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Potential Health Impact of Microplastics: A Review of Environmental Distribution, Human Exposure, and Toxic Effects

Environmental Health, 2023
Microplastics are ubiquitous in the global environment. As a typical emerging pollutant, its potential health hazards have been widely concerning. In this brief paper, we introduce the source, identification, toxicity, and health hazard of microplastics ...
Yue Li, Le Tao, Qiong-Yu Wang, Fengbang Wang, Gang Li, Maoyong Song   +5 more
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The impact of improper waste disposal on human health and the environment: a case of Umgungundlovu District in KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa

Frontiers in Sustainability
IntroductionWaste generation has increased drastically around the world in recent decades, with less than 20% of waste recycled each year, and one-third of all food produced wasted.
Tlou Raphela, Nelisiwe Manqele, Mariana Erasmus   +2 more
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Navigating public health chemicals policy in Australia: a policy maker’s and practitioner’s guide [PDF]

, 2012
Chemicals are ubiquitous in everyday life. Environmental health practitioners rely on a complex web of regulators and policy bodies to ensure the protection of public health, yet few understand the full extent of this web.
Adam Capon, James Gillespie, Wayne Smith
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From Content Knowledge to Community Change: A Review of Representations of Environmental Health Literacy

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018
Environmental health literacy (EHL) is a relatively new framework for conceptualizing how people understand and use information about potentially harmful environmental exposures and their influence on health.
K. Gray
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The DaNa projects: public communication of (nano)material safety data—from conspiracy theories to study quality

Frontiers in Toxicology
In this perspective, the authors give their view on the developments and experiences on communicating on (nano)materials safety. We would like to share our experiences with the scientific community in order to make them useful for future communication ...
Dana Kühnel, Harald F. Krug, Christoph Steinbach, Katja Nau   +3 more
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Airborne environmental injuries and human health. [PDF]

, 2006
The concept that the environment in which we live can have detrimental effects on our health has existed for centuries. Obvious examples of substances that can cause human diseases include infectious agents, poisons, chemicals and other noxious agents ...
Borchers, Andrea T, Chang, Christopher, Gershwin, M Eric, Keen, Carl L   +3 more
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The application of system dynamics modelling to environmental health decision-making and policy - a scoping review

BMC Public Health, 2018
BackgroundPolicy and decision-making processes are routinely challenged by the complex and dynamic nature of environmental health problems. System dynamics modelling has demonstrated considerable value across a number of different fields to help decision-
D. Currie, Carl S. Smith, P. Jagals
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Identify the Challenges of Sustainable Agricultural Development in the South of Kerman Province [PDF]

جغرافیا و پایداری محیط, 2019
The use of unconditional production inputs to increase performance over the last decade which leads to the degradation of the environment and human health, has underscored the importance of sustainable agriculture and continued production along with the ...
Omid Sharifi , Amir Afzali Gorouh , Mona Babaee   +2 more
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Integrating research, surveillance, and practice in environmental public health tracking. [PDF]

, 2006
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is working with selected state and local health departments, academic centers, and others to develop an environmental public health tracking initiative to ...
Balmes, John R, Buffler, Patricia A, Kyle, Amy D, Lee, Philip R   +3 more
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Small-Magnitude Effect Sizes in Epigenetic End Points are Important in Children’s Environmental Health Studies: The Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center’s Epigenetics Working Group

Environmental Health Perspectives, 2017
Background: Characterization of the epigenome is a primary interest for children’s environmental health researchers studying the environmental influences on human populations, particularly those studying the role of pregnancy and early-life exposures on ...
C. Breton, C. Marsit, E. Faustman, K. Nadeau, J. Goodrich, D. Dolinoy, J. Herbstman, N. Holland, J. LaSalle, R. Schmidt, P. Yousefi, F. Perera, Bonnie R. Joubert, J. Wiemels, M. Taylor, Ivana V. Yang, Rui Chen, K. Hew, D. M. H. Freeland, Rachel L. Miller, S. Murphy   +20 more
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