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Inhibition of BRD4 prevents peribronchial fibrosis in mice with cutaneous lewisite exposure
IntroductionArsenicals like lewisite are highly toxic vesicant chemical warfare agents that cause severe skin damage and systemic inflammation. Exposure activates cytokine release, leading to pulmonary injury, including edema, hemorrhage, and in severe ...
Huaxiu Zeng +11 more
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ABSTRACT This research investigates the configurations of openness and policy conditions influencing the implementation of environmental justice (EJ) open government data (OGD) dashboards across U.S. states. EJ dashboards represent a shift from a civic‐tech approach to OGD, which emphasizes the public release of vast amounts of data, to a problem ...
Federica Fusi +2 more
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Lead is released into the environment through both natural processes and human activity, which is how it enters the environment and the food chain. The highest concentrations of lead in adults are found in the liver, kidneys and bones. Lead can remain in the bones for decades, but under certain circumstances it can also be released again.
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
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Land Use and Remedy Selection: Experience from the Field — The Industri-Plex Site [PDF]
As the United States Congress debates revisions to the federal Superfund law, one of the most important topics of discussion is the degree to which cleanups at Superfund sites should be based on their expected future land use. This discussion has engaged
Probst, Katherine, Wernstedt, Kris
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Environmental Justice: Challenges of Contaminated Site Cleanup in Rural AK [PDF]
A shorter version of this article appeared on pp. 1–4 of the Summer 2018 print edition.Efforts to clean up contaminated sites from military installations and other sources have been ongoing in Alaska since the 1980s, and new sites continue to be ...
Cravez, Pamela, Williams, Paula
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Abstract On February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, releasing toxic compounds into the surrounding air, water, and soil. Technological chemical disasters represent potentially traumatic events capable of influencing mental disorders, such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depression (MD).
Cameron P. Pugach +11 more
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Land Use and Remedy Selection: Experience from the Field — The Abex Site [PDF]
As the United States Congress debates revisions to the federal Superfund law, one of the most important topics of discussion is the degree to which cleanups at Superfund sites should be based on their expected future land use. This discussion has engaged
Hersh, Robert, Mazurek, Janice
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Indigenous communities in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania (referred to as the northeastern United States) face disproportionate environmental pollution, with mortality rates 60 % higher than their white counterparts –an inequity that extends ...
Rae Cade +5 more
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How clean is clean: a review of the social science of environmental cleanups
Environmental cleanup may involve decontaminating an area affected by a radiological release, containing an oil spill, or remediating a Superfund site or brownfield.
Keely Maxwell +2 more
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The value of superfund cleanups : evidence from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decisions [PDF]
Under the Superfund law, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for inspecting hazardous waste sites and for putting those with the most serious contamination problems on a national priorities list.
Cropper, Maureen L. +3 more
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