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Monitoring and modeling of household air quality related to use of different Cookfuels in Paraguay. [PDF]

, 2019
In Paraguay, 49% of the population depends on biomass (wood and charcoal) for cooking. Residential biomass burning is a major source of fine particulate matter (PM2.5 ) and carbon monoxide (CO) in and around the household environment. In July 2016, cross-
Balmes, John, Galeano, Aida, Hernandez, Maria Teresa, Oyola, Pedro, Pillarisetti, Ajay, Smith, Kirk R, Soares, Agnes, Tagle, Matias, Torres, Ricardo, Troncoso, Karin   +9 more
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A Social Entrepreneurship Perspective of De‐Carbonising the Footprint through Recycling Compensation: A Case Study of the NGO Madre Coraje

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research analyses the carbon footprint of the NGO Madre Coraje, using an integrated methodology that combines the calculator provided by REAS (Red de Economía Alternativa y Solidaria) Navarra and the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). It quantifies emissions across the three scopes of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, evaluating both direct and ...
José Fernandez‐Serrano, Juan A. Hueso, Orlando Vega‐Galeano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inhaled toxins: A threat to male reproductive health

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Exposure to air pollutants is known to be an important risk factor in reducing semen quality in men across the world. Poor semen quality results in decline in the global fertility rate and significant personal stress, dysfunctional sexual relationships ...
Mahdiyeh Mohammadzadeh, Amir Hossein Khoshakhlagh, Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas, Walter D. Cardona Maya, Tommaso Cai   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating research, surveillance, and practice in environmental public health tracking. [PDF]

, 2006
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is working with selected state and local health departments, academic centers, and others to develop an environmental public health tracking initiative to ...
Balmes, John R, Buffler, Patricia A, Kyle, Amy D, Lee, Philip R   +3 more
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Severity of effect considerations regarding the use of mutation as a toxicological endpoint for risk assessment: A report from the 8th International Workshop on Genotoxicity Testing (IWGT)

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, EarlyView.
Abstract Exposure levels without appreciable human health risk may be determined by dividing a point of departure on a dose–response curve (e.g., benchmark dose) by a composite adjustment factor (AF). An “effect severity” AF (ESAF) is employed in some regulatory contexts.
Barbara L. Parsons, Marc A. Beal, Kerry L. Dearfield, George R. Douglas, Min Gi, B. Bhaskar Gollapudi, Robert H. Heflich, Katsuyoshi Horibata, Michelle Kenyon, Alexandra S. Long, David P. Lovell, Anthony M. Lynch, Meagan B. Myers, Stefan Pfuhler, Alisa Vespa, Andreas Zeller, George E. Johnson, Paul A. White   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Public Views about Air Quality and Air Pollution Sources in the San Joaquin Valley, California. [PDF]

, 2017
The San Joaquin Valley of California has poor air quality and high rates of asthma. Surveys were collected from 744 residents of the San Joaquin Valley from November 2014 to January 2015 to examine the public's views about air quality.
Brown, Paul, Cameron, Linda, Cisneros, Ricardo, Gaab, Erin, Gonzalez, Mariaelena, Ramondt, Steven, Schweizer, Don, Song, Anna, Veloz, David   +8 more
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Air pollution and apron workers: a neglected occupational setting in epidemiological research

, 2021
Introduction: Apron workers belong to the airport ground personnel, which is in charge of tasks such as aircraft fuel tanking, aircraft parking or baggage handling. Due to their presence on the apron, these workers are exposed to a complex mixture of air pollutants, which is considered to be potentially[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
Riccetti, N, Merzenich, H, Gianicolo, E
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Overview of hydrogen production processes: Health and environmental impact

Environmental Progress &Sustainable Energy, EarlyView.
Abstract Hydrogen is traditionally regarded as a cornerstone in the path to a sustainable energy economy. However, there are substantial differences in the inclusion of environmental and health effects across the hydrogen production pathways, due to different feedstocks, technologies, and byproduct emissions.
Kush Kumar Dewangan, Gokul Gopan, Satyajit Pattanayak   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nonthermal Food Processing Technologies: A Comprehensive Review

Future Postharvest and Food, EarlyView.
The graphical abstract illustrates the shift from traditional thermal food preservation methods to advanced nonthermal technologies. Traditional methods, represented by heating, often compromise the nutritional and sensory quality of foods. In contrast, nonthermal approaches such as high‐pressure processing (HPP), pulsed electric field (PEF ...
Ashok Kumar Yadav, Dinesh Chandra Rai, Aman Rathaur, Hradesh Rajput, Sudhir Kumar, Zeenat Aman   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of cotton dust, endotoxin exposure, and other occupational health risk due to indoor pollutants on textile industry workers in low and middle-income countries

Journal of Air Pollution and Health
The textile industry consists of several units that engage different processes namely ginning, spinning, weaving, dyeing, printing, and several other processes which required for converting raw cotton fiber into finished fabrics. Exposure to cotton dust,
Shankar Subramaniam, Naveenkumar Raju, Abbas Ganesan, Nithyaprakash Rajavel, Maheswari Chenniappan, Albert Alexander Stonier, Chander Prakash, Alokesh Pramanik, Animesh Kumar Basak   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source