Spatial identification of environmental health hazards potentially associated with adverse birth outcomes
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-3800-6
Abstract: Reduced birth weight (RBW) and reduced head circumference (RHC) are adverse birth outcomes (ABOs), often linked to environmental exposures. However, spatial identification of specific health hazards, associated with these ABOs, is not always straightforward due… read more here.
Keywords: spatial identification; birth; health hazards; health ... See more keywords
Occupational health hazards and wide spectrum of genetic damage by the organic solvent fumes at the workplace: A critical appraisal
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-18889-6
Abstract: Long-term exposure to organic solvents is known to affect human health posing serious occupational hazards. Organic solvents are genotoxic, and they can cause genetic changes in the exposed employees' somatic or germ cells. Chemicals such… read more here.
Keywords: hazards wide; health; health hazards; genotoxicity ... See more keywords
Health Hazards Among Workers of Agro-Processing Industries: An Exploratory Research in Punjab’s Context
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DOI: 10.1007/s40009-016-0478-5
Abstract: Flour dust in Agro-Processing Industries (APIs) is one of the potential sources of health hazards among the workers. Hence, an investigation was undertaken in APIs of Punjab during 2012 to measure the dust particle size… read more here.
Keywords: processing industries; hazards among; among workers; health hazards ... See more keywords
Cell Biology: The Health Hazards of Super-Sizing
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.03.015
Abstract: Cells typically occupy a narrow range of sizes according to their type. A new study reveals that cells grown to gigantic proportions fail to synthesize sufficient macromolecules, resulting in cytoplasm dilution and a loss of… read more here.
Keywords: super sizing; cell biology; biology health; hazards super ... See more keywords
Occupational health hazards and risks in the wind industry
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DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2021.06.066
Abstract: Abstract As the wind farm sector grows and becomes an established renewable energy source, it introduces new materials, technologies and processes that expose workers to increased and unique occupational risks. In this paper, we performed… read more here.
Keywords: occupational health; health; health hazards; risks wind ... See more keywords
Types and Health Hazards of Fibrous Materials Used as Asbestos Substitutes
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DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2018.05.001
Abstract: Asbestos has been banned in many countries but many countries, including developing countries, are still using asbestos or materials containing asbestos. Substitute materials have been studied and developed over a long period of time because… read more here.
Keywords: materials used; fibrous materials; asbestos substitutes; health hazards ... See more keywords
An Evaluation of the Occupational Health Hazards of Peptide Couplers
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.2c00031
Abstract: Peptide couplers (also known as amide bond-forming reagents or coupling reagents) are broadly used in organic chemical syntheses, especially in the pharmaceutical industry. Yet, occupational health hazards associated with this chemical class are largely unexplored,… read more here.
Keywords: health hazards; occupational health; health; hazards associated ... See more keywords
Getting Health Hazards of Inhaled Nano/Microplastics into Focus: Expectations and Challenges
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c00029
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Keywords: health hazards; health; inhaled microplastics; exposure ... See more keywords
Detailed Geologic Mapping Helps Identify Health Hazards
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DOI: 10.1029/2021eo161039
Abstract: A team of geologists and nursing researchers created an interactive radon hazard map for Kentucky residents—and it was possible only because of the high-resolution bedrock mapping in the state. read more here.
Keywords: detailed geologic; geologic mapping; mapping helps; identify health ... See more keywords
Pyrethroid based pesticides – chemical and biological aspects
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DOI: 10.1080/10408444.2021.1879007
Abstract: Abstract Human and animal welfare primarily depends on the availability of food and surrounding environment. Over a century and half, the quest to identify agents that can enhance food production and protection from vector borne… read more here.
Keywords: pyrethroid based; aspects pyrethroid; health hazards; food ... See more keywords
Health hazards of hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)) and its microbial reduction
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DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2022.2037273
Abstract: ABSTRACT Industrial effluents/wastewater are the main sources of hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)) pollutants in the environment. Cr (VI) pollution has become one of the world’s most serious environmental concerns due to its long persistence in… read more here.
Keywords: health hazards; hazards hexavalent; chromium; hexavalent chromium ... See more keywords