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Phthalates and Their Impacts on Human Health

open access: yesHealthcare, 2021
Phthalates are a series of widely used chemicals that demonstrate to be endocrine disruptors and are detrimental to human health. Phthalates can be found in most products that have contact with plastics during producing, packaging, or delivering. Despite
Yufei Wang, H. Qian
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Water policy reform in the Nigeria water governance system: assessment of water resources management based on OECD Principles on Water Governance

open access: yesWater Policy, 2022
Conflicts of interest due to cultural, political, and social oversights have threatened effective and efficient corporate water governance in Nigeria. This has affected the inclusive participation of stakeholders, policy makers and the relevant agencies ...
Stephen Nwoba Ukpai
doaj   +1 more source

An updated overview of e-cigarette impact on human health

open access: yesRespiratory Research, 2021
The electronic cigarette ( e-cigarette ), for many considered as a safe alternative to conventional cigarettes, has revolutionised the tobacco industry in the last decades.
Patrice Marques, L. Piqueras, M. Sanz
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An Overview of Cadmium, Chromium, and Lead Content in Bivalves Consumed by the Community of Santa Rosa Island (Ecuador) and Its Health Risk Assessment

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2020
Santa Rosa Island community members derive their income and livelihoods from bio-aquatic resources, principally bivalves of the genus Anadara, both for subsistence use and commercial purposes.
David Romero-Estévez   +6 more
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A growing crisis for One Health: Impacts of plastic pollution across layers of biological function

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2022
The global accumulation of plastic waste has reached crisis levels. The diverse and multilayered impacts of plastic on biological health prompts an evaluation of these effects from a One Health perspective, through which the complexity of these processes
Margaret Morrison   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Oxidative Stress: Harms and Benefits for Human Health

open access: yesOxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2017
Oxidative stress is a phenomenon caused by an imbalance between production and accumulation of oxygen reactive species (ROS) in cells and tissues and the ability of a biological system to detoxify these reactive products.
G. Pizzino   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Human resources for health [PDF]

open access: yesThe Lancet, 2016
Although we agree with Kate Mandeville and colleagues1 that human resources for health advocacy should move beyond its current crisis mode and adopt a long-term perspective, we believe that this view should be based on the idea that investment in employment in the public sector health will contribute to equitable economic growth and societal wellbeing ...
van de Pas, Remco   +4 more
openaire   +4 more sources

From plant biology research to technology transfer and knowledge extension: improving food quality and mitigating environmental impacts

open access: yesFACETS, 2022
Academic scientists face an unpredictable path from plant biology research to real-life application. Fundamental studies of γ-aminobutyrate and carotenoid metabolism, control of Botrytis infection, and the uptake and distribution of mineral nutrients ...
Barry J. Shelp
doaj   +1 more source

Per‐ and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Toxicity and Human Health Review: Current State of Knowledge and Strategies for Informing Future Research

open access: yesEnvironmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2020
Reports of environmental and human health impacts of per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have greatly increased in the peer‐reviewed literature. The goals of the present review are to assess the state of the science regarding toxicological effects
S. Fenton   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Physical activity and human health

open access: yesStudia Medyczne, 2015
Introduction: The dynamic development of the automotive industry, transport, and the media means that human life has become much easier. At the same time, the comfortable living conditions have decreased physical activity.
Paulina Wojciechowska
doaj   +1 more source

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