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Carbon Nanotubes: A Summary of Beneficial and Dangerous Aspects of an Increasingly Popular Group of Nanomaterials

Frontiers in Oncology, 2021
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are nanomaterials with broad applications that are produced on a large scale. Animal experiments have shown that exposure to CNTs, especially one type of multi-walled carbon nanotube, MWCNT-7, can lead to malignant transformation.
Chengke Zhang, Chengke Zhang, Licun Wu, Licun Wu, Marc de Perrot, Marc de Perrot, Xiaogang Zhao, Xiaogang Zhao   +7 more
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STUDY OF FOOD ADDITIVES COMPOSITION IN COMMERCIALLY PROCESSED BEEF PRODUCTS

Jurnal Teknologi dan Industri Pangan, 2021
Beef is one of the favorite red meats containing various essential nutrients. In the processed beef products, food additives are used for multiple purposes including preservation, moisture and texture re-tention, improvement of flavor and stability of ...
Mirza Rizqi Zulkarnain, Glorya Pricillia, Yasmina Okinurshabani   +2 more
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Rapid Determination of Oxygenated and Parent Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Milk Using Supercritical Fluid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Foods, 2022
Liquid milks are consumed worldwide in large amounts, especially by adolescents and infants. Thus, their health quality linked with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contamination has attracted great concern.
Limin Zhang, Wei Li, Shimin Wu
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Rapid Detection of Aspergillus flavus and Quantitative Determination of Aflatoxin B₁ in Grain Crops Using a Portable Raman Spectrometer Combined with Colloidal Au Nanoparticles

Molecules, 2022
Aspergillus flavus and Aflatoxins in grain crops give rise to a serious threat to food security and cause huge economic losses. In particular, aflatoxin B1 has been identified as a Class I carcinogen to humans by the International Agency for Research on ...
Huiqin Wang, Mengjia Liu, Yumiao Zhang, Huimin Zhao, Wenjing Lu, Taifeng Lin, Ping Zhang, Dawei Zheng   +7 more
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Chlorpyrifos should be banned in agriculture and livestock production in Colombia

Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias, 2022
Chlorpyrifos (CPF) is a pesticide widely used in Colombia´s agriculture, including crops, farm animals and pets, despite it has been banned for use in the European Union and the United States.
David Villar, David J. Schaeffer
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Environmental carcinogens disproportionally mutate genes implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023
IntroductionDe novo mutations contribute to a large proportion of sporadic psychiatric and developmental disorders, yet the potential role of environmental carcinogens as drivers of causal de novo mutations in neurodevelopmental disorders is poorly ...
Brennan H. Baker, Shaoyi Zhang, Jeremy M. Simon, Sarah M. McLarnan, Wendy K. Chung, Brandon L. Pearson   +5 more
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An Electrochemical DNA Biosensor for Carcinogenicity of Anticancer Compounds Based on Competition between Methylene Blue and Oligonucleotides

Sensors, 2019
A toxicity electrochemical DNA biosensor has been constructed for the detection of carcinogens using 24 base guanine DNA rich single stranded DNA, and methylene blue (MB) as the electroactive indicator.
Nor Diyana Md. Sani, Eda Yuhana Ariffin, Wong Sheryn, Mohd Asyraf Shamsuddin, Lee Yook Heng, Jalifah Latip, Siti Aishah Hasbullah, Nurul Izzaty Hassan   +7 more
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Forecasting the environmental effects of air pollution with landfill gas in residential areas

RUDN Journal of Ecology and Life Safety, 2018
In the article the prediction of ecological consequences of contamination of components of the landfill gas air to a residential building, located on the territory close to the landfill. A method for calculating the dispersion of landfill gas taking into
Arthur Valerevich Sauts
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Studies on an efficient method for determining 3,3’-dimethylbenzidine in the workplace air

Medycyna Pracy, 2016
Background: 3,3’-Dimethylbenzidene (DMB) is a substance classified into the group of carcinogens. The value of maximum admissible concentration for this substance in the workplace air is not specified in Poland.
Joanna Kowalska, Anna Jeżewska
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Could the high incidence of breast cancers in Nigerian women be related to 1,4-Dioxane in skin lightening products?

The Proceedings of the Nigerian Academy of Science, 2022
Two monstrous female health-related issues are currently engaging the attention of the global community. These are the chemical skin-lightening issue and the rising female breast cancer issue.
Yetunde M. Olumide, Olusola O. Ayanlowo, Ayesha O. Akinkugbe, Erereoghor Otrofanowe, Sherifat B. Adeniyi, Olawale S. Peters, Omotola O. Olumodeji, Macaulay O. Iduma, Abba O. Gabriel   +8 more
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