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Ecological Integrity Impairment and Habitat Fragmentation for Neotropical Macroinvertebrate Communities in an Agricultural Stream

Toxics, 2022
The Volcán River watershed in the south Pacific of Costa Rica comprises forests, small urban settlements, cattle fields, and intensive agriculture (mostly pineapple and sugarcane). The ecological integrity and quality of its waters was assessed from 2011–
Silvia Echeverría-Sáenz, Rocío Ugalde-Salazar, Meyer Guevara-Mora, Francisco Quesada-Alvarado, Clemens Ruepert   +4 more
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Impact of the National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry: Analysis of Registry‐funded Research

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 2022
Objective This research aims to examine the impact of the National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Registry‐funded research activities. Methods Registry‐funded research and related publications were identified through the National ALS Registry ...
Lindsay Rechtman, Stephan Brenner, Marcienne Wright, Maggie Ritsick, Farhana Rahman, Moon Han, Jaime Raymond, Theodore Larson, D. Kevin Horton, Paul Mehta   +9 more
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The Law of Toxic Substances [PDF]

Environmental Health Perspectives, 1979
The law of toxic substances dates back to Medieval England, but the present comprehensive federal regulatory scheme was developed over the past two decades. This article presents a brief overview of the federal law of air and water pollution, solid waste control, and the regulation of chemicals.
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Concentration, uptake and human dietary intake of novel brominated flame retardants in greenhouse and conventional vegetables

Environment International, 2019
The possible adverse effects of organic pollutants entering vegetables have attracted increasing attention in recent years. However, research on the behavior of novel brominated flame retardants (NBFRs) in soil-vegetable systems is still limited.
Jianqiang Sun, Yihua Wu, Pan Jiang, Lu Zheng, Anping Zhang, Hong Qi   +5 more
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Public Health Consequences on Vulnerable Populations from Acute Chemical Releases

Environmental Health Insights, 2008
Data from a large, multi-state surveillance system on acute chemical releases were analyzed to describe the type of events that are potentially affecting vulnerable populations (children, elderly and hospitalized patients) in order to better prevent and ...
Perri Zeitz Ruckart, Maureen F. Orr
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Causes of death among United States decedents with ALS: An eye toward delaying mortality

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 2023
Objective To report multiple cause of death (MCOD) occurrence among patients in the United States with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Methods Using death certificate data for all ALS deaths from 50 U.S.
Theodore C. Larson, Stephen A. Goutman, Bryn Davis, Frank J. Bove, Neil Thakur, Paul Mehta   +5 more
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Occurrence, Removal, and Mass Balance of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Their Derivatives in Wastewater Treatment Plants in Northeast China

Toxics, 2021
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), 33 methylated PAHs (Me-PAHs), and 14 nitrated PAHs (NPAHs) were measured in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) to study the removal efficiency of these compounds through the WWTPs, as well as their source ...
Rashid Mohammed, Zi-Feng Zhang, Chao Jiang, Ying-Hua Hu, Li-Yan Liu, Wan-Li Ma, Wei-Wei Song, Anatoly Nikolaev, Roland Kallenborn, Yi-Fan Li   +9 more
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Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Their Methylated Derivatives in Sewage Sludge from Northeastern China: Occurrence, Profiles and Toxicity Evaluation

Molecules, 2021
This paper assesses the occurrence, distribution, source, and toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and their methylated form (Me-PAHs) in sewage sludge from 10 WWTPs in Northeastern China was noted.
Rashid Mohammed, Zi-Feng Zhang, Ze Kan, Chao Jiang, Li-Yan Liu, Wan-Li Ma, Wei-Wei Song, Anatoly Nikolaev, Yi-Fan Li   +8 more
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Pyrimethanil and chlorpyrifos air concentrations and pregnant women’s urinary metabolites in the Infants’ Environmental Health Study (ISA), Costa Rica

Environment International, 2022
Background: Only few studies have compared environmental pesticide air concentrations with specific urinary metabolites to evaluate pathways of exposure.
Andrew Giffin, Jane A. Hoppin, Leonel Córdoba, Karla Solano-Díaz, Clemens Ruepert, Jorge Peñaloza-Castañeda, Christian Lindh, Brian J. Reich, Berna van Wendel de Joode   +8 more
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The Role of Simulation Science in Public Health at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: An Overview and Analysis of the Last Decade

Toxics
Environmental exposures are ubiquitous and play a significant, and sometimes understated, role in public health as they can lead to the development of various chronic and infectious diseases. In an ideal world, there would be sufficient experimental data
Siddhi Desai, Jewell Wilson, Chao Ji, Jason Sautner, Andrew J. Prussia, Eugene Demchuk, M. Moiz Mumtaz, Patricia Ruiz   +7 more
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