Showing papers in "Environment International in 2016"

TL;DR: It is proposed that in some cases (e.g. Hg and Cd) the high concentrations of soil heavy metal attributed to human activity can be detected at a regional level.

TL;DR: This literature review summarizes the state of knowledge on the occurrence of antibiotics in the different aqueous environmental systems across the Europe, as reported since 2000 and provides an improved understanding on aquatic pollution by antibiotics to outline the European scenario.

TL;DR: In this article, a review examines the scientific evidences on the impact of climate change on human infectious diseases and identifies research progress and gaps on how human society may respond to, adapt to, and prepare for the related changes.

TL;DR: Estimated upper boundaries for selective concentrations (lowest MICs) and PNECs for resistance selection for all common antibiotics are provided, which can guide implementation of compound-specific emission limits that take into account risks for resistance promotion.

TL;DR: The patterns of bacterial community and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in a long-term field experiment were investigated and it was suggested that bacterial community shifts, rather than MGEs, is the major driver shaping the antibiotic resistome.

TL;DR: This review supports the hypothesis that living in areas with higher amounts of green spaces reduces mortality, mainly CVD, and suggests that cohort studies with more and better covariate data, improved green space assessment and accounting for socioeconomic status are needed to provide further and more complete evidence.

TL;DR: To eliminate the long-term risk of Cd entering the food chain, soils contaminated by Cd should be cleaned up when cost-effective remediation measures are available.

TL;DR: The study reported and analyzed the current state of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in urban China from the perspective of treatment technologies, pollutant removals, operating load and effluent discharge standards, with the aim of developing rational criteria and appropriate technologies for water recycling.

TL;DR: The environmental fate ofDCF in different compartments such as soil and water has been addressed with an overview of current treatment methods and the toxicity concerns regarding DCF in aquatic as well as terrestrial environment along with an introduction to the metabolites of DCF through consumption and abiotic degradation routes are discussed.

TL;DR: The observed association between SGH and greenness exposure was mediated, in part, by mental health status, enhanced social support, and physical activity, and there might be age and sex variations in these mediation roles.

TL;DR: While the former are the immediate cause of colony collapses and bee declines, the latter are a key factor contributing to the increasing negative impact of parasitic infections observed in bees in recent decades.

TL;DR: A brief survey is presented to describe those strategies based on the evaluation made against various pollutants (such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides, heavy metals, detergents, and dyes) in aqueous media.

TL;DR: The aim of this review is to summarize the current state of knowledge on the toxicity that phthalates pose in humans based on human biomonitoring studies conducted over the last decade.

TL;DR: The results showed that the five most polluted megacities were Delhi, Cairo, Xi'an, Tianjin and Chengdu, all of which had an annual average concentration of PM2.5 greater than 89μg/m(3), while the five cleanest megac cities were Miami, Toronto, New York, Madrid and Philadelphia.

TL;DR: A balanced overview of the advantages and disadvantages of the pyrolysis process of biochar production, end-product quality and the benefits versus drawbacks ofBiochar on soil geochemistry and albedo, microflora and fauna and nutrients.

TL;DR: In this article, a systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to assess the heatwave definitions used in the literature published up to 1st April 2015 by searching five databases (PubMed, ProQuest, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and Web of Science).

TL;DR: The introduction of private car free cities is likely to have direct and indirect health benefits, but the exact magnitude and potential conflicting effects are as yet unclear.

TL;DR: Concentrations of neonicotinoid insecticides and fungicides found in pollen collected by honey bees and in pollen and adult bees sampled from bumble bee colonies placed on arable farms are quantified.

TL;DR: A systemic suppression of immune function in marine mammals exposed to environmental contaminants is revealed and may have significant population level consequences as a contributing factor to increasing anthropogenic stress in wildlife and infectious disease outbreaks.

TL;DR: The contribution of swine wastes to the occurrence and development of antibiotic resistance determinants in the receiving environments and potential risks to food safety and human health are demonstrated.

TL;DR: Besides summarizing PM2.5 pollution countermeasures by policy, planning, technology and ideology, the World Air Day is proposed to be established to inspire and promote the crucial social action in energy-saving and emission-reduction.

TL;DR: This study provides a basis for the formulation of future urban air pollution control measures in China by evaluating current air pollution situations in China according to the annual and diurnal variations of each criteria pollutant.

TL;DR: This study indicates that the association between PM in air pollution and lung cancer can be attributed to various PM components and sources, and PM containing S and Ni might be particularly important.

TL;DR: The time is ripe to assess the risk for the human and environmental health of sewage sludge land application in the context of antibiotic resistance spread, and the necessity for more studies is emphasised.

TL;DR: This review, aims to provide the current state of the art in the occurrence and fate of UV-filters in wastewater treatment plants and how the technologies that are being used are successfully removing these compounds from both wastewater and sludge.

TL;DR: The main purpose of this review is to present the studies relating the effects already stated of phthalates on the cardiovascular and reproductive systems, and also present the link between these two systems.

TL;DR: An overview of the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation framework is provided, its applicability to environmental health is discussed, and priority areas for method assessment and development are identified.

TL;DR: Increased PM2.5 exposure in specific prenatal windows may be associated with poorer function across memory and attention domains with variable associations based on sex, and refined determination of time window- and sex-specific associations may enhance insight into underlying mechanisms and identification of vulnerable subgroups.

TL;DR: The overall findings suggested that the urban environment has measurable associations with psychological distress, including housing with deck access, neighbourhood quality, the amount of green space, land-use mix, industry activity and traffic volume, and the evidence supports the need for development of interventions to improve mental health through changing theUrban environment.

TL;DR: A non-linear power law (NLP) function is developed to estimate the relative risk associated with ambient PM2.5 exposure and resulting annual premature death in India and calls for initiation of long-term measures through a systematic framework of pollution and health data archive.