Dioxins: validation of food frequency questionnaire and intake in a group of adolescents
Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2017 Introduction A lot of has been heard about dioxins and dioxins-like compounds. These molecules are typically connected in public awareness with affairs.
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The Scientific World Journal, 2003 Chlorinated dioxins are the group of environmental pollutants consisting of 210 chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans. They are highly toxic and persistent. They are lipophilic and can easily biomagnify in the food chain, hence posing a serious
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The precautions of clinical waste: disposable medical sharps in the United Kingdom [PDF]
, 2009 This article deals with recent changes in UK guidance on clinical waste, in particular a shift to disposable, single-use instruments and sharps. I use interviews conducted with nurses from a GP practice and two clinical waste managers at alternative ...
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Italian Journal of Food Safety, 2012 Dioxins (PCDDs and PCDFs) and PCBs are a group of and toxic organo-chlorinated chemicals comprising hundreds of structurally related compounds (congeners) classified as persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
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Impacts of Climate Change on indirect human exposure to pathogens and chemicals from agriculture [PDF]
, 2008 Objective: Climate change is likely to affect the nature of pathogens and chemicals in the environment and their fate and transport. Future risks of pathogens and chemicals could therefore be very different from those of today.
Adhikari A +28 more
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Pollutants Biodegradation by Fungi [PDF]
, 2009 Revisión sobre los mecanismos de detoxificación de contaminantes por hongosOne of the major problems facing the industrialized world today is the contamination of soils, ground water, sediments, surfacewater and air with hazardous and toxic chemicals ...
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Industrial Sources of Dioxin Poisoning in Mossville, Louisiana: A Report Based on the Government's Own Data [PDF]
, 2007 Since 1998, the U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) -- which is a division of the Centers for Disease Control -- has conducted an Exposure Investigation of dioxins in Mossville, Louisiana, an historic African American community ...
Wilma Subra
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The Ah receptor: adaptive metabolism, ligand diversity, and the xenokine model [PDF]
, 2020 Author Posting. © American Chemical Society, 2020. This is an open access article published under an ACS AuthorChoice License. The definitive version was published in Chemical Research in Toxicology, 33(4), (2020): 860-879, doi:10.1021/acs.chemrestox ...
Avilla, Mele N. +4 more
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Pilot Study on Removal Characteristics of Multiple Pollutants by the Dual Baghouse Filter System
Energies, 2022 A 1000 Nm3/h capacity pilot scale dual baghouse filter system was tested on flue gas and fly ash from a municipal solid waste incinerator, and the removal efficiency of dioxins, heavy metals and HCl was studied. Activated carbon was injected at the inlet
Guopeng Luo +6 more
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Emerging Investigators Series: Pyrolysis Removes Common Microconstituents Triclocarban, Triclosan, and Nonylphenol from Biosolids [PDF]
, 2016 Reusing biosolids is vital for the sustainability of wastewater management. Pyrolysis is an anoxic thermal degradation process that can be used to convert biosolids into energy rich py-gas and py-oil, and a beneficial soil amendment, biochar.
McNamara, Patrick J. +4 more
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