Showing papers in "International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health in 2011"

TL;DR: Among phthalates, DEHP is the most widely used, and quantified by the authors in wastewater, and the rate of removal is greater than 90% for most of the studied compounds, while antibiotics and Bisphenol A are the most resistant to treatment.

TL;DR: There are indications that at least a part of the biofilm populations of pathogenic bacteria persists in a viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state and remains unnoticed by the methods appointed to their detection, suggesting biofilms in drinking water systems can serve as an environmental reservoir for pathogenic microorganisms.

TL;DR: A concept for assessing salutogenetic health effects in blue space is provided to support researchers and practitioners analysing health effects for health and well-being inblue space.

TL;DR: This review summarizes the numerous applications of bisphenol-A (BPA) and the potential sources for human exposure and the necessity to study also the exposure to these unexpected sources of BPA.

TL;DR: A substantial exposure to heavy metals in non-occupationally exposed Saudi mothers and their newborns that might jeopardize the health of both mothers and newborns is revealed.

TL;DR: The German Human Biomonitoring Commission has derived new and updated reference values for PFOS and PFOA in human plasma, for thallium in urine, and for aromatic amines in urine for a comprehensive number of phthalate metabolites in urine and for organochlorine pesticides in human breast milk.

TL;DR: The epidemiological evidence is not sufficient to recommend avoidance measures against pet and dust mites as preventive activities against allergies and more research is needed to clarify the potential risk for exposure to volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds due to renovation activities, phthalates and chlorine chemicals due to cleaning.

TL;DR: Formaldehyde appears to be the most concerning pollutant with high chronic toxic and carcinogenic risk levels according to the health assessment followed by naphthalene, benzene, and toluene due to their chronic effects.

TL;DR: The overall exposure to a number of phthalates, and the knowledge that thesephthalates (and other anti-androgens) act in a dose-additive manner, urgently warrants a cumulative risk assessment approach.

TL;DR: Efforts to date have resulted in the publication of HBM assessment values for more than 80 chemicals, and now provide tools that can be used for the evaluation of H BM data across chemicals and populations.

TL;DR: The need to take into account the risks associated with disinfection by-products is now important without forgetting the need of the control of microbiological hazards in swimming pools.

TL;DR: A summary and critical evaluation of different approaches that have been recently proposed to overcome limitations of the traditional cell culture assay and PCR assay such as integrated cell culture-PCR, detection of genome integrity, Detection of capsid integrity, and measurement of oxidative damages on viral capsid protein are presented.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the potential carcinogenic risk of nanomaterials can currently be assessed only on a case-by-case basis and that new standardised test methods need to be developed or existing ones adapted at the very least to achieve valid answers regarding the carcinogenic potential.

TL;DR: A retrospective human biomonitoring study by investigating the metabolites of the five most prominent phthalates in urine indicates a ubiquitous exposure of people living in Germany to all five phthalate use throughout the period investigated.

TL;DR: A comprehensive overview of human health risk of drug residues and endocrine disruptors in drinking water is given but future European research will focus on genotoxic and cytotoxic anti-cancer drugs and on the induction of genetic resistance by antibiotics.

TL;DR: Copper ions in concentrations relevant to drinking water in plumbing systems seem to induce a viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state in P. aeruginosa accompanied by a loss of culturability and cytotoxicity, and VBNC cells can regain both culturality and cytOToxicity, when copper stress is abolished.

TL;DR: This review focused on the impact on children's health, taking a broad approach to the indoor environment and including chemical, microbial, physical and social aspects, and highlights new findings and discusses the interactions between agents in indoor environments and also with social aspects.

TL;DR: Dust samples collected in 2009 indicate an increased concentration for both softeners, especially DINCH, which has increased significantly after the market introduction of this plasticizer in 2002.

TL;DR: The findings of an inverse relationship between Bde-153, BDE-154 or BDE -184 and thyroid hormones confirm the results of animal experiments but are in contrast to most epidemiological studies.

TL;DR: The health impact assessment showed that in Guangzhou ten thousands of premature deaths could be prevented if the PM burden was reduced to these air quality limit values, and no suitable epidemiological study reporting PM was identified.

TL;DR: The findings show that PFOA and PFOS exert a cytotoxic effect on the human cells line HepG2 but nor PFO a or PFOS could induce an increase of DNA damage or reactive oxygen species at the range concentration tested.

TL;DR: Concentrations of TTHM and NCl(3) in air measured in winter were significantly higher than in summer, depicting that low air exchange rate in winter lead to accumulation of pollutants.

TL;DR: Results suggests that pulsed microwaves from working environment can be the cause of genetic and cell alterations and that oxidative stress can be one of the possible mechanisms of DNA and cell damage.

TL;DR: This study revealed a comparatively high background level of DHPMA in urine of smokers and non-smokers whose origin is still unknown, and may contribute to the evaluation of reference values for urinary HAMA levels in the general population.

TL;DR: Assessment of prevalence and relative risk by smoking status for CdU above 1.0, 0.7, and 0.5 μgCd/g creatinine in U.S. adults found CdUs increased with age, were higher in females than in males regardless of smoking status, and wereHigher in current smokers than former smokers, who had higher levels than non-smokers at any age.

TL;DR: The reference values for blood Cd and Pb of 215 adult subjects non-occupationally exposed and living in Sardinia (insular Italy) were assessed and the predictor variables were smoke, age, smoking, alcohol drinking and living area, which revealed blood Pb was not significantly affected by smoking and place of living.

TL;DR: The implementation of improved water systems does appear to have been associated with a reduction of diarrhoeal disease in the communities, and the health impact was most obvious in the community with the more reliable system.

TL;DR: The results indicate that sediments of the Lake could act as a reservoir of pathogenic bacteria and exhibit a potential health hazard from possible resuspension and subsequent ingestion during recreational activities, and assessment of bacterial concentration in freshwater Lake sediments used for contact and non contact recreation has of considerable significance.

TL;DR: The data suggests that ambient traffic-related pollution had chronic adverse effects on pulmonary function in schoolchildren, especially for boys, especially on maximal mid-expiratory flow.

TL;DR: Age had a strong influence on the plasma levels of HCB (hexachlorobenzene), p,p'-DDE and all higher chlorinated PCB congeners, while no gender difference was observed.