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Within- and between-group regression for improving the robustness of causal claims in cross-sectional analysis [PDF]

, 2015
Background: A major objective of environmental epidemiology is to elucidate exposure-health outcome associations. To increase the variance of observed exposure concentrations, researchers recruit individuals from different geographic areas.
Barreto, Mauricio L., Fischer, Joachim E., Genser, Bernd, Teles, Carlos A.   +3 more
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Contaminants of emerging concern in agricultural soils: Current understanding, overlooked issues, and future priorities

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in agriculture represent a growing global challenge for food safety and public health. In this review, we synthesized evidence on how substances such as pharmaceuticals, microplastics, and per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) enter soils, accumulate in crops, and affect ecological and human health. We found
Laura J. Carter, Evyatar Ben Mordechay, Benny Chefetz, Zeyou Chen, Xinyi Cui, Jay Gan, Hui Li, Audrey Moores, Xiaoyu Gao   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biodegradation of fluorinated octanoic acids in an O2-based membrane biofilm reactor

Water Research X
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent environmental contaminants due to their widespread use and recalcitrance to degradation. Aerobic bioreactors provide a possible path for further defluorination and mineralization of reductively ...
Tian-Yu Gao, Yi-Hao Luo, Min Long, Chen Zhou, Yu-Hang Cai, He-Ping Zhao, Bruce E. Rittmann   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interaction between perfluorooctanoic acid and aerobic granular sludge

Water Research, 2020
The increasing use of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) raises concerns about its potential toxicity to the environment. However, the interaction between PFOA and aerobic granular sludge has never been documented. This work therefore aims to provide such support through investigating the fate of PFOA at environmentally relevant levels in aerobic granular ...
Guojing Yang, Ni Zhang, Jingnan Yang, Qizi Fu, Yu Wang, Dongbo Wang, Li Tang, Jingfen Xia, Xuran Liu, Xiaoming Li, Qi Yang, Yiwen Liu, Qilin Wang, Bing-Jie Ni   +13 more
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Role of wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in environmental cycling of poly- and perfluoroalkyl (PFAS) compounds [PDF]

, 2016
The role of wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) in environmental cycling of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) through aqueous effluent, sludge and air emission has been critically reviewed here. Understanding the role of WWTPs can provide better
Hanna Hamid, Loretta Li, null null
core   +3 more sources

Microplastic Impacts on Seafood: A Global Synthesis of Experimental Findings

Fish and Fisheries, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Plastic pollution is a growing global concern, with plastic and microplastic particles now widespread in aquatic environments. Microplastics are frequently ingested by marine organisms, including commercially important seafood species. Ingestion can lead to a range of biological effects, influenced by the size, type and quantity of plastic, as
Nina Wootton, Patrick Reis‐Santos, Rhiannon A. Van Eck, Isaac Duke, Bronwyn M. Gillanders   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Photodynamic priming (PDP) targets platinum resistance from chronic perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure in ovarian cancer cells

Photochemistry and Photobiology, EarlyView.
PFAS are environmental contaminants that induce chemoresistance in ovarian cancer cells. This study evaluated BPD‐PDP or ALA‐PpIX‐PDP in combination with carboplatin or doxorubicin to overcome PFAS‐induced chemoresistance in two cell cohorts: (i) PFAS chronically‐exposed and (ii) PFAS outgrown cells (which underwent a “recovery period” after chronic ...
Brittany P. Rickard, Meghan M. Dillon, Lauren A. Sapienza‐Lundie, Suzanne E. Fenton, Imran Rizvi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Cardiovascular Disease in US Adults [PDF]

Archives of Internal Medicine, 2012
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major public health problem. Identifying novel risk factors for CVD, including widely prevalent environmental exposures, is therefore important. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a manmade chemical used in the manufacture of common household consumer products.
Anoop, Shankar, Jie, Xiao, Alan, Ducatman   +2 more
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The Price of Prosperity? A Historical Account of Regulating Industrial Pollution in the Netherlands

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Regulatory governance and state‐corporate crime studies link persistent industrial pollution to long‐term regulatory–industry interactions, yet little is known about how these interactions evolve and become entrenched. This article examines two enduring cases of industrial pollution in the Netherlands—Hoogovens/Tata Steel and DuPont de Nemours/
Karin van Wingerde, Lieselot Bisschop, Sammie Verbeek, Julie Le Sage   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Photoexcited LMCT of Cu2+ perfluorocarboxylate for initiating efficient defluorination

Nature Communications
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are widely distributed persistent pollutants in water resources that pose serious environmental and health threats. Current per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance destruction strategies are energy-intensive, nonselective ...
Jialei Guo, Peng Zhang, Hao Yu, Bo Fang, Hongwen Sun   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source