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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38539255/the-association-of-urinary-heavy-metal-exposure-with-frailty-susceptibility-and-mortality-in-middle-aged-and-older-adults-a-population-based-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zitian Zheng, Huanhuan Luo, Qingyun Xue
Heavy metals' presence as environmental pollutants has a close link to adverse health effects. Frailty, a clinical syndrome hallmarked by elevated vulnerability to stressors, presents a substantial challenge in healthcare. However, the association between exposure to heavy metals and frailty largely remains unexplored. Utilizing data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) spanning 2003-2018 and correlated with the U.S. National Death Index (NDI) from 2019, we investigated mortality outcomes...
March 27, 2024: Archives of Public Health, Archives Belges de Santé Publique
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38538247/-research-progress-on-pollution-status-and-toxic-effects-of-organophosphorus-flame-retardants-2-ethylhexyl-diphenyl-phosphate
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
X Y Zhang, T W Zhang, J Li
The environmental pollution and health hazards caused by the extensive use of organophosphorus flame retardants (OPFRs) have become a problem of wide concern around the world. As a typical OPFR, 2-ethylhexyl diphenyl phosphate (EHDPP) can be detected in water, atmosphere, soil and other environmental media. It widely exists in production and life and can accumulate in organisms, causing great risks the ecosystem and human health. This paper reviews the research of EHDPP domestically and abroad, and summarizes the physicochemical properties of EHDPP and the population situation of occupational exposure, environmental exposure, and population exposure in recent years...
March 20, 2024: Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537812/characteristics-of-second-hand-exposure-to-aerosols-from-e-cigarettes-a-literature-review-since-2010
#23
REVIEW
Tong Cui, Rui Lu, Chuan Liu, Zehong Wu, Xingtao Jiang, Yiqiao Liu, Song Pan, Yanpeng Li
In recent years, the use of electronic vaping products (also named e-cigarettes) has increased due to their appealing flavors and nicotine delivery without the combustion of tobacco. Although the hazardous substances emitted by e-cigarettes are largely found to be much lower than combustible cigarettes, second-hand exposure to e-cigarette aerosols is not completely benign for bystanders. This work reviewed and synthesized findings on the second-hand exposure of aerosols from e-cigarettes and compared the results with those of the combustible cigarettes...
March 25, 2024: Science of the Total Environment
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537801/comparative-study-of-reactive-oxygen-species-and-tetracycline-degradation-pathways-in-catalytic-peroxodisulfate-activation-by-asymmetric-mesoporous-tio-2-and-the-corresponding-controlled-release-materials
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ting Wang, Rui Huang, Hua-Li Chen, Kun-Miao Xu, Li-Guang Wu, Kou-Ping Chen, Ji-Chun Wu
The removal of trace amounts of antibiotics from water environments while simultaneously avoiding potential environmental hazards during the treatment is still a challenge. In this work, green, harmless, and novel asymmetric mesoporous TiO2 (A-mTiO2 ) was combined with peroxodisulfate (PDS) as active components in a controlled-release material (CRM) system for the degradation of tetracycline (TC) in the dark. The formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the degradation pathways of TC during catalytic PDS activation by A-mTiO2 powder catalysts and the CRMs were thoroughly studied...
March 25, 2024: Environmental Pollution
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537800/relationships-between-long-term-exposure-to-major-pm-2-5-constituents-and-outpatient-visits-and-hospitalizations-in-guangdong-china
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Shenghao Wang, Yujie Ma, Gonghua Wu, Zhicheng Du, Jinghua Li, Wangjian Zhang, Yuantao Hao
Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5 ) has attracted considerable attention due to its crucial role in the rising global disease burden. Evidence of health risks associated with exposure to PM2.5 and its major constituents is important for advancing hazard assessments and air pollution emission policies. We investigated the relationship between exposure to major constituents of PM2.5 and outpatient visits as well as hospitalizations in Guangdong Province, China, where 127 million residents live in a severe PM2...
March 25, 2024: Environmental Pollution
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537748/the-effect-of-unidirectional-airflow-ventilation-on-surgical-site-infection-in-cardiac-surgery-environmental-impact-as-a-factor-in-the-choice-for-turbulent-mixed-airflow
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Herman J Friedericy, Anne F Friedericy, Arend de Weger, Eveline LA van Dorp, Roberto Aal Traversari, Anne C van der Eijk, Frank Willem Jansen
BACKGROUND: Surgical site infection (SSI) in the form of postoperative deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) after cardiac surgery is a rare, but potentially fatal complication. In addressing this, the focus is on preventive measures as most risk factors for SSI are not controllable. Therefore operating rooms (OR) are equipped with heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems to prevent airborne contamination of the wound either through turbulent mixed airflow (TMA) or unidirectional airflow (UDAF)...
March 25, 2024: Journal of Hospital Infection
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537716/fe-based-mofs-as-promising-adsorbents-and-photocatalysts-for-re-use-water-contained-arsenic-strategies-and-challenges
#27
REVIEW
Monika Malhotra, Balvinder Kaur, Shilpa Patial, Kusum Sharma, Rohit Kumar, Pardeep Singh, Sourbh Thakur, Phuong V Pham, Tansir Ahamad, Quyet Van Le, Van-Huy Nguyen, Pankaj Raizada, Vatika Soni
Arsenic (As) contaminated water, especially groundwater reservoirs, is a major issue worldwide owing to its hazardous consequences on human health and the global environment issues. Also, irrigating agricultural fields with As-contaminated water not only produces an accumulation of As in the soil but also compromises food safety due to As entering into agricultural products. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop an efficient method for As removal in water. Fe-based MOFs have attained special attention due to their low toxicity, high water stability, better physical and chemical properties, and high abundance of iron...
March 25, 2024: Chemosphere
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537715/cryptic-footprint-of-thallium-in-soil-plant-systems-a-review
#28
REVIEW
Noman Shakoor, Samama Tariq, Muhammad Adeel, Imran Azeem, Muhammad Nadeem, Muhammad Zain, Yuanbo Li, Wang Quanlong, Rabia Aslam, Yukui Rui
This in-depth examination highlights the complex behavior of thallium (Tl) in soil and plant systems, offering insight into its hazardous characteristics and far-reaching implications. The research investigates the many sources of Tl, from its natural existence in the earth crust to its increased release through anthropogenic activities such as industrial operations and mining. Soil emerges as a significant reservoir for Tl, with diverse physicochemical variables influencing bioavailability and entrance into the food chain, notably in Brassicaceae family members...
March 25, 2024: Chemosphere
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537713/interpretation-of-adsorption-isotherm-and-kinetics-behind-fluorene-degradation
#29
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mohammad Ahmad Wadaan, Almohannad Baabbad, Shreya Chakraborty, Devi Rajeswari V
The gradual release of slow-degrading polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons into the environment creates a high level of threat to aquatic and terrestrial life worldwide. Remediation of these PAHs should be designed in such a way that it poses as few or no environmental hazards as possible. In our study, we examined the degradation ability of the synthesized MnO2 nanoparticles against fluorene. The MnO2 nanoparticle prepared was found to be spherical from the SEM analysis. The size of the particles was found to be around 105 nm...
March 25, 2024: Chemosphere
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537600/preparation-of-phosphorus-containing-products-by-co-incineration-of-sludge-ash-and-calcium-based-additives-focusing-one-step-and-multi-step-method
#30
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yangfan Fang, Yunfeng Xu, Guang Chen, Lihua Wang, Wei Pan, Boyuan Zou, Qian Wang, Guangren Qian
Due to the irreplaceable nature of phosphorus (P) in biological growth and the shortage of P rock, it is necessary to recover P from waste, such as sludge ash. P-containing products were prepared using sludge ash and calcium-based additives (CaCO3 and eggshell). In addition, the effects of different incineration methods (one-step method (OSM) and multi-step method (MSM)), additive doses, and incineration temperature on the P content and species in the products were investigated. The results indicated that as the dose of calcium-based additives increased, total P (TP) content in P-containing products reduced, apatite P (AP) content increased, non-apatite P (NAIP) content declined, and P solubility in citric acid content decreased...
March 26, 2024: Waste Management
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537473/stabilization-of-heavy-metals-in-solid-waste-and-sludge-pyrolysis-by-intercalation-exfoliation-modified-vermiculite
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yuxuan Yang, Zhaoping Zhong, Baosheng Jin, Bo Zhang, Haoran Du, Qian Li, Xiang Zheng, Renzhi Qi, Pengkun Ren
Increasing amounts of solid waste and sludge have created many environmental management problems. Pyrolysis can effectively reduce the volume of solid waste and sludge, but there is still the problem of heavy metal contamination, which limits the application of pyrolysis in environmental management. The intercalated-exfoliated modified vermiculite (IEMV) by intercalators of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate, hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide and octadecyltrimethylammonium bromide were used to control the release of Cd, Cr, Cu, Zn and Pb during pyrolysis process of sludge or solid waste...
March 26, 2024: Journal of Environmental Management
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537462/public-acceptance-towards-plastic-waste-to-energy-gasification-projects-the-role-of-social-trust-and-health-consciousness
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Dan Cudjoe, Hong Wang
Public acceptance plays an essential role in successfully constructing and operating innovative and evolving technologies that promote ecological sustainability and pollution reduction. The present study investigates the factors influencing public acceptance of plastic waste-to-energy gasification projects. The research added social trust and health consciousness to the theory of planned behavior. Using the structural equation modeling, 513 valid survey questionnaire responses from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, China, were analyzed...
March 26, 2024: Journal of Environmental Management
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536167/risk-assessment-and-prevention-of-falls-in-older-community-dwelling-adults-a-review
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Cathleen S Colón-Emeric, Cara L McDermott, Deborah S Lee, Sarah D Berry
IMPORTANCE: Falls are reported by more than 14 million US adults aged 65 years or older annually and can result in substantial morbidity, mortality, and health care expenditures. OBSERVATIONS: Falls result from age-related physiologic changes compounded by multiple intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors. Major modifiable risk factors among community-dwelling older adults include gait and balance disorders, orthostatic hypotension, sensory impairment, medications, and environmental hazards...
March 27, 2024: JAMA
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536000/the-role-of-working-conditions-in-educational-differences-in-all-cause-and-ischemic-heart-disease-mortality-among-swedish-men
#34
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Melody Almroth, Tomas Hemmingsson, Daniel Falkstedt, Katarina Kjellberg, Emma Carlsson, Kuan-Yu Pan, Karin Berglund, Emelie Thern
OBJECTIVES: This study aims to investigate the extent to which low job control and heavy physical workload in middle age explain educational differences in all-cause and ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality while accounting for important confounding factors. METHODS: The study is based on a register-linked cohort of men who were conscripted into the Swedish military at around the age of 18 in 1969/1970 and were alive and registered in Sweden in 2005 (N=46 565)...
March 27, 2024: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535962/identifying-the-local-influencing-factors-of-arsenic-concentration-in-suburban-soil-a-multiscale-geographically-weighted-regression-approach
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yuanli Zhu, Bo Liu, Gui Jin, Zihao Wu, Dongyan Wang
Exploring the local influencing factors and sources of soil arsenic (As) is crucial for reducing As pollution, protecting soil ecology, and ensuring human health. Based on geographically weighted regression (GWR), multiscale GWR (MGWR) considers the different influence ranges of explanatory variables and thus adopts an adaptative bandwidth. It is an effective model in many fields but has not been used in exploring local influencing factors and sources of As. Therefore, using 200 samples collected from the northeastern black soil zone of China, this study examined the effectiveness of MGWR, revealed the spatial non-stationary relationship between As and environmental variables, and determined the local impact factors and pollution sources of As...
March 21, 2024: Toxics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535959/single-nucleotide-polymorphisms-associated-with-mercury-levels-and-neurological-symptoms-an-overview
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REVIEW
Jamila Alessandra Perini, Jessica Vilarinho Cardoso, Alana de Oliveira Knesse, Felipe Oliveira Pessoa-Silva, Ana Claudia Santiago de Vasconcellos, Daniel Escorsim Machado, Paulo Cesar Basta
Mercury (Hg) pollution is a global public health concern because of its adverse effects on the environment and health. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been associated with Hg levels and outcomes. The aim of this review was to describe the research and discuss the evidence on the genetic susceptibility of Hg-exposed individuals to the development of neurocognitive disorders. A systematic review was performed to identify the genes/SNPs associated with Hg toxicokinetics and that, therefore, affect neurological function in exposed populations...
March 20, 2024: Toxics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535957/assessment-of-heavy-metal-contamination-in-dust-in-vilnius-schools-source-identification-pollution-levels-and-potential-health-risks-for-children
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Murat Huseyin Unsal, Gytautas Ignatavičius, Arunas Valiulis, Nina Prokopciuk, Roberta Valskienė, Vaidotas Valskys
The main objective of this study is to thoroughly evaluate the diversity and sources of heavy metals in the school environment. Specifically, this study examines the presence of heavy metals in the dust found and collected from 24 schools in Vilnius. Employing hierarchical cluster analysis, principal component analysis, and positive matrix factorization, we identified combustion-related activities as primary contributors to elevated metal concentrations, notably zinc, scandium, and copper, with PM2.5/PM10 ratios indicating a combustion source...
March 19, 2024: Toxics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535956/anomalous-gold-concentrations-in-hypersaline-wetland-sediments-laguna-honda-south-spain-caused-by-nanoparticles-used-in-agricultural-practices-environmental-transformation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Antonio Medina-Ruiz, Juan Jiménez-Millán, Isabel Abad, Rosario Jiménez-Espinosa
Illite-rich sediments from the Laguna Honda wetland, an eutrophicated hypersaline wetland with waters enriched in Mg and Ca surrounded by olive groves in the Guadalquivir Basin River (South Spain), are polluted by elevated concentrations of gold (up to 21.9 ppm) due to agricultural practices. The highest gold contents appear in the shore sediments of the lake, where up to 20 µm homoaggregates of fused gold nanoparticles (AuNp) are found. Small nanoaggregates of up to six fused gold nanoparticles and very few isolated nanoparticles around 1 nm in size can also be observed to form heteroaggregates of AuNp-mica, especially in the deeper sediments in the central part of the wetland, where Au concentrations are lower (up to 1...
March 18, 2024: Toxics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535955/association-between-exposure-to-volatile-organic-compounds-and-the-prevalence-of-sleep-problems-in-us-adults
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jianyun Sun, Chunyan Gui, Ya Xiao, Runxue Ma, Ce Liu, Li He, Hao Zhao, Bin Luo
BACKGROUND: While mounting evidence suggests a connection between environmental contaminants and sleep problems, it remains uncertain whether exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) specifically is associated with such problems. METHODS: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey program's five survey cycles (2005-2006, 2011-2018) were used to conduct cross-sectional research. Data on short sleep duration (SSD) and self-reported trouble sleeping were collected from questionnaire data...
March 18, 2024: Toxics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535954/toxic-effects-of-arsenic-on-four-freshwater-aquatic-species-and-its-transformation-metabolism-in-crucian-carp-carassius-auratus
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Shizhan Tang, Lei Gao, Dongli Qin, Haitao Wang, Li Huang, Song Wu, Shuyan Bai, Ningning Du, Yanchun Sun, Peng Wang, Zhongxiang Chen
Inorganic arsenic is a well-known carcinogen that is much more toxic than its organic counterpart. While much is known about the accumulation and transformation of arsenic in marine organisms, little is known regarding these processes in freshwater aquatic species. In this study, the acute toxicity and toxicological effects of inorganic arsenic on four freshwater organisms ( Cyprinus carpio , Misgurnus anguillicaudatus , Pseudorasbora parva , Eriocheir sinensis ) commonly found in rice-fish farming systems were investigated...
March 17, 2024: Toxics
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