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A Meta-Analysis of the Willingness to Pay for Reductions in Pesticide Risk Exposure [PDF]

The use of environmental policy instruments such as eco-labelling and pesticide taxes should preferably be based on disaggregate estimates of the individuals’ willingness to pay (WTP) for pesticide risk reductions.
Chiara M. Travisi, Peter Nijkamp, Raymond J. G. M. Florax   +2 more
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Occupational and environmental exposure to pesticides and cytokine pathways in chronic diseases (Review)

International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2016
Pesticides can exert numerous effects on human health as a consequence of both environmental and occupational exposures. The available knowledge base suggests that exposure to pesticides may result in detrimental reproductive changes, neurological ...
S. Gangemi, E. Gofiţă, Chiara Costa, Michele Teodoro, G. Briguglio, D. Nikitovic, G. Tzanakakis, A. Tsatsakis, M. Wilks, D. Spandidos, Concettina Fenga   +10 more
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Genetic Profile, Environmental Exposure, and Their Interaction in Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's Disease, 2016
The discovery of causative mutations for Parkinson's disease (PD) as well as their functional characterization in cellular and animal models has provided crucial insight into the pathogenesis of this disorder. Today, we know that PD pathogenesis involves
L. Polito, A. Greco, D. Seripa
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The Chemical and Products Database v4.0, an updated resource supporting chemical exposure evaluations

Scientific Data
Since the initial release of the Chemical and Products Database (CPDat) in 2018, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has added a considerable amount of chemical exposure-related information to the database and has expanded its schema to ...
Sakshi Handa, Kristin K. Isaacs, Jonathan T. Wall, Allison Larger, Scott Burns, Lauren E. Koval, Kenta Baron-Furuyama, Colleen M. Elonen, David Lyons, Kathie L. Dionisio, M. Beth Horton, Katherine A. Phillips   +11 more
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Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) Serum Concentrations in Italian Women of Reproductive Age

Toxics
The evaluation of human exposure to environmental contaminants is a highly relevant topic for carrying out appropriate risk assessments and management. For this reason, although exposure assessment studies are continuously increasing, it is important to ...
Annalisa Abballe, Elena De Felip, Elena Dellatte, Nicola Iacovella, Valentina Marra, Roberto Miniero, Silvia Valentini, Anna Maria Ingelido   +7 more
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Improving Environmental Health Literacy and Justice through Environmental Exposure Results Communication

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2016
Understanding the short- and long-term impacts of a biomonitoring and exposure project and reporting personal results back to study participants is critical for guiding future efforts, especially in the context of environmental justice.
Mónica D. Ramírez-Andreotta, J. Brody, N. Lothrop, Miranda M Loh, P. Beamer, P. Brown   +5 more
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Distribution, variability, and predictors of urinary bisphenol A levels in 50 North Carolina adults over a six-week monitoring period

Environment International, 2018
Bisphenol A (BPA) is commonly manufactured to make polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins for use in consumer products and packaged goods. BPA has been found in several different types of environmental media (e.g., food, dust, and air).
Marsha K. Morgan, Maliha Nash, Dana Boyd Barr, James M. Starr, M. Scott Clifton, Jon R. Sobus   +5 more
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Environmental exposure effects on composite materials for commercial aircraft [PDF]

The effects of environmental exposure on composite materials are studied. The environments considered are representative of those experienced by commercial jet aircraft.
Gibbins, M. N., Hoffman, D. J.
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Environmental impact of atmospheric NH3 emissions under present and future conditions in the eastern United States

Geophysical Research Letters, 2008
Recent regulations require large‐scale emission reductions of NOx and SO2 in the eastern United States. These emission changes will alter the partitioning of ammonia between the gas and particle phases.
R. W. Pinder, A. B. Gilliland, R. L. Dennis   +2 more
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Preparation of montmorillonite/chitosan/γ-polyglutamic acid nanoparticles and evaluation of their adsorption and antibacterial performance

Scientific Reports
In this study, montmorillonite (MMT)/chitosan (CS)/γ-polyglutamic acid (γ-PGA) nanoparticles were synthesized using MMT, CS, and γ-PGA as the matrix materials, with amino silane as the crosslinking agent.
Zuolong Yu, Chen Chen, Jiatao Wang, Yunxiao Wei, Changchun Fu, Dan Lu, Chao Han, Shiying Shen, Yan Shen   +8 more
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