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Methodological limitations in experimental studies on symptom development in individuals with idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF) – a systematic review
Hypersensitivity to electromagnetic fields (EMF) is a controversial condition. While individuals with idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF) claim to experience hea...Environmental Health 2019 18:88Published on: 22 October 2019Impact of high drinking water nitrate levels on the endogenous formation of apparent N-nitroso compounds in combination with meat intake in healthy volunteers
Nitrate is converted to nitrite in the human body and subsequently can react with amines and amides in the gastrointestinal tract to form N-nitroso compounds (NOCs), which are known to be carcinogenic in animals....Environmental Health 2019 18:87Published on: 17 October 2019Personal carbon monoxide exposure, respiratory symptoms, and the potentially modifying roles of sex and HIV infection in rural Uganda: a cohort study
Most of the global burden of pollution-related morbidity and mortality is believed to occur in resource-limited settings, where HIV serostatus and sex may influence the relationship between air pollution expos...Environmental Health 2019 18:73Published on: 20 August 2019The association of early-life exposure to ambient PM2.5 and later-childhood height-for-age in India: an observational study
Children in India are exposed to high levels of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5). However, population-level evidence of associations with adverse health outcomes from within the country is limited. The aim...Environmental Health 2019 18:62Published on: 9 July 2019Biomass fuel as a risk factor for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The link between use of solid biomass fuel (wood, charcoal, coal, dung, and crop residues) for cooking and/or heating and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is inconclusive.Environmental Health 2019 18:60Published on: 1 July 2019Estimation and application of population attributable fraction in ecological studies
Estimation of population attributable fraction (PAF) requires unbiased relative risk (RR) by using either Levin’s or Miettinen’s formula, on which decision depends on the available exposure information in refe...Environmental Health 2019 18:52Published on: 13 June 2019The original article was published in Environmental Health 2019 18:54The USA lags behind other agricultural nations in banning harmful pesticides
The United States of America (USA), European Union (EU), Brazil and China are four of the largest agricultural producers and users of agricultural pesticides in the world. Comparing the inclination and ability...Environmental Health 2019 18:44Published on: 7 June 2019Carbon monoxide and risk of outpatient visits due to cause-specific diseases: a time-series study in Yichang, China
Previous studies showed inconsistent results on risk of increased outpatient visits for cause-specific diseases associated with ambient carbon monoxide (CO).Environmental Health 2019 18:36Published on: 23 April 2019Particulate air pollution on cardiovascular mortality in the tropics: impact on the elderly
Air pollution has a significant health impact. Most data originate from temperate regions. We aim to study the health impact of air pollution, particularly among the elderly, in a tropical region.Environmental Health 2019 18:34Published on: 18 April 2019Bayesian network-based framework for exposure-response study design and interpretation
Conventional environmental-health risk-assessment methods are often limited in their ability to account for uncertainty in contaminant exposure, chemical toxicity and resulting human health risk. Exposure leve...Environmental Health 2019 18:23Published on: 22 March 2019The Ramazzini Institute 13-week pilot study glyphosate-based herbicides administered at human-equivalent dose to Sprague Dawley rats: effects on development and endocrine system
Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) are broad-spectrum herbicides that act on the shikimate pathway in bacteria, fungi, and plants. The possible effects of GBHs on human health are the subject of an intense pub...Environmental Health 2019 18:15Published on: 12 March 2019A global perspective on coal-fired power plants and burden of lung cancer
Exposure to ambient particulate matter generated from coal-fired power plants induces long-term health consequences. However, epidemiologic studies have not yet focused on attributing these health burdens spec...Environmental Health 2019 18:9Published on: 28 January 2019The Letter to the Editor to this article has been published in Environmental Health 2019 18:54Environmental justice and drinking water quality: are there socioeconomic disparities in nitrate levels in U.S. drinking water?
Low-income and minority communities often face disproportionately high pollutant exposures. The lead crisis in Flint, Michigan, has sparked concern about broader socioeconomic disparities in exposures to drink...Environmental Health 2019 18:3Published on: 17 January 2019Trends in neonicotinoid pesticide residues in food and water in the United States, 1999–2015
Neonicotinoids are a class of systemic insecticides widely used on food crops globally. These pesticides may be found in “off-target” food items and persist in the environment. Despite the potential for extens...Environmental Health 2019 18:7Published on: 11 January 2019Non-uniform radiation-induced biological responses at the tissue level involved in the health risk of environmental radiation: a radiobiological hypothesis
The conventional concept of radiation protection is based on epidemiological studies of radiation that support a positive correlation between dose and response. However, there is a remarkable difference in bio...Environmental Health 2018 17:93Published on: 29 December 2018The global environmental injustice of fast fashion
Fast fashion, inexpensive and widely available of-the-moment garments, has changed the way people buy and dispose of clothing. By selling large quantities of clothing at cheap prices, fast fashion has emerged ...Environmental Health 2018 17:92Published on: 27 December 2018The pulmonary and autonomic effects of high-intensity and low-intensity exercise in diesel exhaust
Exposure to air pollution impairs aspects of pulmonary and autonomic function and causes pulmonary inflammation. However, how exercising in air pollution affects these indices is poorly understood. Therefore, ...Environmental Health 2018 17:87Published on: 13 December 2018Exposure to volatile organic compounds and airway inflammation
Exposure to low levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in ordinary life is suspected to be related to oxidative stress and decreased lung function. This study evaluated whether exposure to ambient VOCs in...Environmental Health 2018 17:65Published on: 7 August 2018The Ramazzini Institute 13-week study on glyphosate-based herbicides at human-equivalent dose in Sprague Dawley rats: study design and first in-life endpoints evaluation
Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) are the most widely used pesticides worldwide, and glyphosate is the active ingredient of such herbicides, including the formulation known as Roundup. The massive and increas...Environmental Health 2018 17:52Published on: 29 May 2018The need for independent research on the health effects of glyphosate-based herbicides
Glyphosate, formulated as Roundup, is the world’s most widely used herbicide. Glyphosate is used extensively on genetically modified (GM) food crops designed to tolerate the herbicide, and global use is increa...Environmental Health 2018 17:51Published on: 29 May 2018The Ramazzini Institute 13-week pilot study on glyphosate and Roundup administered at human-equivalent dose to Sprague Dawley rats: effects on the microbiome
Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) are broad-spectrum herbicides that act on the shikimate pathway in bacteria, fungi, and plants. The possible effects of GBHs on human health are the subject of an intense pub...Environmental Health 2018 17:50Published on: 29 May 2018Heat/mortality sensitivities in Los Angeles during winter: a unique phenomenon in the United States
Extreme heat is often associated with elevated levels of human mortality, particularly across the mid-latitudes. Los Angeles, CA exhibits a unique, highly variable winter climate, with brief periods of intense...Environmental Health 2018 17:45Published on: 3 May 2018Rationale for Environmental Hygiene towards global protection of fetuses and young children from adverse lifestyle factors
The regulatory management of chemicals and toxicants in the EU addresses hundreds of different chemicals and health hazards individually, one by one. An issue is that, so far, the possible interactions among c...Environmental Health 2018 17:42Published on: 23 April 2018Does precautionary information about electromagnetic fields trigger nocebo responses? An experimental risk communication study
Regarding electromagnetic fields from mobile communication technologies, empirical studies have shown that precautionary information given to lay recipients increases their risk perceptions, i.e. the belief th...Environmental Health 2018 17:36Published on: 12 April 2018Cholinesterase research outreach project (CROP): point of care cholinesterase measurement in an Australian agricultural community
Australian farmers are routinely exposed to a wide variety of agrichemicals, including herbicides and insecticides. Organophosphate (OP) insecticides are widely used for agricultural production, horticulture a...Environmental Health 2018 17:31Published on: 2 April 2018Can profiles of poly- and Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in human serum provide information on major exposure sources?
Humans are exposed to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) from diverse sources and this has been associated with negative health impacts. Advances in analytical methods have enabled routine detection o...Environmental Health 2018 17:11Published on: 1 February 2018Representative survey on idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields in Taiwan and comparison with the international literature
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity refers to health effects attributed to electromagnetic fields (EMF) exposure and has been formally named “idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fie...Environmental Health 2018 17:5Published on: 15 January 2018Human health implications of organic food and organic agriculture: a comprehensive review
This review summarises existing evidence on the impact of organic food on human health. It compares organic vs. conventional food production with respect to parameters important to human health and discusses t...Environmental Health 2017 16:111Published on: 27 October 2017Assessment of the potential respiratory hazard of volcanic ash from future Icelandic eruptions: a study of archived basaltic to rhyolitic ash samples
The eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull (2010) and Grímsvötn (2011), Iceland, triggered immediate, international consideration of the respiratory health hazard of inhaling volcanic ash, and prompted the need to esti...Environmental Health 2017 16:98Published on: 11 September 2017Ancient water bottle use and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure among California Indians: a prehistoric health risk assessment
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are the main toxic compounds in natural bitumen, a fossil material used by modern and ancient societies around the world. The adverse health effects of PAHs on modern hu...Environmental Health 2017 16:61Published on: 23 June 2017A re-assessment of the safety of silver in household water treatment: rapid systematic review of mammalian in vivo genotoxicity studies
Despite poor evidence of their effectiveness, colloidal silver and silver nanoparticles are increasingly being promoted for treating potentially contaminated drinking water in low income countries. Recently, h...Environmental Health 2017 16:66Published on: 20 June 2017The Commentary to this article has been published in Environmental Health 2017 16:121Comparison of methods for calculating the health costs of endocrine disrupters: a case study on triclosan
Socioeconomic analysis is currently used in the Europe Union as part of the regulatory process in Regulation Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH), with the aim of assessing and manag...Environmental Health 2017 16:55Published on: 9 June 2017Pesticide exposures and chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology: an epidemiologic review
The main causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD) globally are diabetes and hypertension but epidemics of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) occur in Central America, Sri Lanka, India and beyond. ...Environmental Health 2017 16:49Published on: 23 May 2017The Erratum to this article has been published in Environmental Health 2017 16:67Biological effects of exposure to static electric fields in humans and vertebrates: a systematic review
High-voltage direct current (HVDC) lines are the technology of choice for the transport of large amounts of energy over long distances. The operation of these lines produces static electric fields (EF), but th...Environmental Health 2017 16:41Published on: 17 April 2017Airplane pilot mental health and suicidal thoughts: a cross-sectional descriptive study via anonymous web-based survey
The Germanwings Flight 9525 crash has brought the sensitive subject of airline pilot mental health to the forefront in aviation. Globally, 350 million people suffer from depression–a common mental disorder. Th...Environmental Health 2016 15:121Published on: 15 December 2016The Correction to this article has been published in Environmental Health 2017 16:129The use of self-reported symptoms as a proxy for acute organophosphate poisoning after exposure to chlorpyrifos 50% plus cypermethrin 5% among Nepali farmers: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study
Previous studies stating a high prevalence of occupational acute pesticide poisoning in developing countries have mainly relied on measurements of the rather non-specific self-reported acute pesticide poisonin...Environmental Health 2016 15:122Published on: 13 December 2016Then and now: lessons learned from community- academic partnerships in environmental health research
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences we reflect on how environmental research incorporating community members as active partners has evolved, benefit...Environmental Health 2016 15:117Published on: 29 November 2016Current medical research funding and frameworks are insufficient to address the health risks of global environmental change
Three major international agreements signed in 2015 are key milestones for transitioning to more sustainable and resilient societies: the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; the Sendai Framework for Di...Environmental Health 2016 15:108Published on: 11 November 2016Use of a modified GreenScreen tool to conduct a screening-level comparative hazard assessment of conventional silver and two forms of nanosilver
Increased concern for potential health and environmental impacts of chemicals, including nanomaterials, in consumer products is driving demand for greater transparency regarding potential risks. Chemical hazar...Environmental Health 2016 15:105Published on: 8 November 2016Implementing the US air quality standard for PM2.5 worldwide can prevent millions of premature deaths per year
Air pollution by fine aerosol particles is among the leading causes of poor health and premature mortality worldwide. The growing awareness of this issue has led several countries to implement air pollution le...Environmental Health 2016 15:88Published on: 23 August 2016Public health and chronic low chlordecone exposures in Guadeloupe; Part 2: Health impacts, and benefits of prevention
Inhabitants of Guadeloupe are chronically exposed to low doses of chlordecone via local food due to its past use in banana plantations. The corresponding health impacts have not been quantified. We develop a q...Environmental Health 2016 15:78Published on: 19 July 2016A proposed framework for the systematic review and integrated assessment (SYRINA) of endocrine disrupting chemicals
The issue of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) is receiving wide attention from both the scientific and regulatory communities. Recent analyses of the EDC literature have been criticized for failing to use...Environmental Health 2016 15:74Published on: 14 July 2016Public health and chronic low chlordecone exposure in Guadeloupe, Part 1: hazards, exposure-response functions, and exposures
Inhabitants of Guadeloupe are chronically exposed to low dose of chlordecone via local food. The corresponding health impacts have not been quantified. Nevertheless the public authority implemented an exposure...Environmental Health 2016 15:75Published on: 12 July 2016Burden of disease resulting from lead exposure at toxic waste sites in Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay
Though lead contaminated waste sites have been widely researched in many high-income countries, their prevalence and associated health outcomes have not been well documented in low- and middle-income countries.Environmental Health 2016 15:72Published on: 23 June 2016Effect of colestimide on the concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dizenzofurans, and polychlorinated biphenyls in blood of Yusho patients
Oral colestimide was reported to lower the concentration of PCDDs, PCDFs, and PCB in the blood of humans. A pilot study showed that the arithmetic mean total TEQ concentrations of PCDDs, PCDFs, and PCBs in the...Environmental Health 2016 15:63Published on: 4 June 2016Health effects of non-occupational exposure to oil extraction
Oil extraction may cause extensive environmental impact that can affect health of populations living in surrounding areas. Large populations are potentially exposed to oil extraction related contamination thro...Environmental Health 2016 15:56Published on: 26 April 2016Brain matters: from environmental ethics to environmental neuroethics
The ways in which humans affect and are affected by their environments have been studied from many different perspectives over the past decades. However, it was not until the 1970s that the discussion of the e...Environmental Health 2016 15:20Published on: 15 February 2016The export of hazardous industries in 2015
In the 1970s, there were many reports of toxic hazards at corporate subsidiaries in the developing world that were no longer tolerated in the corporations’ “home” countries. Following the chemical disaster in ...Environmental Health 2016 15:8Published on: 19 January 2016Assessing the direct occupational and public health impacts of solar radiation management with stratospheric aerosols
Geoengineering is the deliberate large-scale manipulation of environmental processes that affects the Earth’s climate, in an attempt to counteract the effects of climate change. Injecting sulfate aerosol precu...Environmental Health 2016 15:7Published on: 19 January 2016
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