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Deliberate exposure of humans to chlorine-the aftermath of Ebola in West Africa
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2016 Background During the recent Ebola outbreak, spraying of the environment and humans, including healthcare workers, with chlorine was wide spread in affected African countries; adverse clinical effects are reported here.
Shaheen Mehtar +3 more
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Impacts of geopolitics and policy on Latin American biodiversity and water resources
Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Latin America is a major agricultural producer with important natural resources. Efforts have been made to protect sensitive areas but are hindered by agricultural trade disruptions outside the control of individual countries due to globally integrated crop markets.
Jerome Dumortier +2 more
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Journal of ChemistryVegetables cultivated close to highways have the potential to accumulate potentially toxic elements (PTEs), either through uptake from contaminated soil or via atmospheric deposition from vehicular emissions, and pose health risks when ingested by humans.
Ebenezer Boahen +5 more
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Tiling Robotics: A New Paradigm of Shape‐Morphing Reconfigurable Robots
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Tiling robotics is a novel paradigm of shape‐morphing reconfigurable robots, defining them as polyform‐inspired machines capable of transforming between at least two polymorphic shapes. Various reconfiguration‐enabling and locomotion mechanisms of tiling robots are comparatively analyzed, with the electromechanical developments, along with a proposed ...
S. M. Bhagya P. Samarakoon +2 more
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The Political Economy Of Sanitation: How Can We Increase Investment and Improve Service For The Poor? [PDF]
, 2011 This report presents the results of a Global Economic and Sector Work (ESW) Study on the Political Economy of Sanitation in Brazil, India, Indonesia, and Senegal that was conducted by the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) and the World Bank. Its purpose
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1922 To the Editor: —InThe Journal, August 5, under "Medical News," you quote the Panama Star and Herald to the effect that an epidemic of malaria has developed among Canal Zone employees, and that breeding places of mosquitoes, which had been sprayed with oil the year round, are now neglected, with the result that there are now more mosquitoes on the ...
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Asian Pacific Journal of Environment and Cancer, 2021 Nowadays, there are crucial issues for sanitary and hygienic monitoring of activity risk assessment of the health care facilities for identify internal and external factors occupational conditions of health risk development for medical workers and ...
R.T. Kamilova +3 more
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Experiences of women farmworkers in Michigan: Perspectives from the Michigan Farmworker Project
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Agricultural work presents significant physical and social challenges globally and in the United States, with women farmworkers facing unique risks that remain underexplored. This study examines the social and occupational hazards confronted by women farmworkers in Michigan using data from the Michigan Farmworker Project.
Alexis J. Handal +3 more
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School Sanitation in Underserved Urban Areas in India [PDF]
, 2015 This paper discusses how GIZ is supporting the Ministry of Urban Development in improving the sanitation situation for the urban poor. It selected 47 schools in five Indian cities to significantly improve the sanitation conditions, aiming to build ...
Dayanand Panse +3 more
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