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1. Community readiness for collecting stray dogs in Aradan County: a quantitative‐qualitative study

Author:
Kamalikhah, Tahereh; Mirrezaei, Somayeh; Rahimi, Tahereh; Sabzmakan, Leila; Ghobakhloo, Safiye
Source:
Irish veterinary journal 2021 v.74 no.1 pp. 10
ISSN:
2046-0481
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; climate; guidelines; leadership; males; models; questionnaires; Iran;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Paying more attention to free-roaming dogs’ population control seems to be necessary because of public health and environmental problems. The present study used the community readiness model to determine the readiness of Aradan County in terms of collecting stray dogs. METHODS: This study is a quantitative-qualitative research study conducted in Aradan County in Semnan Province of Iran ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13620-021-00184-4

2. Study on the coordinated relationship between Urban Land use efficiency and ecosystem health in China

Author:
Xie, Xue; Fang, Bin; Xu, Hanzeyu; He, Shasha; Li, Xin
Source:
Land use policy 2021 v.102 pp. 105235
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; coasts; ecosystems; land policy; land use; urbanization; China;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... China needs not only high land use efficiency, but also a high-quality ecological environment. Thus, clarifying interaction between land use efficiency and the ecosystem is crucial in accelerating China’s new urbanization. In this study, therefore, we measured China’s urban land use efficiency and ecosystem health to obtain the coordination effect between the two. Results showed that (1)from 2005 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105235

3. Using ecoacoustics metrices to track grassland bird richness across landscape gradients

Author:
Shamon, Hila; Paraskevopoulou, Zoe; Kitzes, Justin; Card, Emily; Deichmann, Jessica L.; Boyce, Andy J.; McShea, William J.
Source:
Ecological indicators 2021 v.120 pp. 106928
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; bioacoustics; birds; ecosystems; grasslands; landscapes; prediction; species richness;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Ecoacoustics is an emerging field that allows inferences about biodiversity trends and ecosystem health. Several acoustic indices have been developed for fast, automated assessments of ecosystem condition and are often used to assess changes in species richness/diversity across space or time. However, studies have reported inconclusive relationships between acoustic indices and species richness/di ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106928

4. Transforming Cities Globally: Essential Public and Environmental Health Services Provided by Informal Sector Workers

Author:
Gutberlet, Jutta
Source:
One earth 2020 v.3 no.3 pp. 287-289
ISSN:
2590-3322
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; poverty; sustainable development;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... In this issue of One Earth, Tucker and Anantharaman discuss how the integration (not necessarily formalization) of the informal sector addresses poverty and exclusion better than capitalist alternatives. It is crucial that we recognize the essential role of the informal sector, particularly waste pickers, in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.oneear.2020.08.018

5. Mapping ecoacoustic hot spots and moments of biodiversity to inform conservation and urban planning

Author:
Holgate, Briana; Maggini, Ramona; Fuller, Susan
Source:
Ecological indicators 2021 v.126 pp. 107627
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; acoustics; biodiversity; decision making; habitats; landforms; landscapes; temporal variation; urbanization; vegetation; Queensland;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... As the rate of urbanisation continues to increase, widespread habitat clearing within peri-urban landscapes contributes to significant environmental impacts, including loss of biological diversity. Acoustic recording has recently been identified as an effective tool for monitoring biodiversity and ecosystem health. With increasing pressure from urbanisation, it is critical that spatial and tempora ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107627

6. Legal obstacles for the circular economy in Thailand: Illegal dumping of recyclable hazardous industrial waste

Author:
Otwong, Ashijya; Jongmeewasin, Somnuck; Phenrat, Tanapon
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.302 pp. 126969
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; circular economy; groundwater; humans; industrial wastes; markets; private sector; soil pollution; sustainable development; Thailand;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... The circular economy has become one of the potential solutions for simultaneously addressing the huge amount of waste generated and the accelerated depletion of virgin resources, both of which are key obstacles for sustainable development. As this concept is pursued with the goal of maintaining the value of products and resources in the economy for as long as possible, recycling is undeniably a ke ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126969

7. Direct imaging evidences of metal inorganic contaminants traced into cigarettes

Author:
Matassa, Roberto; Cattaruzza, Maria Sofia; Sandorfi, Filippo; Battaglione, Ezio; Relucenti, Michela; Familiari, Giuseppe
Source:
Journal of hazardous materials 2021 v.411 pp. 125092
ISSN:
0304-3894
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; cigarettes; evolution; heat; microscopy; paper; porosity; smoke; toxicity; toxicology;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Today, environmental health research on toxicological adverse effects of metal-inorganic materials diffused by cigarettes represents a new challenge for assessing new health risks directly related to the critical chemical-size features of the particles. Therefore, morpho-chemical analyses of hazardous particles become critical in response to the distinctive assumptions about the origin, evolution, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125092

8. A bibliometric and visual analysis of indoor occupation environmental health risks: Development, hotspots and trend directions

Author:
Zhang, Jingdong; Jiang, Luping; Liu, Zehua; Li, Yanan; Liu, Kangli; Fang, Ruying; Li, Honghu; Qu, Zhiguang; Liu, Chaoyang; Li, Fei
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.300 pp. 126824
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; air; air quality; industrialization; occupations; sustainable development; working conditions;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... With the advancement of industrialization, the health risks in occupational environments are attracting increasing attention, and growing efforts have been devoted to environmentally friendly production and sustainable development in the manufacturing industry. As an industrial area, the indoor occupational environment was of necessity to be considered when assessing health risks in the workplace. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126824

9. Application of ecosystem stability and regime shift theories in ecosystem assessment-calculation variable and practical performance

Author:
Meng, Jia-Nan; Fang, Hongwei; Scavia, Donald
Source:
Ecological indicators 2021 v.125 pp. 107529
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; biochemical oxygen demand; ecological balance; ecosystem management; ecosystems; lakes; risk; variance;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Assessing ecosystem states quantitatively or qualitatively is important for ecosystem management. Currently, Traditional Comprehensive Assessment (TCA), including ecosystem health, risk, and service assessment is used most often. Ecosystem stability theory (EST) and ecosystem regime shift theory (RST) from mathematical ecology have not been widely used. In this paper, we compare TCA and EST and RS ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107529

10. Effect of forest connectivity on the dispersal of species: A case study in the Bogda World Natural Heritage Site, Xinjiang, China

Author:
Wang, Zhi; Yang, Zhaoping; Shi, Hui; Han, Lei
Source:
Ecological indicators 2021 v.125 pp. 107576
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; biodiversity; case studies; forests; habitat connectivity; habitat fragmentation; indigenous species; China;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Habitat fragmentation hinders the dispersal of species and reduces the range of suitable habitat, thereby threatening the conservation of biodiversity. Even in protected areas, an assessment of the landscape connectivity of suitable habitat for species is still essential. In this paper, we investigated the overall forest connectivity, and determined patch characteristics and their role in species ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107576

11. Estimating quality of archive urban stream macroinvertebrate samples for genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic assessment

Author:
Begić, Valerija; Sertić Perić, Mirela; Hančić, Suzana; Štargl, Mihaela; Svoboda, Matea; Korać, Petra; Radanović, Ines
Source:
Ecological indicators 2021 v.125 pp. 107509
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; DNA; RNA; aquatic ecosystems; environmental assessment; ethanol; formaldehyde; genomics; macroinvertebrates; proteomics; streams; transcriptomics; urbanization;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... The existence of archival collections of macroinvertebrates opens the possibility of using these organisms as biological indicators and model organisms for developing indices of aquatic ecosystem health and stress, which provide a powerful basis for sustainable environmental monitoring and management of water resources. The environmental assessment of urbanization influence on urban stream biota o ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107509

12. Moving policy and regulation forward for single-use plastic alternatives

Author:
Tan, Wenbing; Cui, Dongyu; Xi, Beidou
Source:
Frontiers of environmental science & engineering 2021 v.15 no.3 pp. 50
ISSN:
2095-2201
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; citizen participation; human development; issues and policy; laws and regulations; technology; wastes;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Single-use plastics are often used once or cannot be reused for extended periods. They are widely consumed with the rapid development of social economy. The waste generated by single-use plastics threatens ecosystem health by entering the environment and ultimately restricts sustainable human development. The innovation of sustainable and environmentally friendly single-use plastic alternative mat ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11783-021-1423-5

13. Chromium contamination and effect on environmental health and its remediation: A sustainable approaches

Author:
Prasad, Shiv; Yadav, Krishna Kumar; Kumar, Sandeep; Gupta, Neha; Cabral-Pinto, Marina M.S.; Rezania, Shahabaldin; Radwan, Neyara; Alam, Javed
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2021 v.285 pp. 112174
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; chromium; crop production; grain quality; human health; humans; pollution; remediation; soil; toxicity; vegetables;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Chromium (Cr) is a trace element critical to human health and well-being. In the last few decades, its contamination, especially hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] form in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, has amplified as a result of various anthropogenic activities. Chromium pollution is a significant environmental threat, severely impacting our environment and natural resources, especially wat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112174

14. Carboxyl graphene oxide nanoparticles induce neurodevelopmental defects and locomotor disorders in zebrafish larvae

Author:
Cao, Zigang; Su, Meile; Wang, Honglei; Zhou, Liqun; Meng, Zhen; Xiong, Guanghua; Liao, Xinjun; Lu, Huiqiang
Source:
Chemosphere 2021 v.270 pp. 128611
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; ; Danio rerio; adenosinetriphosphatase; astaxanthin; fish larvae; fullerene; graphene oxide; neurodevelopment; neurotoxicity; neurotransmitters; oxidative stress;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Graphene-family nanomaterials (GFNs) have been widely used in various fields due to their excellent properties. However, GFNs safety and environmental health have attracted more and more attentions and their potential toxic effects on organisms and the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. In this study, we utilized zebrafish to evaluate the toxicity of Carboxyl graphene oxide (GO-COO ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128611

15. Liquid-like polymer-based self-cleaning coating for effective prevention of liquid foods contaminations

Author:
Yang, Chengduan; Wu, Qianni; Zhong, Luyu; Lyu, Chenglin; He, Gen; Yang, Cheng; Li, Xiangling; Huang, Xinshuo; Hu, Ning; Chen, Meiwan; Hang, Tian; Xie, Xi
Source:
Journal of colloid and interface science 2021 v.589 pp. 327-335
ISSN:
0021-9797
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; adhesion; biocompatibility; biofilm; friction; glass; humans; hydrophobicity; liquids; mechanical damage; polydimethylsiloxane; saliva;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Liquid food containers commonly suffer from inevitable contamination and even biofilm formation due to the adhesion of food residuals or saliva, which requires detergents to clean. Although previously reported superhydrophobic and omniphobic coatings can resist the adhesion of liquids, the requirements of specific nanostructures or infused lubricants limit their applications in food containers. He ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jcis.2021.01.014

16. Effects of urban expansion on ecosystem health in Southwest China from a multi-perspective analysis

Author:
Li, Weijie; Xie, Shiyou; Wang, Yong; Huang, Jing; Cheng, Xian
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.294 pp. 126341
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; economic structure; environmental impact; industry; karsts; population density; sustainable development; urban areas; urbanization; China;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Effectively exploring the impact of urban expansion on ecosystem health has become a hot topic for sustainable development of cities. However, analyzing the relationship between urban expansion and ecosystem health from a multi-perspective view is relatively rare. Here, taking 438 cities in Southwest China as the study area, we attempted to quantify the relationship between urban expansion and eco ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126341

17. Can source control of pharmaceuticals decrease the investment needs in urban wastewater infrastructure?

Author:
Corominas, Lluís; Gimeno, Pau; Constantino, Carlos; Daldorph, Peter; Comas, Joaquim
Source:
Journal of hazardous materials 2021 v.407 pp. 124375
ISSN:
0304-3894
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; diclofenac; drugs; environmental quality; infrastructure; models; wastewater; watersheds; Spain;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... The source control of pharmaceuticals involves influencing the everyday consumption volume and compound choice. This paper evaluates how source control contributes to protecting the environmental health and decreasing the investment needs in urban wastewater infrastructure. Different levels of reduction in diclofenac consumption (as recommended by the European Medicines Agency) compensated by equi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124375

18. Investigating the chronological reduction potential of a urease inhibitor in respiration chambers

Author:
Bobrowski, Anna B.; Derno, Michael; Kuhla, Björn; Hagenkamp-Korth, Frauke; Hasler, Mario; Hartung, Eberhard
Source:
Biosystems engineering 2021 v.204 pp. 147-155
ISSN:
1537-5110
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; European Union; ammonia; animal welfare; humans; urease inhibitors; Germany;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Ammonia emissions have wide-ranging negative consequences for human, animal and environmental health. Regulations including EU Directive 2016/2284 require European Union member states to reduce emissions. Dairy farming has one of the highest levels of ammonia emissions. Most dairy barns in Germany are naturally ventilated to meet higher animal welfare standards. However, these housing systems allo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2021.01.005

19. Rabies in Our Neighbourhood: Preparedness for an Emerging Infectious Disease

Author:
Ward, Michael P.; Brookes, Victoria J.
Source:
Pathogens 2021 v.10 no.3
ISSN:
2076-0817
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; case studies; dogs; monitoring; rabies; risk assessment; Australia; East Timor; Papua New Guinea;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Emerging infectious disease (EID) events have the potential to cause devastating impacts on human, animal and environmental health. A range of tools exist which can be applied to address EID event detection, preparedness and response. Here we use a case study of rabies in Southeast Asia and Oceania to illustrate, via nearly a decade of research activities, how such tools can be systematically inte ...
DOI:
10.3390/pathogens10030375

20. Analyzing the impact of changing landscape pattern and dynamics on land surface temperature in Lucknow city, India

Author:
Shukla, Anugya; Jain, Kamal
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2021 v.58 pp. 126877
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
environmental health,   etc   ; green infrastructure; heat island; landscapes; livelihood; surface temperature; sustainable development; urbanization; India;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... The increasing urbanization has hampered the overall livelihood of urban dwellers. Urban heat island (UHI) is a significant consequence of urbanization on the earth's environment. Its geographical pattern, impact, and mitigation strategies remain poorly understood over large areas. The study aims at determining and analyzing how changing landscape patterns (at macro-level) and dynamics (at micro-l ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126877