Cornelis de Hoogh

TL;DR: It is concluded that the model might be used as a means of mapping long-term air pollution concentrations either in support of local authority air-quality management strategies, or in epidemiological studies, and offers substantially reduced costs and processing times compared to formal dispersion modelling.

TL;DR: The authors found small excess risks of congenital anomalies and low and very low birth weight in populations living near landfill sites and no causal mechanisms are available to explain these findings, and alternative explanations include data artefacts and residual confounding.

TL;DR: The findings overall suggest a significant association of stillbirths with maternal residence in areas with high TTHM exposure, and further work is needed looking at cause-specificStillbirths and effects of other disinfection by-products and to help differentiate between alternative (noncausal) explanations and those that may derive from the water supply.

TL;DR: Evidence is added that air pollution has long-term effects on mortality and point to continuing public health risks even at the relatively lower levels of BS and SO2 that now occur, which have importance for policies on public health protection through regulation and control of air pollution.

TL;DR: Little evidence is found for a relationship between THM concentrations in drinking water and risk of congenital anomalies in England and Wales.