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Lichen transplants for high spatial resolution biomonitoring of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in a multi-source polluted area of Central Italy

Ecological Indicators, 2021
The ability of lichen transplant Evernia prunastri (L.) Ach. to reflect air concentration and spatial distribution of 7 polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs), 10 polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and 23 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) was ...
Lorenzo Massimi, Federica Castellani, Carmela Protano, Marcelo Enrique Conti, Arianna Antonucci, Maria Agostina Frezzini, Mara Galletti, Giustino Mele, Andrea Pileri, Martina Ristorini, Matteo Vitali, Silvia Canepari   +11 more
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Agent Orange and head and neck cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg
Abstract Objective To assess the incidence of head and neck cancer in patients exposed to Agent Orange and related dioxins. Methods Studies were identified through CINAHL, PubMed, and Scopus. Primary studies were identified through April 2023. Articles were included reporting incidence of head and neck cancer and/or deaths due to head and neck cancer ...
Monaghan NP, Duckett KA, Nguyen SA, Newman JG, Kejner AE, Albergotti WG.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Heat Production in Considering Boilers and their Influence on CO and NOx Emission Values [PDF]

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2022
At present, there is a tendency to make greater use of hot water heat sources for the combustion of solid fuels, such as lump wood, coal, coke, instead of heat sources for the combustion of natural gas.
Klačková Ivana, Lenhard Richard, Holubčík Michal   +2 more
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A Study on the Influence and Mechanism of Temperature and Dosage on PCDD/Fs Adsorption via Coal-Based Activated Carbon

Recycling, 2023
Using a trace polychlorinated-ρ-dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) stabilizing generator, an experimental study related to the influence of temperature (150, 165, and 180 °C) and activated carbon (AC) dosage (0.10, 0.15, and 0.20 g) on the ...
Peiyue Wang, Jianwen Lai, Xiaoqing Lin, Xiaodong Li, Shuaixi Xu   +4 more
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Monitoring of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, and polychlorinated biphenyls in Estonian food; pp. 193–200 [PDF]

Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 2011
Persistent organic pollutants are mainly compounds that include chlorine, which are posing a threat to human health and impairing living organisms and ecosystems due to their toxicity, persistence, and bioaccumulation.
Ott Roots, Hannu Kiviranta, Tagli Pitsi, Panu Rantakokko, Päivi Ruokojärvi, Mart Simm, Raivo Vokk, Leili Järv   +7 more
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Assessment of the feed additive consisting of endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase and endo-1,4-beta-xylanase (produced with Talaromyces versatilis IMI CC 378536) (Rovabio® Excel) for all poultry species, weaned piglets, pigs for fattening and sows for the renewal of its authorisation (Adisseo France SAS). [PDF]

EFSA J
Abstract Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of the feed additive consisting of endo‐1,3(4)‐beta‐glucanase and endo‐1,4‐beta‐xylanase (produced with Talaromyces versatilis IMI CC 378536) (Rovabio® Excel) for the renewal of its authorisation as a zootechnical feed ...
EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP), Villa RE, Azimonti G, Bonos E, Christensen H, Durjava M, Dusemund B, Gehring R, Glandorf B, Kouba M, López-Alonso M, Marcon F, Nebbia C, Pechová A, Prieto-Maradona M, Röhe I, Theodoridou K, Brantom P, Yurkov A, Anguita M, Innocenti ML, Tarrés-Call J, Pettenati E.   +22 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Seasonal analysis of submicron aerosol in Old Delhi using high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometry: chemical characterisation, source apportionment and new marker identification [PDF]

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2021
We present the first real-time composition of submicron particulate matter (PM1) in Old Delhi using high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometry (HR-AMS). Old Delhi is one of the most polluted locations in the world, and PM1 concentrations reached ∼ 750 µg ...
J. M. Cash, J. M. Cash, B. Langford, C. Di Marco, N. J. Mullinger, J. Allan, E. Reyes-Villegas, R. Joshi, M. R. Heal, W. J. F. Acton, W. J. F. Acton, C. N. Hewitt, P. K. Misztal, P. K. Misztal, W. Drysdale, T. K. Mandal, Shivani, R. Gadi, B. R. Gurjar, E. Nemitz   +19 more
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Long-term hazards of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans. [PDF]

Environmental Health Perspectives, 1980
During January 10-11, 1978 in Lyon, France, a joint National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/International Agency for Research on Cancer ad hoc Working Group considered and discussed the feasibility of coordinating epidemiological studies on the long-term hazards associated with the chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and chlorinated dibenzofurans
J E, Huff, J A, Moore, R, Saracci, L, Tomatis   +3 more
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Neurodevelopmental Effects of Perinatal TCDD Exposure Differ from Those of Other PCDD/Fs in Vietnamese Children Living near the Former US Air Base in Da Nang, Vietnam

Toxics, 2023
This study reports that children exposed to 2,3,7,8-tetra-chlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), the major toxin in Agent Orange, from the breast milk of mothers residing near the former Da Nang US air base in Vietnam may have specific alterations in higher ...
Nghi Ngoc Tran, Tai Pham-The, Thao Ngoc Pham, Hoa Thi Vu, Khue Ngoc Luong, Muneko Nishijo   +5 more
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PCB and dioxin levels in plasma and human milk of 418 Dutch women and their infants. Predictive value of PCB congener levels in maternal plasma for fetal and infant's exposure to PCBs and dioxins [PDF]

, 1994
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as well as dioxins (polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs)) are potentially hazardous compounds in the environment for human beings.
Boersma, H. (Eric), Huisman, M. (Martijn), Koopman-Esseboom, C. (Corine), Paauw, C.G. (Cornelis) van der, Sauer, P.J.J. (Pieter), Tuinstra, L.G.M.Th. (L. G M Th), Weisglas-Kuperus, N. (Nynke)   +6 more
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