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Reducing exposure to high levels of perfluorinated compounds in drinking water improves reproductive outcomes: evidence from an intervention in Minnesota. [PDF]

, 2020
BackgroundPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have been detected in drinking water supplies around the world and are the subject of intense regulatory debate.
Auffhammer, Maximilian, Grandjean, Philippe, Rogers, Martha, Sunding, David, Waterfield, Gina   +4 more
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A systematic review on biomonitoring using lichen as the biological indicator: A decade of practices, progress and challenges

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Various methods have been developed to monitor environmental quality, including biomonitoring using lichen. In this paper, a total of 143 previous studies from the last decade were analyzed to gain insight into current practices, progress, and challenges.
Azlan Abas
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Could the fluoride-tolerant species Panicum maximum replace sensitive plants in fluoride biomonitoring?

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Fluoride (F) is the most phytotoxic atmospheric pollutant. The use of plants for passive or active biomonitoring has been a common strategy to detect abnormal atmospheric F concentrations.
Bruno Francisco Sant'Anna-Santos, Larisse de Freitas-Silva, Aristéa Alves Azevedo, Marcelo Pedrosa Gomes   +3 more
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Habitat fragmentation increases the risk of local extinction of small reptiles: A case study on Phrynocephalus przewalskii

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Habitat fragmentation represents a multifaceted global conservation threat, exerting both direct and indirect effects on individual animals and communities.
Cui Yang, Yue Qi, Jiayuan Guo, Liangfei Peng, Neng Xiong, Wenya Zhang, Wei Zhao   +6 more
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Ecological integrity of boreal streams [PDF]

, 2007
Running waters provide a number of services for humans, such as drinking water and food resources and many freshwater animals are confined and specialised to this environment.
Bergfur, Jenny
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Curbing the trade in pangolin scales in China by revealing the characteristics of the illegal trade network

Scientific Reports
Globally, pangolins are the most heavily trafficked mammals and China is one of the main destinations for their scales and meat. Conducting separate studies on the characteristics of the illegal trade in pangolin meat and in scales in China will provide ...
Fei Xi, Xiaoran Chao, Shibao Wu, Fuhua Zhang   +3 more
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Rapid Assessment of Intertidal Wetland Sediments [PDF]

, 2012
Urbanization of coastal areas poses a severe threat to ecologically valuable intertidal wetlands. This paper presents a pragmatic approach called Rapid Assessment for Intertidal Wetland Sediments (RAITWS) for evaluating the sediment quality of intertidal
Borthwick, Alistair G. L., Fang, Yuan, Ni, Jinren, Sun, Jinshui   +3 more
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A harmonized occupational biomonitoring approach

Environment International
Biomonitoring has been widely used in assessing exposures in both occupational and public health complementing chemical risk assessments because it measures the concentrations of chemical substances in human body fluids (e.g., urine and blood ...
Nancy B. Hopf, Christophe Rousselle, Devika Poddalgoda, Farida Lamkarkach, Jos Bessems, Kaspar Schmid, Kate Jones, Koki Takaki, Ludwine Casteleyn, Maryam Zare Jeddi, Michael Bader, Michael Koller, Patience Browne, Rex FitzGerald, Susana Viegas, Thomas Göen, Tiina Santonen, Virpi Väänänen, Radu - Corneliu Duca, Robert Pasanen-Kase   +19 more
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The micronucleus assay in radiation accidents [PDF]

, 2009
The cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay in peripheral blood lymphocytes is a standardised and validated technique for biodosimetry. Automated scoring of micronuclei allows large scale applications as in population triage in case of radiation accidents ...
Thierens, Hubert, Vral, Anne
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Assessing the utility of Hsp90 gene for inferring evolutionary relationships within the ciliate subclass Hypotricha (Protista, Ciliophora)

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2020
Background Although phylogenomic analyses are increasingly used to reveal evolutionary relationships among ciliates, relatively few nuclear protein-coding gene markers have been tested for their suitability as candidates for inferring phylogenies within ...
Qi Zhang, Jiahui Xu, Alan Warren, Ran Yang, Zhuo Shen, Zhenzhen Yi   +5 more
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