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Lots to Plots: Building and Inventory of Vacant Land in Madison, WI

, 2012
As planners, politicians, organizations, and citizens increasingly recognize community gardens as a vital part of urban food production, efforts are necessary to systematically identify and assess urban vacant land that could be used as potential garden ...
Eanes, Francis
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Residence Near Agricultural Crops at Birth and Risk of Adult Testicular Germ Cell Tumors: A French Nationwide Case–Control Study Using Historical Aerial GIS Data

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
As the incidence of testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs) rises, prenatal exposure to agricultural pesticides may represent an important risk factor. Here, geographic information system‐based measures of farmland proximity at birth were used as a proxy for early‐life pesticide exposure in France, a major pesticide consumer.
Aurélie M. N. Danjou, Astrid Coste, Lény Grassot, Elodie Faure, Carlos Crispim‐Junior, Laure Tougne Rodet, Olivia Pérol, Rémi Béranger, Jeanne Perrin, Barbara Charbotel, Joachim Schüz, Béatrice Fervers, the TESTIS study group, Helen Boyle, Aude Fléchon, Elodie Belladame, Véronique Drouineaud, Céline Chalas, Myriam Virlouvet, Lucile Ferreux, Guillemette Perier, Pauline Peretout, Diane Rivet, Sandrine Rulle, Florence Eustache, Nathalie Sermondade, Marine Durand, Rachel Levy, Isabelle Berthaut, Jacqueline Saias‐Magnan, Catherine Metzler‐Guillemain, Carole Daoud‐Deveze, Louis Bujan, Myriam Daudin, Florence Brugnon, Valérie Bruhat, Cyril Bouche, Isabelle Kocsinski, Marius Teletin, Françoise Schmitt, Nathalie Guyomard, Aline Papaxanthos, Volcy Soula, Sandrine Giscard d’Estaing, Pascale Dehee, Delphine Yalcinkaya, Céline Bouillon, Cynthia Frapsauce, Anne Viallon, Bérengère Ducrocq, Marie‐Ange Clarotti, Ethel Szerman, Amélie Ancelle, Oxana Blagosklonov, Séverine Bey, Célia Ravel, Ségolène Veau, Agnès Letremy, Patricia Fauque, Julie Barberet, Stéphanie Lattes, Emmanuelle Thibault, Catherine Diligent, Christel Hersant, Vanessa Loup‐Cabaniols, Anna Gala, Sylvianne Hennebicq, Julien Bessonnat, Marie‐Claude Blocquaux, Brigitte Dananché, Johan Spinosi, Matthieu Dubuis, Charlotte Carretero, Etienne Durand, Bénédicte Thomas, Rémi Ratajczak   +75 more
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Environmental Pesticide Exposure in the Etiology of Pediatric Brain Tumors and Leukemia: A Scoping Review of Epidemiological Studies

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric cancer is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children. The etiologies of pediatric cancer are largely unknown, but environmental pesticide exposures are likely to contribute. Chronic low‐dose exposure to pesticide mixtures through drinking water is a growing concern in agricultural communities.
Grace N. VanDeSteeg, Alyssa R. Russum, Matthew R. Sandbulte, Eleanor G. Rogan, Martha G. Rhoades   +4 more
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Education as a Common Possession

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on Will Kymlicka's account of solidarity and membership through the lens of conflict over public schooling in San Francisco. It contrasts a Marshallian vision of society as a shared possession capable of sustaining democratic solidarity and welfare institutions with an anti‐Marshallian politics that sees the language of ...
Margaret Kohn
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Urban Gardening Realities: The Example Case Study of Portsmouth, England [PDF]

, 2017
This paper offers an empirical case study of the potential for urban gardening to contribute to individual food security. Food security generally encompasses both availability and accessibility.
Wong, Alfred, Hallsworth, Alan
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Beyond Tradition: An Integrated Toxicological, Ecological, and Public Health Perspective on Aristolochic Acids

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aristolochia species have long been used in traditional medicine for their presumed anti‐inflammatory, analgesic and antimicrobial properties. However, extensive toxicological and epidemiological evidence now demonstrates that these plants contain aristolochic acids (AAs) I and II, highly potent nephrotoxic, genotoxic, and carcinogenic ...
Victor Ventura de Souza, Lara Rodrigues De Andrade, Tatiana da Silva Souza   +2 more
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Health Biomarkers of Pesticide Exposure in Rural Populations of Santa Fe, Argentina: Oxidative Stress and Genotoxicity

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study aimed to quantify pesticide residues in environmental matrices and plasma and to evaluate their potential effects on oxidative stress and DNA damage in rural populations of Santa Fe province. Soil and rainwater samples were collected, and biological samples and semistructured surveys were obtained from volunteers in three ...
María Priscila Dechiara, Carlina Leila Colussi, Lucía Magdalena Odetti, Damián Marino, María Fernanda Simoniello   +4 more
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The Social Determinants of Urban Agricultural Practice: A Study of Market Gardeners in the City of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire [PDF]

Uirtus
Market gardening is observed throughout the city of Abidjan. Most inhabitants rely on market-gardening products, yet the Master Plan of Greater Abidjan does not allocate spaces for these crops.
Vazoumana Koné
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Spatial justice and heritage enhancement in the urban gardening

, 2016
Urban agriculture activities can enhance rural heritage by taking care of the tangible heritage and by supporting intangible heritage transmission, re-interpreting the agricultural function through the needs of contemporary city (Branduini 2015 ...
Puente Asuero, Raul, Perrin Coline, Perrin, Coline, Branduini Paola Nella, Branduini, Paola, Puente Asuero Raul   +5 more
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Human Health Risk Assessment From Exposure to Toxic Metals in Soils and Leafy Vegetables in Smallholder Farms of Northeastern Brazil

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study assessed human health risks associated with exposure to potentially toxic metals (PTMs) in soils and leafy vegetables cultivated in smallholder agricultural systems in Northeastern Brazil. Soil and vegetable samples were collected from 18 agricultural areas and analyzed for cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), nickel
Fernando Ferreira da Cunha Filho, Alex Souza Moraes, João Paulo Siqueira da Silva, Edvane Borges da Silva, Ademir Amaral, André Maciel Netto   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source