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Evaluation of occupational health and safety intervention for the waste and sanitation workers in Bangladesh during COVID-19
Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2023 Nov 22;255:114288. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2023.114288. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWaste and sanitation workers in South-Asian countries are vulnerable to injuries and diseases, including COVID-19. In Bangladesh, an intervention was implemented during COVID-19 to lower these workers' occupational health risks through training and PPE distribution. We assessed how the intervention affected their occupational health behaviors using a randomized cluster trial in 10 Bangladeshi cities, including seven intervention and three control areas. We conducted 499 surveys (Control-152, Intervention-347) a...
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - November 23, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Dewan Muhammad Shoaib Tanvir Ahmed Kazy Farhat Tabassum Mehedi Hasan Fazle Sharior Mahbubur Rahman Makfie Farah Md Azizur Rahman Alauddin Ahmed James B Tidwell Mahbub-Ul Alam Source Type: research

Automated scraping and analyses of drinking water quality data
Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2023 Nov 22;255:114295. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2023.114295. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDrinking water quality data, though regularly monitored, is not available in Germany as national overview, but only decentralized from the water suppliers. On the national level, only the number of limit exceedances are reported. An overview on drinking water qualities as complete as possible however is necessary to assess and develop regulations and helpful for authorities, political decision makers, the public and the scientific community. Due to the fragmented nature of the data sources, web-scraping was use...
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - November 23, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Leon Saal Aki Sebastian Ruhl Source Type: research

Dietary intakes of dioxins and polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) and mortality: EPIC cohort study in 9 European countries
Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2023 Nov 20;255:114287. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2023.114287. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are toxic, endocrine disruptors and persistent chemicals for which the main exposure source is diet due to their bioaccumulation and biomagnification in food chains. Cohort studies in the general populations have reported inconsistent associations between these chemicals in serum/plasma and mortality. Our objective was to study the association between dietary intake of 17 dioxins and 35 PCBs and all-cause, cancer-specific and cardiovascular-specific mortalities were ...
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - November 21, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Thibault Fiolet Genevi ève Nicolas Corinne Casagrande Zsuzsanna Horvath Pauline Frenoy Elisabete Weiderpass Marc J Gunter Jonas Manjer Emily Sonestedt Domenico Palli Vittorio Simeon Rosario Tumino Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita Jos é María Huerta Miguel Rodrigu Source Type: research

Pubertal progression in relation to peripubertal exposure to organochlorine chemicals in a cohort of Russian boys
CONCLUSION: Boys' peripubertal exposure to dioxins and certain PCBs may alter pubertal progression.PMID:37981979 | PMC:PMC10653680 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijheh.2022.114096 (Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health)
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - November 20, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Bora Plaku Paige L Williams Oleg Sergeyev Susan A Korrick Jane S Burns Jemar R Bather Russ Hauser Mary M Lee Russian Children ’s Study Source Type: research

Effect of a behaviour change intervention on household food hygiene practices in rural Bangladesh: A cluster-randomised controlled trial
CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that a motivational behaviour change intervention encouraged caregivers to maintain certain safe food hygiene practices in a rural setting. However, substantial physical changes in the household environment are likely needed to make these behaviours habitual.TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT02505711.PMID:37983985 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijheh.2023.114291 (Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health)
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - November 20, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Shafinaz Sobhan Anna A M üller-Hauser Giorgia Gon Tarique Md Nurul Huda Jillian L Waid Amanda S Wendt Mahbubur Rahman Sabine Gabrysch Source Type: research

Supporting and implementing the beneficial parts of the exposome: The environment can be the problem, but it can also be the solution
Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2023 Nov 16;255:114290. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2023.114290. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn 2005, Christopher P. Wild introduced the exposome concept, encompassing the biochemical changes in the organism in response to the totality of all environmental exposures throughout the entire lifespan and their association with health outcomes. The exposome concept also aimed at to completing the genome, that describes the genetic predisposition as a determinant of disease and death as well as potential targets of intervention. The exposome can be subdivided into multiple pollutomes related to specific chem...
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - November 18, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Omar Hahad Sadeer Al-Kindi Jos Lelieveld Thomas M ünzel Andreas Daiber Source Type: research

Adaptation behaviors modify the effects of body fat on heat-related symptoms among Taiwanese elderly
CONCLUSIONS: Elevated body fat levels, indicative of obesity, corresponded with an increased risk of heat-related symptoms. Integrating multiple adaptive behaviors can diminish the negative health impact of body fat on heat-induced symptoms. However, certain commonly adopted practices might not confer expected benefits.PMID:37979230 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijheh.2023.114296 (Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health)
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - November 18, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Chi-Hsien Chen Wen-Yi Lin Kang-Yun Lee Wen-Jung Sun Li-Ying Huang Yue-Liang Leon Guo Source Type: research

Air pollution inside fire stations: State-of-the-art and future challenges
Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2023 Nov 15;255:114289. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2023.114289. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFirefighters are frequently exposed to products of combustion and pyrolysis. Exposure to these substances occurs not only during fires but also at fire stations, particularly where fire equipment and fire uniforms are stored after firefighting operations. The aims of this study were to review the research on the concentrations of various air pollutants in fire stations, identify the limitations and strengths of such research, identify research gaps and related future challenges, and highlight potential solution...
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - November 17, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Karolina Bralewska Source Type: research

Drivers of divergent assessments of bisphenol-A hazards to semen quality by various European agencies, regulators and scientists
Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2023 Nov 15;255:114293. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2023.114293. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe downward revision of the bisphenol A (BPA) Health-based Guidance Value (HBGV) by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has led to disagreements with other regulatory agencies, among them the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR). The BfR has recently published an alternative Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI), 1000-times higher than the EFSA HBGV of 0.2 ng/kg/d. While the EFSA value is defined in relation to immunotoxicity, the BfR alternative TDI is based on declines in sperm counts resulting fr...
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - November 17, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Andreas Kortenkamp Olwenn Martin Eleni Iacovidou Martin Scholze Source Type: research