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Exposome and unhealthy aging: environmental drivers from air pollution to occupational exposures
GeroScience, 2023 AbstractThe aging population worldwide is facing a significant increase in age-related non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular and brain pathologies. This comprehensive review paper delves into the impact of the exposome, which encompasses the totality of environmental exposures, on unhealthy aging.
Tamas Pandics +17 more
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A Narrative Review of Occupational Air Pollution and Respiratory Health in Farmworkers
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 The agricultural crop sector in the United States depends on migrant, seasonal, and immigrant farmworkers. As an ethnic minority group in the U.S. with little access to health care and a high level of poverty, farmworkers face a combination of adverse living and workplace conditions, such as exposure to high levels of air pollution, that can place them
Clarke, Kayan +3 more
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Who\u27s Afraid of the Precautionary Principle? [PDF]
, 2005 The precautionary principle – the notion that lack of scientific certainty should not foreclose precautionary regulation – has become enormously popular in recent years, as reflected by its endorsement in many important international declarations and ...
Percival, Robert V.
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Occupational Exposure to Welding Fumes Using Different Ventilation Scenarios [PDF]
International Journal of Occupational Hygiene, 2010 Welders may suffer from welding fumes generated during the process if the ventilation systems are improperly applied. The objective of the present work was to study the mitigation of air pollutants at welding stations, using different ventilation ...
Mohammad Javad Jafari +3 more
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Occupational exposure to particles and air pollutants in a car paint workshop [PDF]
European Journal of Public Health, 2021 Abstract Background In auto paint workshops there are several chemical, physical and biological agents that are harmful to health, making it essential to guarantee the well-being and safety of workers.
Ana Ferreira +6 more
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Association Between Air Pollution and Low Birth Weight: A Community-Based Study [PDF]
, 1997 The relationship between maternal exposure to air pollution during periods of pregnancy (entire and specific periods) and birth weight was investigated in a well-defined cohort.
Axelsson G +6 more
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Environment International, 2021 Telomere length (TL) is a biomarker of biological aging that may be affected by prenatal exposure to air pollution. The aim of this study was to assess the association between prenatal exposure to air pollution and TL in maternal blood cells (leukocytes),
Rebecca Harnung Scholten +8 more
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The Failure of Agency-Forcing: The Regulation of Airborne Carcinogens Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act [PDF]
, 1985 Professor Graham analyzes section 112 of the Clean Air Act, a provision intended by Congress to achieve ambitious regulatory ends by constraining agency discretion.
Graham, John D.
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Air pollution from natural and anthropic sources and male fertility
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2018 Exposure to air pollution has been clearly associated with a range of adverse health effects, including reproductive toxicity. However, a limited amount of research has been conducted to examine the association between air pollution and male reproductive
Joanna Jurewicz +3 more
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Health effects of home energy efficiency interventions in England: a modelling study [PDF]
, 2015 Objective: To assess potential public health impacts of changes to indoor air quality and temperature due to energy efficiency retrofits in English dwellings to meet 2030 carbon reduction targets. Design: Health impact modelling study.
Chalabi, Z +7 more
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