A screening method for ranking chemicals by their fate and behaviour in the environment and potential toxic effects in humans following non-occupational exposure [PDF]
, 2004 A large number of chemicals are released intentionally or unintentionally into the environment each year. These include thousands of substances that are currently listed worldwide and several hundred new substances added annually (Mücke et al., 1986 ...
Capelton, A +2 more
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Relations of environmental contaminants, algal toxins, and diet with the reproductive success of American alligators on Florida Lakes [PDF]
, 2001 (113 page ...
Arnold, Beverly S. +3 more
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Cetacean Host-Pathogen Interaction(s): Critical Knowledge Gaps [PDF]
, 2018 Within the broad range of viral and non-viral pathogens infecting cetaceans, Cetacean Morbillivirus (CeMV), Herpesvirus (HV), Brucella ceti, and Toxoplasma gondii are of special concern, due to their impact(s) on the health and conservation of free ...
Centelleghe, Cinzia +2 more
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Public Perceptions of the Dioxin Crisis in Irish Pork [PDF]
In early December 2008, a global recall of Irish pork was initiated as a result of a subset of the national pork output being contaminated with dioxin.
Aileen McGloin +3 more
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Domestic feed sources to farmed Arctic Charr (Salvelinus alpinus) [PDF]
, 2010 This study presents an overview of recapturing nutrients from Baltic Sea thru mussel farming and producing mussel meal, detoxification of polluted fish into purified high quality fish meal and oil and introducing microorganisms as waste consumers as well
Muminovic, Muhamed
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Multidisciplinary studies on a sick-leader syndrome-associated mass stranding of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) along the Adriatic coast of Italy [PDF]
, 2018 Mass strandings of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) are rare in the Mediterranean Sea. Nevertheless, in 2014 a pod of 7 specimens stranded alive along the Italian coast of the Central Adriatic Sea: 3 individuals died on the beach after a few hours ...
Badagliacca, Pietro +32 more
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The Vernix Caseosa is the Main Site of Dioxin Excretion in the Human Foetus
Scientific Reports, 2017 Dioxins are highly toxic to foetuses and prenatal exposure leads to adverse health effects; however, the metabolic pathways involved in dioxin excretion are poorly understood. We determined the dynamics of maternal-to-foetal dioxin transfer during normal
Seiichi Morokuma +4 more
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Dioxins in organic eggs: a review [PDF]
, 2006 Eggs contribute for about 4% to the daily dioxin intake of humans. Research among layer farms in the Netherlands and other EU countries has shown that organic eggs contain more dioxin than conventional ones and that a significant number of organic farms ...
Aize, Kijlstra +2 more
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Environmental Health, 2011 I will refer in this paper to difficulties in research in environmental causes of cancer using as examples research on dioxins and on drinking water disinfection by-products (DBPs) that have created considerable controversy in the scientific and wider ...
Kogevinas Manolis
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Comparison of the co-gasification of sewage sludge and food wastes and cost-benefit analysis of gasification- and incineration-based waste treatment schemes [PDF]
, 2016 The compositions of food wastes and their co-gasification producer gas were compared with the existing data of sewage sludge. Results showed that food wastes are more favorable than sewage sludge for co-gasification based on residue generation and energy
Dai, Yanjun +4 more
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