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Birgit Claus Henn, Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger, Allegra Denehy, Marcie Randall, Nichole Cordon, Bilin Basu, Brian Caccavale, Stefanie Covino, Ravi Hanumantha, Kevin Longo, Ariel Maiorano, Spring Pillsbury, Gabrielle Rigutto, Kelsey Shields, Marianne Sarkis and Timothy J. Downs
Half of U.S. drinking water comes from aquifers, and very shallow ones (<20 feet to water table) are especially vulnerable to anthropogenic contamination. We present the case of Holliston, a Boston, Massachusetts suburb that draws its drinking water from...
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Maricica Pacurari, Kristine Lowe, Paul B. Tchounwou and Ramzi Kafoury
The respiratory system represents the main gateway for nanoparticles? entry into the human body. Although there is a myriad of engineered nanoparticles, carbon nanoparticles/nanotubes (CNPs/CNTs) have received much attention mainly due to their light wei...
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Mitsunori Odagiri, Alexander Schriewer, Miles E. Daniels, Stefan Wuertz, ... Marion W. Jenkins
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Efforts to eradicate open defecation and improve sanitation access are unlikely to achieve health benefits unless interventions reduce microbial exposures. This study assessed human fecal contamination and pathogen exposures in rural India, and the effec...
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?tepán Horník, Lenka Michálková, Jan Sýkora, Vladimír ?dímal, ?tepánka Vlcková, ?tepánka Dvorácková and Daniela Pelclová
In this study, the effects of occupational exposure to nanoparticles (NPs) were studied by NMR metabolomics. Exhaled breath condensate (EBC) and blood plasma samples were obtained from a research nanoparticles-processing unit at a national research unive...
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Min-Suk Kim, Mi Jeong Park, Jeong Hwa Yang and Sang-Hwan Lee
The aim of this study was to investigate the environmental impact and human health risks associated with toxic trace element (TTE) exposure in the abandoned Yaro Mine, Korea. Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks were assessed separately for adults and...
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Ernesto Burgio, Prisco Piscitelli and Annamaria Colao
The dominant pathogenic model, somatic mutation theory (SMT), considers carcinogenesis as a ?genetic accident? due to the accumulation of ?stochastic? DNA mutations. This model was proposed and accepted by the scientific community when cancer mainly affe...
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Scott A. Stephens, Robert G. Bell and Judy Lawrence
Coastal hazards result from erosion of the shore, or flooding of low-elevation land when storm surges combine with high tides and/or large waves. Future sea-level rise will greatly increase the frequency and depth of coastal flooding and will exacerbate ...
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Scott A. Stephens, Robert G. Bell and Judy Lawrence
Coastal hazards result from erosion of the shore, or flooding of low-elevation land when storm surges combine with high tides and/or large waves. Future sea-level rise will greatly increase the frequency and depth of coastal flooding and will exacerbate ...
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Scott A. Stephens, Robert G. Bell and Judy Lawrence
Coastal hazards result from erosion of the shore, or flooding of low-elevation land when storm surges combine with high tides and/or large waves. Future sea-level rise will greatly increase the frequency and depth of coastal flooding and will exacerbate ...
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Pingping Liu, Yali Lei, Huarui Ren, Jinjin Gao, Hongmei Xu, Zhenxing Shen, Qian Zhang, Chunli Zheng, Hongxia Liu, Renjian Zhang and Hua Pan
In this study, 24 h PM2.5 (particles with an equivalent diameter equal to or below 2.5 µm) samples were collected in winter and summer in Xi?an, Northwestern China to characterize the seasonal variations of eleven elements (As, Cd, Cr, Fe, K, Mn, Mo, Pb,...
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Jinyao Mo, Yajuan Xia, Timothy J. Wade, David M. DeMarini, Mercy Davidson and Judy Mumford
Chronic arsenic exposure results in higher risk of skin, lung, and bladder cancer, as well as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects on expression of selected genes in the blood lymphocytes from 159 ...
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Valeria Cristina Bulgaru, Ana Maria Pertea, Iulian Alexandru Grosu, Andrei Cristian Anghel, Gina Cecilia Pistol, Daniela Eliza Marin, Anca Dinischiotu and Ionelia Taranu
Zearalenone (ZEN) is a mycotoxin produced by Fusarium fungi that contaminates food and feed, affecting both human and animal health. Among farm animals, the pig is a great consumer of grains and has a native sensitivity to mycotoxins. As the main route o...
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Beibei Yan, Qianqian Wei, Xinfeng Li, Xiaoyu Song, Zongjun Gao, Jiutan Liu, Ruilin Zhang and Min Wang
This study analyzed the sources of total metal elements using the positive matrix factorization (PMF) model and conducted human health risk assessment for adults and children using the health risk assessment model recommended by the United States Environ...
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Climate change and related hazards affect the livelihoods of people and their vulnerability to shocks and stresses. Though research on the linkages between a changing climate and vulnerability has been increasing, only a few studies have examined the cas...
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Ma Veronica Holganza, Adonis Rivie, Kevin Martus and Jaishri Menon
Atmospheric pressure plasma has found wide clinical applications including wound healing, tissue regeneration, sterilization, and cancer treatment. Here, we have investigated its effect on developmental processes like metamorphosis and tail regeneration ...
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Shuaiqi Zhao, Wanglong Miao, Sheng Sheng, Xin Pan, Ping Li, Weihong Zhou and Fuan Wu
Cadmium (Cd) is the most serious heavy metal pollutant in the agricultural soil of China and can transfer and accumulate through the food chain and affect the growth, development and physiological processes of phytophagous insect. Glyphodes pyloalis Walk...
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Changyao Shan, Xinyue You, Li Li, Xin Du, Yonglin Ren and Tao Liu
Ethyl formate (EF), a naturally occurring fumigant, has attracted widespread attention owing to its low toxicity in mammals. Here, Direct Immersion Solid-Phase Microextraction (DI-SPME) was employed for sample preparation in mass spectrometry-based untar...
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Saumik Basu, Natalia Moroz, Benjamin W. Lee, Kiwamu Tanaka, Liesl Oeller, Chase W. Baerlocher and David W. Crowder
In agroecosystems, plants frequently confront multiple biotic stressors, including herbivores and pathogens. The nature of these interactions plays a crucial role in mediating the activation of plant defense mechanisms. However, induction of plant chemic...
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De Nyago Tafen, Barbara Kutchko and Mehrdad Massoudi
Cement fractures represent preferential leakage pathways in abandoned wells upon exposure to a CO2-rich fluid. Understanding fracture alteration resulting from geochemical reactions is critical for assessing well integrity in CO2 storage. This paper desc...
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Anna Sabbatini, Francesca Caridi, Giovanni Birarda, Elisa Costanzi, Adolfo Amici, Giovanna Mobbili, Carla Buosi, Giovanni De Giudici, Daniela Medas and Alessandra Negri
The most often dispersed environmental pollutants that are released both directly and indirectly into the environment that may eventually reach aquatic ecosystems and contaminate aquatic biomes are cigarette butts (CBs). Toxicants such as nicotine, dange...
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