Showing papers in "Environmental Research in 2016"

TL;DR: The aim of this review is to describe the most recent data on the effects induced by phthalates, bisphenol A and parabens in a critical window of exposure: in utero, during pregnancy, infants, and children.

TL;DR: There is an urgent need to develop efficient REE recycling techniques from end-of-life products, technologies to minimize the amount of REEs required per unit device, and methods to recover them from fly ash or fossil fuel-burning wastes.

TL;DR: The evidence as a whole suggests that vehicular pollution, at least, contributes to cognitive impairment, adding to pressure on governments and individuals to continue to reduce air pollution.

TL;DR: Overall, models project that new geographic areas along the fringe of current geographic ranges for Aedes will become environmentally suitable for the mosquito's lifecycle, and for dengue transmission.

TL;DR: Care must be taken in averaging certain humidity variables daily or seasonally to avoid statistical biasing associated with variables that are inherently diurnal through their relationship to temperature.

TL;DR: Results of this study highlight the ability of virgin LDPE fragments to cause toxicity and to modulate the adverse impacts of Phe in C. gariepinus.

TL;DR: The increased risks of lung cancer incidence were associated with PM2.5 and ozone air pollution, and control measures to reduce air pollution would likely lower the future incidence of Lung cancer.

TL;DR: Maternal exposure to traffic-related air pollutant NO2 during pregnancy, especially in specific trimesters, is associated with an increased risk of developing asthma, rhinitis, and eczema in children, and this results support the hypothesis that childhood allergic diseases originate in fetal life and are triggered by traffic- related air pollution in sensitive trimeters.

TL;DR: A comprehensive, integrative stress model is presented with all known connections between the body systems, states, and processes at both the physiological and psychological levels, which allows to establish a variety of biological pathways linking environmental noise exposure with health outcomes.

TL;DR: Despite limitations in quantity and quality of the evidence this systematic review provides a useful starting point for the design, delivery and evaluation of programmes to ensure more effective adoption and use of LPG, biogas, alcohol fuels and solar cooking.

TL;DR: This is the first biomonitoring study to report exposure of the Saudi population to a wide range of environmental chemicals and provides evidence that environmental chemical exposures contribute to oxidative stress.

TL;DR: This review summarises the research conducted over the past decade into the reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and oxidative stress as a consequence of PER treatments, and ultimately their correlation with the toxicity and the metabolism of PER.

TL;DR: It is essential that contaminants be continuously monitored, especially in the most critical regions, and that measures be implemented by health authorities to reduce exposure of newborns and infants to these metals, to avoid unnecessary health risks.

TL;DR: The advances in genetic engineering for improvement of microbial strains in order to enhance the production of the value added bio-products as well as the concept of zero-waste economy have been briefly discussed.

TL;DR: Characterizing the early NVU damage and identifying biomarkers of neurovascular dysfunction may provide a fresh insight into Alzheimer pathogenesis and open opportunities for pediatric neuroprotection.

TL;DR: The results of this study have a good compatibly with other studies conducted on the effects of air pollution on humans and the AirQ software model can be used in decision-makings as a useful and easy tool.

TL;DR: The influence of hemolymph serum (HS) on the in vitro effects of amino modified polystyrene NPs (PS-NH2) on Mytilus hemocytes was investigated and represents the first evidence for the formation of a NP bio-corona in aquatic organisms.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare the contribution of SAT and chemical transport model (CTM) data to the performance of LUR PM2.5 and NO2 models for Europe.

TL;DR: Within this ongoing birth cohort, certain phenols and parabens were associated with altered reproductive and thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy, and these changes may contribute to adverse health effects in mothers or their offspring.

TL;DR: The short-term trends highlight that the threat to population and vegetation declined between 1999 and 2012 in France, demonstrating the success of European control strategies over the last 20 years, but the issue of non-attainment of the target value for O3 persists in comparison with the objectives of air quality directives.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that children in Japan are environmentally exposed to the three major insecticide lines, and that the daily exposure sources of NEOs are common to those of OPs.

TL;DR: Air quality assessments at three South European subway systems revealed the existence of an Fe source in the subway system, which could have its origin in mechanical friction and wear processes between rails, wheels and brakes, and PM2.5 concentrations on the platforms were higher than those in the urban ambient air, evidencing that there is generation of PM 2.5 associated with the subway systems operation.

TL;DR: In this study highly efficient photocatalyst based on composite nanofibers containing polyacrylonitrile (PAN), carbon nanotubes (CNT), and surface functionalized TiO2 nanoparticles was developed and it was demonstrated that the photodegradation efficiency can remain constant at the level of 99% after five consecutive cycles.

TL;DR: A review of previous reports about the effects of smoking on the lactation process, breast milk composition and infant development shows nicotine levels in breast milk of women who smoke are three times higher than those in the plasma levels.

TL;DR: Findings of this study suggest that associations of ambient air pollution with preterm birth are stronger among women with pre-existing diabetes, asthma, and preeclampsia than among women without this condition.

TL;DR: A sound characterization of air pollution exposure and its potential effects on human health in the most polluted, and also most populated and productive, Italian region is provided, further documenting the need for effective public health policies.

TL;DR: The effect of PM2.5 during the wildfire period was more pronounced in women compared to men and in adults, ages 20-64, compared to children and adults 65 or older and some effect modification by area-level median income for respiratory ED visits during the wildfires, with the highest effects observed in the ZIP codes with the lowest median income.

TL;DR: This is the first study that shows data about hydrochlorothiazide, levamisole and codeine in wild marine biota and the higher detection frequency and concentrations found in golden grey mullet suggested that mugilids could be used as an indicator of contamination by pharmaceuticals in coastal areas.

TL;DR: Prenatal BPA exposure was not consistently associated with offspring growth and adiposity measures but higher early childhood BPA was associated with excess child adiposity.

TL;DR: A land use regression model for UFPs in Montreal, Canada is developed using mobile monitoring data collected from 414 road segments during the summer and winter months between 2011 and 2012 and suggests that the KRLS approach may offer modest improvements in predictive performance compared to standard multivariable linear regression models used to estimate spatial variations in ambient U FPs.