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Preference and possible consumption of provided enrichment and bedding materials and disinfectant powder by growing pigs

Porcine Health Management, 2022
Background Domestic pigs have an evolutionary conserved exploratory behaviour. To comply with this requirement, the European Union aims at setting standards for appropriate enrichment materials for pigs (Council Directive 2008/120/EC).
Felicitas Koch, Janine Kowalczyk, Hans Mielke, Hans Schenkel, Martin Bachmann, Annette Zeyner, Peter Leinweber, Robert Pieper   +7 more
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Feasibility assessment of crowdsourcing slogans for promoting household waste segregation in India: a cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionCrowdsourcing is an emerging technique to engage or access a wider set of experts and multiple stakeholders through online platforms, which might effectively be employed in waste management.
Kavya Krishnan, Krushna Chandra Sahoo, Madhanraj Kalyanasundaram, Surya Singh, Asha Srinivas, Ashish Pathak, Ashish Pathak, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, Salla Atkins, Salla Atkins, Kamran Rousta, Vishal Diwan, Vishal Diwan   +12 more
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Exposure assessment of trichloroethylene.

Environmental Health Perspectives, 2000
This article reviews exposure information available for trichloroethylene (TCE) and assesses the magnitude of human exposure. The primary sources releasing TCE into the environment are metal cleaning and degreasing operations. Releases occur into all media but mostly into the air due to its volatility.
J Schaum, C. C. Wu
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ToxRefDB v2.1: update to curated in vivo study data in the Toxicity Reference Database

Frontiers in Toxicology, 2023
The Toxicity Reference Database (ToxRefDB) contains in vivo study data from over 5,900 guideline or guideline-like studies for over 1,100 chemicals. The database includes information regarding study design, chemical treatment, dosing, treatment group ...
Madison Feshuk, Lori Kolaczkowski, Sean Watford, Katie Paul Friedman   +3 more
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A Machine Learning Model to Estimate Toxicokinetic Half-Lives of Per- and Polyfluoro-Alkyl Substances (PFAS) in Multiple Species

Toxics, 2023
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a diverse group of man-made chemicals that are commonly found in body tissues. The toxicokinetics of most PFAS are currently uncharacterized, but long half-lives (t½) have been observed in some cases ...
Daniel E. Dawson, Christopher Lau, Prachi Pradeep, Risa R. Sayre, Richard S. Judson, Rogelio Tornero-Velez, John F. Wambaugh   +6 more
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Biomonitoring-Based Risk Assessment of Pyrethroid Exposure in the U.S. Population: Application of High-Throughput and Physiologically Based Kinetic Models

Toxics
Pyrethroid insecticides have been extensively utilized in agriculture and residential areas in the United States. This study evaluated the exposure risk by age using available biomonitoring data.
Nan-Hung Hsieh, Eric S. C. Kwok
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The 2021 update of the EPA’s adverse outcome pathway database

Scientific Data, 2021
Measurement(s) adverse outcome pathway • gene interactions • Orthologous Gene • chemical gene interactions • molecular pathway • disease gene associations • SNP Technology Type(s) digital curation Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported ...
Holly M. Mortensen, Jonathan Senn, Trevor Levey, Phillip Langley, Antony J. Williams   +4 more
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Investigation of the migration of bisphenols from baby bottles and sippy cups

Current Research in Food Science, 2021
Bisphenol A (BPA) is used as a monomer in a number of consumer products, including baby bottles and sippy cups. Some jurisdictions around the world (including Canada) have regulated the production, advertising or selling polycarbonate baby bottles with ...
Shabana Siddique, Gong Zhang, Kaela Coleman, Cariton Kubwabo   +3 more
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Environmental burden of disease resulting from long-term nitrogen dioxide exposure in Germany

BMC Public Health
Background Exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular, respiratory, and other diseases and health outcomes.
Paulina Sell, Dietrich Plass, Sarah Kienzler, Hajo Zeeb   +3 more
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The Amiantus Program in Poland – 20 years of implementation

Medycyna Pracy, 2020
Background Despite the ban on the production of asbestos-containing materials, introduced in Poland over 20 years ago, new cases of asbestos-related diseases are still being recorded.
Beata Świątkowska
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