average values of 31.26 an ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-017-0737-0

97. Heavy metal bioaccessibility and health risks in the contaminated soil of an abandoned, small-scale lead and zinc mine

Author:
Siyang Liu; Shuhan Tian; Kexin Li; Lingqing Wang; Tao Liang
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.15 pp. 15044-15056
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
bioavailability; cadmium; children; health effects assessments; heavy metals; lead; manganese; mining; models; organic carbon; people; polluted soils; regression analysis; risk; soil composition; soil pollution; zinc; China
Abstract:
... The lack of management in small-scale mining operations has the potential for negative repercussions, e.g., mine collapses, compared with well-regulated large-scale mines. Here, we used an in vitro model to investigate heavy metal soil pollution characteristics and their attendant health risks in an abandoned, small-scale lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) mine located in southwestern China that had suffered ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-1660-8

98. Heavy metal contamination in the muscle of Aegean chub (Squalius fellowesii) and potential risk assessment

Author:
Hüseyin Şaşi; Aykut Yozukmaz; Murat Yabanli
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.7 pp. 6928-6936
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Squalius; adults; aquatic ecosystems; average daily intake; cadmium; children; chromium; copper; fish consumption; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; indigenous species; lead; manganese; muscle tissues; muscles; risk; rivers; zinc; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... Especially after the industrial revolution, the amount of contaminants released in aquatic ecosystems has considerably increased. For this reason, the necessity to carry on research on the existence of contaminants, specifically heavy metals, has emerged. In this study, heavy metal concentrations in muscle tissues of Aegean chub, which was an endemic species of south western part of Turkey, gather ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-017-1030-y

99. Heavy metal quantification of classroom dust in school environment and its impacts on children health from Rawang (Malaysia)

Author:
Sock Yin Tan; Sarva Mangala Praveena; Emilia Zainal Abidin; Manraj Singh Cheema
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.34 pp. 34623-34635
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
arsenic; cadmium; child health; children; chromium; cobalt; copper; dust; health effects assessments; heavy metals; lead; nickel; particulate emissions; plantations; residential areas; risk; roads; zinc; Malaysia
Abstract:
... This study aimed to determine bioavailable heavy metal concentrations (As, Cd, Co, Cu, Cr, Ni, Pb, Zn) and their potential sources in classroom dust collected from children’s hand palms in Rawang (Malaysia). This study also aimed to determine the association between bioavailable heavy metal concentration in classroom dust and children’s respiratory symptoms. Health risk assessment (HRA) was applie ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-3396-x

100. Household air pollution from cooking fuel and respiratory health risks for children in Pakistan

Author:
Mohammad Shayan Babar Khan; Heman D. Lohano
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.25 pp. 24778-24786
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
air pollution; animals; burden of disease; charcoal; children; coal; cooking; crop residues; feces; health surveys; households; kerosene; regression analysis; respiratory tract diseases; risk factors; wood; Pakistan
Abstract:
... Around 2.7 billion people in the world cook with polluting fuels, such as wood, crop residue, animal dung, charcoal, coal, and kerosene. Household air pollution from cooking with polluting fuels is recognized as a major risk factor for the disease burden. In this study, we examine the effect of using polluting fuels for cooking on the respiratory health of children in Pakistan. This study uses cro ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-2513-1