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1. A 25-year record of childhood blood lead exposure and its relationship to environmental sources

Author:
Chenyin Dong; Mark Patrick Taylor; Brian Gulson
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109357
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
blood; childhood; children; cleaning; data collection; dust; dust emissions; exposure pathways; lead; mining; monitoring; regression analysis; silver; socioeconomic status; soil; soil remediation; Australia
Abstract:
... Broken Hill, the oldest silver (Ag)–zinc (Zn)–lead (Pb) mining community in Australia, has a legacy and ongoing problem of environmental Pb exposure that was identified as early as 1893. To reduce Pb exposure risks, identifying potential exposure pathways and related factors is a critical first step. This study examined blood lead (PbB) levels of children ≤60 months old (n = 24,106 samples), along ...
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10.1016/j.envres.2020.109357

2. A novel integrated process to convert cellulose and hemicellulose in rice straw to biobutanol

Author:
Jiwen Wu; Lili Dong; Bingfeng Liu; Defeng Xing; Chunshuang Zhou; Qi Wang; Xiukun Wu; Liping Feng; Guangli Cao
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109580
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
Clostridium beijerinckii; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Trichoderma viride; biobutanol; butanol; catabolite repression; cellulose; coculture; endo-1,4-beta-glucanase; fermentation; glucose; hemicellulose; lignin; research; rice straw; urea; xylose
Abstract:
... A novel integrated process was established in this study to produce butanol from rice straw. In the first pretreatment, an alternative NaOH/Urea preatment operated at −12 ᵒC efficiently removed 10.9 g lignin and preserved 91.54% cellulose and hemicellulose in 100 g rice straw. Subsequently, crude cellulase produced from Trichoderma viride was used to convert pretreated rice straw to mono-sugars fo ...
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10.1016/j.envres.2020.109580

3. A review on mobile phones as bacterial reservoirs in healthcare environments and potential device decontamination approaches

Author:
Neha Bhardwaj; Madhu Khatri; Sanjeev K. Bhardwaj; Christian Sonne; Akash Deep; Ki-Hyun Kim
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109569
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
cross infection; decontamination; disinfection; health care workers; health services; hygiene; microbial contamination; mobile telephones; research
Abstract:
... Mobile communication devices (MCDs), including cell phones and smart phones, have become an essential part of everyday life. Despite their frequent usage, most people, even healthcare personnel, often ignore the possibility that these devices might accumulate to carry a variety of microbial flora during and after the inspection of patients. The handling of MCDs with unwashed hands and/or their sel ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109569

4. A systematic review of empirical and simulation studies evaluating the health impact of transportation interventions

Author:
Ivana Stankov; Leandro M.T. Garcia; Maria Antonietta Mascolli; Felipe Montes; José D. Meisel; Nelson Gouveia; Olga L. Sarmiento; Daniel A. Rodriguez; Ross A. Hammond; Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa; Ana V. Diez Roux
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109519
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
bicycling; databases; dynamic models; income; issues and policy; public transportation; sustainable development; synergism; systematic review; travel; walking
Abstract:
... Urban transportation is an important determinant of health and environmental outcomes, and therefore essential to achieving the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals. To better understand the health impacts of transportation initiatives, we conducted a systematic review of longitudinal health evaluations involving: a) bus rapid transit (BRT); b) bicycle lanes; c) Open Streets programs; and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109519

5. A wireless charger powered the extracellular electron transfer for hydrogen recovery from organics

Author:
Weiwei Cai; Xingcheng Zhao; Hui Wang; Fangxu Jia; Hong Yao
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109524
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
economic analysis; electricity; electron transfer; energy efficiency; hydrogen; microbial electrolysis cells
Abstract:
... Herein, a simple wireless charger which provided an alternative to conventional connection for delivering the electricity was employed to power the microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) for hydrogen recovery from organics. The coulombic efficiency of the wireless power transmission (WPT) was 75.37%, which was nearly similar to the average value of the conventional wired power transmission (CWPT) at th ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109524

6. Accounting for the uncertainty due to chemicals below the detection limit in mixture analysis

Author:
Paul M. Hargarten; David C. Wheeler
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109466
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
Bayesian theory; detection limit; environmental exposure; regression analysis; uncertainty
Abstract:
... Simultaneous exposure to a mixture of chemicals over a lifetime may increase an individual's risk of disease to a greater extent than individual exposures. Researchers have used weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression to estimate the effect of multiple exposures in a manner that identifies the important (etiologically relevant) components in the mixture. However, complications arise when an experim ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109466

7. Accumulation of trace elements in muscle, gill and liver of fish species (Capoeta umbla and Luciobarbus mystaceus) in the Tigris River (Turkey), and health risk assessment

Author:
Memet Varol; Emel Kaçar; Hülya Karadede Akın
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109570
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
Capoeta umbla; Luciobarbus; arsenic; carcinogenicity; fish; health effects assessments; liver; muscle tissues; muscles; research; risk; rivers
Abstract:
... Two fish species (Capoeta umbla and Luciobarbus mystaceus) were collected from the Tigris River (Turkey), and tissues (gill, muscle and liver) of fish samples were analyzed for Cd, As, Mn, Cr, Cu, Co and Ni using the inductively coupled plasma-tandem mass spectrometry. Significant differences were present between fish species in regard to trace element (TE) concentrations in muscle for Mn, in live ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109570

8. Acidity and metallic elements release from AMD-affected river sediments: Effect of AMD standstill and dilution

Author:
Meiqin Chen; Guining Lu; Jingxiong Wu; Jianteng Sun; Chengfang Yang; Yingying Xie; Kaifeng Wang; Fucai Deng; Xiaoyun Yi; Zhi Dang
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109490
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; acid mine drainage; acidity; adsorption; anion exchange; arsenic; cadmium; cations; copper; dams (hydrology); dialysis; environmental factors; environmental hazards; heavy metals; iron; lead; manganese; minerals; moieties; oxyanions; pH; phase transition; protons; remediation; rivers; sediments; sulfates; toxic substances; zinc
Abstract:
... In acid mine drainage (AMD) polluted rivers, considerable fraction of potential toxic elements are temporarily sequestered by sediments. There are two main potential environmental hazards associated with the sediments, acidity liberation and re-mobilization of metallic elements, during environmental conditions change. The effects of AMD standstill and water dilution on metallic elements migration ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109490

9. Act now before its too late: Copper exposure drives chemo-ecology of predator-prey dynamics of freshwater common spiny loach, Lepidocephalichthys thermalis (Valenciennes, 1846)

Author:
Sachin M. Gosavi; Sandip D. Tapkir; Pradeep Kumkar; Chandani R. Verma; Sanjay S. Kharat
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109509
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
Channa; Lepidocephalichthys; aquatic ecosystems; biodiversity; copper; ecological function; forage fish; freshwater; introduced species; predation; predatory fish; smell; surface water; survival rate
Abstract:
... Due to the extensive use of copper (Cu) in various commercial products, its existence in aquatic bodies (freshwater and marine) is not unusual. Cu is well known for its effect on the olfactory physiology of fish. However, there are limited studies on the effect of Cu on important ecological functions in fish (predator-prey dynamics) that are primarily influenced by olfaction. In a series of experi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109509

10. Acute effects of ambient particulate matter on blood pressure in office workers

Author:
Licheng Zhang; Ji An; Xue Tian; Mengyang Liu; Lixin Tao; Xiangtong Liu; Xiaonan Wang; Deqiang Zheng; Xiuhua Guo; Yanxia Luo
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109497
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
acute effects; acute exposure; adverse effects; air pollutants; air pollution; confidence interval; diastolic blood pressure; employment; environmental monitoring; hypertension; kriging; linear models; males; men; office workers; particulates; patients; systolic blood pressure; China
Abstract:
... Exposure to ambient particulate matter with a diameter of <2.5 μm (PM₂.₅) has been linked to increases in blood pressure. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of short-term exposure to PM₂.₅ on blood pressure in office workers in Beijing, China. A total of 4801 individuals aged 18–60 years underwent an annual medical examination between 2013 and 2017. Levels of air pollutants were obtai ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109497

11. Adsorption-desorption of doxycycline in agricultural soils: Batch and stirred-flow-chamber experiments

Author:
C. Álvarez-Esmorís; M. Conde-Cid; D. Fernández-Calviño; M.J. Fernández-Sanjurjo; A. Núñez-Delgado; E. Álvarez-Rodríguez; M. Arias-Estévez
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109565
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
adsorption; cation exchange capacity; clay fraction; desorption; doxycycline; environmental fate; environmental health; humans; hydrogen; hysteresis; nitrogen; organic matter; research
Abstract:
... With the aim of obtaining information about the environmental fate and dynamics of the antibiotic doxycycline (DC) when it reaches soil, adsorption and desorption processes were studied for this compound in 20 agricultural soils, by means of batch-type and stirred-flow-chamber experiments. The results indicate that the studied soils adsorbed high amounts of DC, with adsorption percentages >91% in ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109565

12. Alkaline aided thermophiles pretreatment of waste activated sludge to increase short chain fatty acids production: Microbial community evolution by alkaline on hydrolysis and fermentation

Author:
Chun-Xue Yang; Shuai Zhao; Ze-Chong Guo; Wen-Zong Liu; Ling Wang; Shao-Peng Yu; Bao-Ling Liu; Xue Cong
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109503
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
Acidobacteria; Caloramator; acidification; activated sludge; chemical oxygen demand; fermentation; heat tolerance; hydrolysis; microbial communities; proteins; proteolysis; short chain fatty acids; thermophilic bacteria
Abstract:
... Adding alkaline into an anaerobic waste activated sludge (WAS) fermentation with thermophilic bacteria pretreatment could efficiently improve short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) accumulation to 3550 ± 120 mg COD/L. The acidification rate in combined test was 21.2%, while that was 15.6% and 10.7% in sole thermophilic bacteria pretreatment and control tests respectively. Four distinct groups of microbes ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109503

13. Ambient air pollution and male fecundity: A retrospective analysis of longitudinal data from a Chinese human sperm bank (2013–2018)

Author:
Yang Qiu; Tingting Yang; Barnabas C. Seyler; Xiuli Wang; Yuan Wang; Min Jiang; Bo Liu; Fuping Li
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109528
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
adverse effects; air pollution; carbon monoxide; chronic exposure; fecundity; human health; longitudinal studies; males; nitrogen dioxide; ozone; particulates; relative humidity; retrospective studies; semen; semen banks; sperm concentration; sperm quality; spermatogenesis; statistical models; sulfur dioxide; temperature; variance; China
Abstract:
... Ambient air pollution has adverse effects on human health and reproduction. A number of studies have suggested a significant association between ambient air pollution and human fecundity, with most studies focusing on cross-sectional data from the general male population with single semen samples. We conducted a retrospective study in China using longitudinal analysis of repeated semen samples to ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109528

14. Ambient temperature, seasonal influenza and risk of cardiovascular disease in a subtropical area in Southern China

Author:
Kirran N. Mohammad; Emily Ying Yang Chan; Martin Chi Sang Wong; William Bernard Goggins; Ka Chun Chong
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109546
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
ambient temperature; cardiovascular diseases; disease outbreaks; hospitals; influenza; nitrogen dioxide; nonlinear models; ozone; particulates; pollutants; rain; relative humidity; relative risk; risk reduction; sulfur dioxide; temperate zones; wind speed; winter; China
Abstract:
... Given the regular winter recurrence of influenza epidemics and the biologically plausible association between seasonal influenza and cardiovascular events, researchers assumed a valid and reliable influenza forecast could envision the timing and burden of winter surge in cardiovascular (CVD) hospitalizations. This, however, is well justified only in temperate regions. In this study, we aim to inve ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109546

15. Analytical approaches to testing pathways linking greenspace to health: A scoping review of the empirical literature

Author:
Angel M. Dzhambov; Matthew H.E.M. Browning; Iana Markevych; Terry Hartig; Peter Lercher
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109613
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
air pollution; equations; green infrastructure; physical activity; public health; research
Abstract:
... Inadequate translation from theoretical to statistical models of the greenspace – health relationship may lead to incorrect conclusions about the importance of some pathways, which in turn may reduce the effectiveness of public health interventions involving urban greening. In this scoping review we aimed to: (1) summarize the general characteristics of approaches to intervening variable inference ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109613

16. Aquatic toxicity and mode of action of CdS and ZnS nanoparticles in four microalgae species

Author:
Konstantin Pikula; Neli Mintcheva; Sergei A. Kulinich; Alexander Zakharenko; Zhanna Markina; Vladimir Chaika; Tatiana Orlova; Yaroslav Mezhuev; Emmanouil Kokkinakis; Aristidis Tsatsakis; Kirill Golokhvast
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109513
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
Rhodophyta; cadmium sulfide; cations; cell walls; chemical composition; dissociation; enzyme activity; esterases; flow cytometry; irradiation; light; mechanism of action; membrane potential; microalgae; nanoparticles; oxidative stress; phycoerythrin; reactive oxygen species; semiconductors; toxicity; zinc; zinc sulfide
Abstract:
... This study reports the differences in toxic action between cadmium sulfide (CdS) and zinc sulfide (ZnS) nanoparticles (NPs) prepared by recently developed xanthate-mediated method. The aquatic toxicity of the synthesized NPs on four marine microalgae species was explored. Growth rate, esterase activity, membrane potential, and morphological changes of microalgae cells were evaluated using flow cyt ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109513

17. Assessing and modelling vulnerability to dengue in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam by geospatial and time-series approaches

Author:
Nga T.T. Pham; Cong T. Nguyen; Hoa H. Vu
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109545
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
burden of disease; climate change; climatic factors; dengue; forests; horticulture; public health; research; risk; river deltas; satellites; seasonal variation; soil; spatial data; spectrophotometers; temperature; time series analysis; Vietnam
Abstract:
... Dengue fever has continuously been a disease burden in Vietnam during the last 20 years, particularly in the Mekong Delta region (MDR), which is one of the most vulnerable to climate change. Variations in temperature and precipitation are likely to alter the incidence and distribution of vector-borne diseases such as dengue. This study focuses on assessing dengue risk via the vulnerability concept ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109545

18. Assessment of climate change impacts on water balance and hydrological extremes in Bang Pakong-Prachin Buri river basin, Thailand

Author:
Thundorn Okwala; Sangam Shrestha; Suwas Ghimire; S. Mohanasundaram; Avishek Datta
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109544
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; climate change; drought; issues and policy; land use change; rain; research; stream flow; watersheds; Thailand
Abstract:
... Among many factors the hydrology of a watershed is mainly influenced by climate and land use change. This study examined the impacts of climate change on water resources and extreme events in the Bang Pakong-Prachin Buri River Basin, Thailand using three different Regional Climate Models (RCMs) ACCESS1-CSIRO-CCAM, CNRM-CM5-CSIRO-CCAM, and MPI-ESM-LR-CSIRO-CCAM under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 emission scen ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109544

19. Assessment of genetic effects and pesticide exposure of farmers in NW Greece

Author:
H. Moshou; A. Karakitsou; F. Yfanti; D. Hela; D. Vlastos; A.K. Paschalidou; P. Kassomenos; I. Petrou
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109558
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
chemical analysis; chlorpyrifos; cytokinesis; cytotoxicity; dimethoate; fenthion; fenthion sulfone; metabolites; metolachlor; micronucleus tests; mutagens; occupational exposure; research; risk communication; sulfoxides; trifluralin; Greece
Abstract:
... The present study aims at evaluating potential genotoxic and cytotoxic effects caused by the occupational exposure of farmers to pesticide mixtures in the Aitoloakarnania Prefecture (Greece). The aforementioned assessment was conducted through in vivo Cytokinesis Block Micronucleus assay (CBMN assay) in peripheral blood lymphocytes, in relation to chemical analysis of pesticide residues in blood s ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109558

20. Association between cholinesterase's inhibition and cognitive impairment: A basis for prevention policies of environmental pollution by organophosphate and carbamate pesticides in Chile

Author:
Muriel Ramírez-Santana; Liliana Zúñiga-Venegas; Sebastián Corral; Nel Roeleveld; Hans Groenewoud; Koos van der Velden; Paul T.J. Scheepers; Floria Pancetti
Source:
Environmental research 2020 v.186 pp. 109539
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
acetylcholinesterase; acute effects; biomarkers; cholinesterase; cognition; cognitive disorders; emotions; enzyme activity; memory; occupational exposure; organophosphorus pesticides; pollution; research; Chile
Abstract:
... In Chile organophosphate pesticides are widely used in the production of fruits. Pesticides use is regulated for professional practice but there is no regulation regarding exposure to the general population.To relate exposure to cholinesterase's inhibitor pesticides during the spray season with neuropsychological impairment in occupationally exposed (OE) and environmentally exposed (EE) groups of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109539