Environmental chemical-wide associations with immune biomarkers in US adults: A cross-sectional analysis
In this study, we tested the associations between environmental chemical concentrations and immune biomarkers. We analyzed the United States cross-sectional National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 1999-2018). Chemical biomarker concentrations were measured in blood or urine (196 chemicals, 17 chemical families). Immune biomarkers included counts of lymphocytes, neutrophils, monocytes, basophils, eosinophils, red blood cells, white blood cells, and mean corpuscular volume. We conducted separate survey-weighted, multivariable linear regressions of each log2-transformed chemicals on immune measures, adjusted ...
Source: Environmental Research - April 19, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Lauren Y M Middleton Vy K Nguyen John Dou Herong Wang Chirag Patel Sung Kyun Park Justin A Colacino Kelly M Bakulski Source Type: research
Microbial oases in the ice: A state-of-the-art review on cryoconite holes as diversity hotspots and their scientific connotations
Environ Res. 2024 Apr 17;252(Pt 2):118963. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118963. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCryoconite holes, small meltwater pools on the surface of glaciers and ice sheets, represent extremely cold ecosystems teeming with diverse microbial life. Cryoconite holes exhibit greater susceptibility to the impacts of climate change, underlining the imperative nature of investigating microbial communities as an essential module of polar and alpine ecosystem monitoring efforts. Microbes in cryoconite holes play a critical role in nutrient cycling and can produce bioactive compounds, holding promise for industrial ...
Source: Environmental Research - April 19, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Shahnawaz Hassan Misba Mushtaq Shahid Ahmad Ganiee Muzafar Zaman Aarif Yaseen Abdul Jalil Shah Bashir Ahmad Ganai Source Type: research
Plastic-related Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Significantly Related to the increased Risk of Estrogen-dependent Diseases in Women
CONCLUSION: Increased serum, urinary, or dietary concentration of MBzP and MEHP in women is significantly associated with endometriosis risk. Increased cadmium concentration is associated with endometrial cancer risk.PMID:38640992 | DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2024.118966 (Source: Environmental Research)
Source: Environmental Research - April 19, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Natasha Chitakwa Mohammed Alqudaimi Mazhar Sultan Di Wu Source Type: research
Organic amendments increased Chinese milk vetch symbiotic nitrogen fixation by enriching Mesorhizobium in rhizosphere
Environ Res. 2024 Apr 16:118923. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118923. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSymbiotic nitrogen fixation of Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus L.) can fix nitrogen from the atmosphere and serve as an organic nitrogen source in agricultural ecosystems. Exogenous organic material application is a common practice of affecting symbiotic nitrogen fixation; however, the results of the regulation activities remain under discussion. Studies on the impact of organic amendments on symbiotic nitrogen fixation have focused on dissolved organic carbon content changes, whereas the impact on dissolved organic car...
Source: Environmental Research - April 18, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Qing Bian Kun Cheng Ling Chen Yuji Jiang Daming Li Zubin Xie Xiaoyue Wang Bo Sun Source Type: research
Comparison of nitrification performance in SBR and SBBR with response to NaCl salinity shock: microbial structure and functional genes
This study will provide a valuable reference for the startup of nitrification process within a short period of time under the extremely high NaCl salinity.PMID:38636642 | DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2024.118917 (Source: Environmental Research)
Source: Environmental Research - April 18, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Xuezhe Wen Liang Cui Huali Lin Wenqiang Zhu Zongze Shao Yong Wang Source Type: research
Recent advancements in polyurethane-based membranes for gas separation
Environ Res. 2024 Apr 16:118953. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118953. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTGas separation membranes are critical in a variety of environmental research and industrial applications. These membranes are designed to selectively allow some gases to flow while blocking others, allowing for the separation and purification of gases for a variety of applications. Therefore, the demand for fast and energy-efficient gas separation techniques is of central interest for many chemical and energy production diligences due to the intensified levels of greenhouse and industrial gases. This encourages the researchers...
Source: Environmental Research - April 18, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Noureen Arshad Syeda Rubab Batool Sadia Razzaq Mubeen Arshad Abher Rasheed Munir Ashraf Yasir Nawab Muhammad Anwaar Nazeer Source Type: research
Integrating machine learning models with cross-validation and bootstrapping for evaluating groundwater quality in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand
This study aimed to explore the applicability of random forest (RF) and artificial neural networks (ANN) models to predict groundwater quality. Particularly, these two models were integrated into cross-validation (CV) and bootstrapping (B) techniques to build predictive models, including RF-CV, RF-B, ANN-CV, and ANN-B. Entropy groundwater quality index (EWQI) was converted to normalized EWQI which was then classified into five levels from very poor to very good. A total of twelve physicochemical parameters from 180 groundwater wells, including potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, chloride, sulfate, bicarbonate, nitrate, ...
Source: Environmental Research - April 18, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Nguyen Ngoc Thanh Srilert Chotpantarat Nguyen Huu Ngu Pongsathron Thunyawatcharakul Narongsak Kaewdum Source Type: research
Green synthesis of manganese ferrite magnetic nanoparticle and its modification with metallic-organic frameworks for the tetracycline adsorption from aqueous solutions: A mathematical study of kinetics, isotherms, and thermodynamics
Environ Res. 2024 Apr 16:118957. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118957. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn the current investigation, MnFe2O4/ZIF-8 nanocomposite was generated as a magnetic nanoadsorber using the extract of Dracocephalum plant and characterized by XRD, FTIR, VSM, BET, FESEM, EDS-mapping, TEM, XPS, TPD-NH3, and TGA analyses. Also, to determine its efficiency in the adsorption process of tetracycline, the effect of pH (3-9), nanocomposite dose (0.025-2 g/L), initial pollutant concentration (5-100 mg/L), contact time (5-200 min), and temperature (5-50 °C) were studied. The results of the morphological properties o...
Source: Environmental Research - April 18, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Moslem Azqandi Bahman Ramavandi Negin Nasseh Davood Zaarei Farzaneh Fanaei Source Type: research
Transforming pollution into solutions: A bibliometric analysis and sustainable strategies for reducing indoor microplastics while converting to value-added products
Environ Res. 2024 Apr 16;252(Pt 2):118928. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118928. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMicroplastics (MPs), as emerging indoor contaminants, have garnered attention due to their ubiquity and unresolved implications for human health. These tiny particles have permeated indoor air and water, leading to inevitable human exposure. Preliminary evidence suggests MP exposure could be linked to respiratory, gastrointestinal, and potentially other health issues, yet the full scope of their effects remains unclear. To map the overall landscape of this research field, a bibliometric analysis based on research art...
Source: Environmental Research - April 18, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Hong Yee Kek Huiyi Tan Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman Chew Tin Lee Fatin Batrisyia Jihat Ahmad Nur Dayana Ismail Bemgba Bevan Nyakuma Kee Quen Lee Keng Yinn Wong Source Type: research
Longitudinal Study of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins along Canada's Coast
Environ Res. 2024 Apr 16:118944. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118944. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTParalytic shellfish toxins (PST) in shellfish products have led to severe risks to human health. To monitor the risk, the Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program has been collecting longitudinal PST measurements in blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) and soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria) samples in six coastal provinces of Canada. The spatial distributions of major temporal variation patterns were studied via Functional Principal Component Analysis. Seasonal increases in PST contamination were found to vary the most in terms of magnitude ...
Source: Environmental Research - April 18, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Shuai You Li Xing Mary Lesperance Youlian Pan Xuekui Zhang Source Type: research
A progress update on the biological effects of biodegradable microplastics on soil and ocean environment: a perfect substitute or new threat?
Environ Res. 2024 Apr 16:118960. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118960. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTConventional plastics are inherently difficult to degrade, causing serious plastic pollution. With the development of society, biodegradable plastics (BPs) are considered as an alternative to traditional plastics. However, current research indicated that BPs do not undergo complete degradation in natural environments. Instead, they may convert into biodegradable microplastics (BMPs) at an accelerated rate, thereby posing a significant threat to environment. In this paper, the definition, application, distribution, degradation ...
Source: Environmental Research - April 18, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daqin Wang Fei Xiong Lingjie Wu Zhihui Liu Kai Xu Jiawei Huang Jinyan Liu Qin Ding Juan Zhang Yuepu Pu Rongli Sun Source Type: research
Could soil microplastic pollution exacerbate climate change? A meta-analysis of greenhouse gas emissions and global warming potential
Environ Res. 2024 Apr 16;252(Pt 2):118945. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118945. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMicroplastics pollution and climate change are primarily investigated in isolation, despite their joint threat to the environment. Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are emitted during: the production of plastic and rubber, the use and degradation of plastic, and after contamination of environment. This is the first meta-analysis to assess underlying causal relationships and the influence of likely mediators. We included 60 peer-reviewed empirical studies; estimating GHGs emissions effect size and global warming potential (GWP)...
Source: Environmental Research - April 17, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Shahid Iqbal Jianchu Xu Muhammad Saleem Arif Awais Shakoor Fiona R Worthy Heng Gui Sehroon Khan Dengpan Bu Sadia Nader Sailesh Ranjitkar Source Type: research
Cefixime loaded bare and functionalized halloysite nanocarriers and their biomedical applications
Environ Res. 2024 Apr 15;252(Pt 2):118927. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118927. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTEffective drug delivery for is the foremost requirement for the complete recovery of the disease. Nanomedicine and nanoengineering has provided so many spaces and ideas for the drug delivery design, whether controlled, targeted, or sustained. Different types of nanocarriers or nanoparticles are aggressively designed for the drug delivery applications. Clay minerals are identified as a one of the potential nanocarrier for the drug delivery. Owing to their biocompatibility and very low cytotoxicity, clay minerals showi...
Source: Environmental Research - April 17, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Deepak Verma Manunya Okhawilai Karthik Subramani Karthikeyan Chandrasekaran Pornnapa Kasemsiri Hiroshi Uyama Source Type: research
Recent advances in catalyst design, performance, and challenges of metal-heteroatom-co-doped biochar as peroxymonosulfate activator for environmental remediation
Environ Res. 2024 Apr 16;252(Pt 2):118919. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118919. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe escalation of global water pollution due to emerging pollutants has gained significant attention. To address this issue, catalytic peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation technology has emerged as a promising treatment approach for effectively decontaminating a wide range of pollutants. Recently, modified biochar has become an increasingly attractive as PMS activator. Metal-heteroatom-co-doped biochar (MH-BC) has emerged as a promising catalyst that can provide enhanced performance over heteroatom-doped and metal-dope...
Source: Environmental Research - April 17, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Ganapaty Manickavasagam Chao He Kun-Yi Andrew Lin Mardiana Saaid Wen-Da Oh Source Type: research
The impact of prenatal mercury on neurobehavioral functioning longitudinally assessed from a young age to pre-adolescence in a Spanish birth cohort
CONCLUSION: Despite elevated prenatal THg exposure, no association was found with children's behavioural functioning assessed from early childhood to pre-adolescence. The nutrients in fish could offset the potential neurotoxic impact of Hg. Further birth cohort studies with longitudinal data are warranted.PMID:38631469 | DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2024.118954 (Source: Environmental Research)
Source: Environmental Research - April 17, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Blanca Sarzo Ferran Ballester Raquel Soler-Blasco Jordi Sunyer Maria-Jose Lopez-Espinosa Jesus Ibarluzea Manuel Lozano Jordi Julvez Gorka Iriarte Mikel Subiza-Perez Ll úcia González-Safont Ana Fern ández-Somoano Jorge Vallejo-Ortega M ònica Guxens Uli Source Type: research
