IJERPH, Vol. 19, Pages 7235: Concept for the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Substances in Population-Based Human Biomonitoring
an Environment
The Human Biomonitoring (HBM) Commission at the German Environment Agency holds the opinion that for environmental carcinogens for which no exposure levels can be assumed and are harmless to health, health-based guidance values corresponding to the classical definition of the HBM-I or HBM-II value cannot be established. Therefore, only reference values have been derived so far for genotoxic carcinogens from exposure data of the general population or subpopulations. The concept presented here opens up the possibility of performing health risk assessments of carcinogenic substances in human biomonitoring, ...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - June 13, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Klaus-Michael Wollin Petra Apel Yvonni Chovolou Ulrike Pabel Thomas Schettgen Marike Kolossa-Gehring Claudia R öhl on behalf of the Human Biomonitoring Commission of the German Environment Tags: Concept Paper Source Type: research
Climate change, justice and public health
AbstractRecent events have put into sharp relief that the world is facing converging emergencies: health, rising inequalities, and climate change and environmental degradation.Tackling these challenges requires actions by governments, businesses, communities, and individuals, and concerted strategies across health, environmental, and social sectors. Public health has an important role to play in promoting health in a rapidly changing world, and in ensuring a broad approach to health which considers socio-economic and environmental determinants. This is particularly crucial to ensure that we achieve a net zero carbon econom...
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - October 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Ambient particulate matter exposure interacts with abdominal obesity to increase blood triglycerides
ConclusionsOur study demonstrate that even at low levels of exposure, long-term PM10 exposure interacts with abdominal obesity to increase blood TG levels. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study showing the modification action of abdominal obesity regarding the PM10 effect on a blood lipid parameter. Our findings suggest that reducing both abdominal obesity prevalence and PM10 below current standards would result in additional health benefits for the population.Key messagesLong-term PM10 exposure interacts with abdominal obesity to increase non-fasting blood triglycerides levels by about 2% per each 1 µg/m3...
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - October 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
11.E. Round table: Climate change, justice and public health: recommendations for action
Abstract There is an urgent need to further integrate climate, health, and equity across knowledge, practice and policy, to ensure joint solutions to interlinked problems. This workshop, developed by EuroHealthNet and the European Environment Agency (EEA), will be framed by cutting-edge research and opportunities for policy and action highlighted in the new Lancet Countdown - EEA publication on “Responding to the health risks of climate change in Europe”, as well as the recent INHERIT Horizon 2020 initiative, coordinated by EuroHealthNet. It will seek to explore the four COP26 goals (Mitigation, Adaptation, Finance a...
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - October 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
4.E. Workshop: Climate change influence in the exposure to several risk factors: One Health approach as a solution?
Abstract Climate change (CC), considered by IPCC as unequivocal, is associated with significant changes in long-term weather characteristics and short-term weather extremes in different regions of the globe. The increasing of exposure to several risk factors within the human, animal and environmental dimensions is one of the effects of CC. Considering that the persistence and mobility of chemicals/toxins are influenced by weather conditions, we can predict that human exposure will be affected. Additionally, changes in biota are also predicted as an adaptation to the CC scenario and due to the increased use of biocides. A...
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - October 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Impact of Air Pollution on Daily Asthma Symptoms
CONCLUSION: In the place and period studied the air pollutants behaved as factors of variation in the intensity of asthma symptoms. The ozone level was the best predictive factor of symptom variation. Levels of particulate matter, carbon monoxide and nitrogen were identified as secondary markers. The time lag between the variables with the best correlation suggests there could be a delayed effect of pollutants on respiratory symptoms.PMID:34586983 | DOI:10.20344/amp.13262 (Source: Acta Medica Portuguesa)
Source: Acta Medica Portuguesa - September 29, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Sofia Farinha B árbara Kong Cardoso Marta Martins Leonor Campos Elza Tomaz Source Type: research
The German Environmental Survey for Children and Adolescents 2014-2017 (GerES V) - Study population, response rates and representativeness
Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2021 Aug 7;237:113821. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113821. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe German Environmental Survey (GerES) is a population-representative, cross-sectional study on environmental exposures of the general population of Germany. GerES has repeatedly been conducted since 1985 by the German Environment Agency (UBA) in close collaboration with the Health Interview and Examination Surveys of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). In the German Environmental Survey for Children and adolescents 2014-2017 (GerES V) pollutants and other environmental stressors were measured in human samples as ...
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - August 10, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Christine Schulz Andr é Conrad Enrico Rucic Gerda Schwedler Lena Reiber Jasmin Peisker Marike Kolossa-Gehring Source Type: research
The German Environmental Survey for Children and Adolescents 2014-2017 (GerES V) - Study population, response rates and representativeness
Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2021 Aug 7;237:113821. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113821. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe German Environmental Survey (GerES) is a population-representative, cross-sectional study on environmental exposures of the general population of Germany. GerES has repeatedly been conducted since 1985 by the German Environment Agency (UBA) in close collaboration with the Health Interview and Examination Surveys of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). In the German Environmental Survey for Children and adolescents 2014-2017 (GerES V) pollutants and other environmental stressors were measured in human samples as ...
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - August 10, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Christine Schulz Andr é Conrad Enrico Rucic Gerda Schwedler Lena Reiber Jasmin Peisker Marike Kolossa-Gehring Source Type: research
The German Environmental Survey for Children and Adolescents 2014-2017 (GerES V) - Study population, response rates and representativeness
Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2021 Aug 7;237:113821. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113821. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe German Environmental Survey (GerES) is a population-representative, cross-sectional study on environmental exposures of the general population of Germany. GerES has repeatedly been conducted since 1985 by the German Environment Agency (UBA) in close collaboration with the Health Interview and Examination Surveys of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). In the German Environmental Survey for Children and adolescents 2014-2017 (GerES V) pollutants and other environmental stressors were measured in human samples as ...
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - August 10, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Christine Schulz Andr é Conrad Enrico Rucic Gerda Schwedler Lena Reiber Jasmin Peisker Marike Kolossa-Gehring Source Type: research
Developing potency factors for thyroid hormone disruption by PFASs using TTR-TR β CALUX® bioassay and assessment of PFASs mixtures in technical products
CONCLUSION: Potency factors based on PC80 values from TTR-TRβ CALUX® relative to PFOA have been developed for major PFASs. In AFFF surfactants and CMS a trend of higher activities with higher amounts of PFOS and PFOA have been found. PFOA and PFOS showed high responses in the TTR-TRβ CALUX® assay and had the largest contributions to the PFOA-EQs in the AFFF surfactants and CMS applications. Using potency factors as determined in the TTR-TRβ CALUX® to convert PFASs assessed by chemical analysis to PFOA-EQ led to comparable results as compared to the results from PFASs measured directly by the TTR-TRβ CALUX® assay. T...
Source: Environment International - August 7, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Peter A Behnisch Harrie Besselink Roland Weber Wolfram Willand Jun Huang Abraham Brouwer Source Type: research
Transient transmission of Chikungunya virus in Singapore exemplifies successful mitigation of severe epidemics in a vulnerable population
BEAST: Bayesian Evolutionary Analysis by Sampling Trees; BHK: Baby Hamster Kidney; CHIKV: Chikungunya virus; E1: Envelope 1; ECSA: East, Central and South African; EHI: Environmental Health Institute; GTR: General time reversible; MOH: Ministry of Health; NEA: National Environment Agency; PRNT: Plaque reduction neutralisation test; RT-PCR: Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. (Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases)
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - August 7, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Hapuarachchige Chanditha Hapuarachchi, Wing-Yan Wong, Carmen Koo, Wei-Ping Tien, Gladys Yeo, Jayanthi Rajarethinam, Eugene Tan, Suzanna Chiang, Chee-Seng Chong, Cheong-Huat Tan, Li-Kiang Tan, Lee-Ching Ng Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 8142: A Cluster Analysis of Risk Factors for Cancer across EU Countries: Health Policy Recommendations for Prevention
erski
Cancer burden in the European Union (EU) is increasing and has stimulated the European Commission (EC) to develop strategies for cancer control. A common “one size fits all” prevention policy may not be effective in reducing cancer morbidity and mortality. The goal of this paper is to show that EU member states are not homogenous in terms of their exposure to risk factors for cancer (i.e., lifestyle, socio-economic status (SES), air pollution, and vaccination). Data from a variety of sources including Eurostat, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, the European Health Interview Survey, Eurobarometer, and the E...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - July 31, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Dawid Majcherek Marzenna Anna Weresa Christina Ciecierski Tags: Article Source Type: research
The influence of COVID-19 preventive measures on the air quality in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
AbstractThe preventive and cautionary measures taken by the UAE and Abu Dhabi governments to reduce the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and promote social distancing have led to a reduction of mobility and a modification of economic and social activities. This paper provides statistical analysis of the air quality data monitored by the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) during the first 10 months of 2020, comparing the different stages of the preventive measures. Ground monitoring data is compared with satellite images and mobility indicators. The study shows a drastic decrease during lockdown in the conce...
Source: Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health - April 4, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 2830: Challenges to Evidence Synthesis and Identification of Data Gaps in Human Biomonitoring
va Šidlovská
Carla Ancona
Ivan Eržen
Ovnair Sepai
Argelia Castaño
Marike Kolossa-Gehring
Ulrike Fiddicke
The increasing number of human biomonitoring (HBM) studies undertaken in recent decades has brought to light the need to harmonise procedures along all phases of the study, including sampling, data collection and analytical methods to allow data comparability. The first steps towards harmonisation are the identification and collation of HBM methodological information of existing studies and data gaps. Systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses have been traditionally put at the top of the hierar...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - March 10, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Ana Virgolino Osvaldo Santos Joana Costa M ónica Fialho Ivo Iavicoli Tiina Santonen Hanna Tolonen Evangelia Samoli Klea Katsouyanni Georgios Baltatzis Flavia Ruggieri Annalisa Abballe Ida Petrovi čová Branislav Kolena Miroslava Šidlovská Carla Ancona Tags: Concept Paper Source Type: research
