Association of oil spill cleanup-related hydrocarbon exposure with incident hypertension up to 11 years after exposure in the Gulf Long-term Follow-up Study [PDF]
Environmental HealthBackground While several studies have found positive associations between exposure to oil spill cleanup-related chemicals and hypertension, no study has examined these associations longitudinally.
Opal P. Patel +10 more
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Biodegradation of BTEX by Bacteria Isolated From Soil Contaminated With Petroleum Sludge and Liquid and Solid Petrochemical Effluents [PDF]
MicrobiologyOpenBTEX is a significant pollutant of soil and water. This study aimed to isolate BTEX‐decomposing bacteria from oil sludge‐contaminated soil in the Bahregan area, as well as from liquid and solid petrochemical effluents in Lordegan.
Zahra Mahmoodi Panah +2 more
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Internal Exposure to BTEX in Tropical Children: Does Exposure Speed Up Pubertal Development? [PDF]
AntioxidantsBenzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) are a common class of volatile organic compounds linked to adverse health outcomes. Although BTEX have been shown to have endocrine disrupting properties, their potential impacts on pubertal development ...
Yao Lu +4 more
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Prospective study of oil spill cleanup-related exposure to volatile organic compounds and glycemic dysregulation [PDF]
Environmental HealthBackground Exposures to volatile organic compounds could influence glycemic regulation. This study examines hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) in a cohort of oil spill cleanup workers up to 6 years post-exposure in relation to benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and ...
Hanna V. Jardel +8 more
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BTEX biodegradation by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum W1 and its proposed BTEX biodegradation pathways [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2020 AbstractBenzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and (p-, m- and o-) xylene (BTEX) are classified as main pollutants by several environmental protection agencies. In this study, a non-pathogenic, Gram-positive rod-shape bacterium with an ability to degrade all six BTEX compounds, employed as an individual substrate or as a mixture, was isolated.
Akanit Wongbunmak +3 more
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The Bolzano Tracer Experiment (BTEX) [PDF]
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2021 AbstractThe paper describes the observational and modeling efforts performed under the Bolzano Tracer Experiment (BTEX). BTEX focused on the basin surrounding the city of Bolzano, at the junction of three tributary valleys on the southern side of the Alps, to characterize the ground-level impact of pollutants emitted by a waste incinerator close to the
Zardi, Dino +10 more
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Water Science and Technology, 2005 Aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes (BTEX) are environmental pollutants that cause serious problems in groundwater, in surface water and in soil. Specifically, the coastal area of Bourgas bay (Bulgarian Black Sea coast) is very vulnerable to such pollution as the large petrochemical industry situated there poses a ...
N, Nikolova, V, Nenov
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Chemical Behaviors of Benzene Series in Arid Soil and Impact Factors
Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2018 BTEX in soil can be detrimental to human health directly by ways of plant absorption and groundwater irrigation. This paper takes benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene as the study cases to determine the content of BTEX in soil by the headspace-gas ...
Zhong Yunhong
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Health risk assessment of heavy metals, BTEX and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the workplace in a secondary oil re-refining factory [PDF]
Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research, 2020 The present study aimed to evaluate the health risk of heavy metals (iron, zinc, cadmium, arsenic, nickel, lead, and mercury), benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the workplace in a secondary ...
Iman Molaei +4 more
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Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation, 1999 “It's definitely not a time to become complacent with our current understanding of contaminant fate and transport processes.” “In the coming year, we are going to solicit short one‐ to two‐page field Innovation Notes in GWMR.”
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