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Exposure to outdoor ambient air toxics and risk of breast cancer: The multiethnic cohort
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that specific toxic air pollutants may be associated with increase breast cancer risk.PMID:38574449 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijheh.2024.114362 (Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health)
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - April 4, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Julia E Heck Di He Sam E Wing Beate Ritz Chandra D Carey Juan Yang Daniel O Stram Lo ïc Le Marchand Sungshim Lani Park Iona Cheng Anna H Wu Source Type: research

Household water use and greywater management in Khulna city, Bangladesh
Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2024 Apr 2;259:114376. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2024.114376. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWhile substantial progress has been made in improving water and sanitation services in low- and middle-income countries, aligned basic services such as greywater, stormwater, and solid waste management have progressed little in recent decades. Data was collected in Khulna city, Bangladesh via a household survey (n = 192) of low-income areas exploring domestic water use and greywater volumes, characteristics, and disposal practices. Most households (71%) use a piped water supply for domestic purposes, supplemente...
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - April 3, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: R Lewis R Scott B Bala H Jahan J Bartram T Radu Source Type: research

Infection prevention and control and related practices in African neonatal units: The Pan-African neonatal care assessment study (PANCAS)
This study identified opportunities to improve IP&C practices using low-cost measures including further education and peer support through learning collaboratives. Virtual tours can be used to provide site-specific assessment and feedback from peers, IP&C specialists and environmental engineering experts.PMID:38564877 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijheh.2024.114357 (Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health)
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - April 2, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Irene Frantzis St éphanie Levasseur Jack Huebner Maitry Mahida Philip Larussa Wilmot James Workeabeba Abebe Crispen Ngwenya Ezekiel Mupere Susan L Rosenthal Janna Patterson Julia Johnson Renate Strehlau Sileshi Lulseged Lawrence R Stanberry Lisa Saiman Source Type: research

Assessing environmental exposure to viruses in wastewater treatment plant and swine farm scenarios with next-generation sequencing and occupational risk approaches
This study investigates the viral exposure of workers in a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and a swine farm by analyzing aerosol and surfaces samples. Viral contamination was evaluated using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assays, and target enrichment sequencing (TES) was performed to identify the vertebrate viruses to which workers might be exposed. Additionally, Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA) was conducted to estimate the occupational risk associated with viral exposure for WWTP workers, choosing Human Adenovirus (HAdV) as the reference pathogen. In the swine farm, QMRA was performed as an...
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - March 31, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Marta Itarte Miquel Calvo Lola Mart ínez-Frago Cristina Mej ías-Molina Sandra Mart ínez-Puchol Rosina Girones Gertjan Medema S ílvia Bofill-Mas Marta Rusi ñol Source Type: research

A comparative study on antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli isolates from Austrian patients and wastewater-influenced Danube River water and biofilms
In this study, AMR patterns of Escherichia coli isolates from urinary tract infections and colonised urinary catheters of inpatients and outpatients were compared to isolates from the Danube River within the same catchment in Austria to potentially link environmental with clinical resistance patterns. Susceptibility to 20 antibiotics was tested for 697 patient, 489 water and 440 biofilm isolates. The resistance ratios in patient isolates were significantly higher than in the environmental isolates and higher resistance ratios were found in biofilm in comparison to water isolates. The role of the biofilm as potential sink o...
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - March 29, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Melanie Leopold Angelika Kabicher Ildiko-Julia Pap Barbara Str öbele Gernot Zarfel Andreas H Farnleitner Alexander K T Kirschner Source Type: research

Biomonitoring for workplace exposure to copper and its compounds is currently not interpretable
Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2024 Mar 25;258:114358. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2024.114358. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis paper sets out to explore the requirements needed to recommend a useable and reliable biomonitoring system for occupational exposure to copper and its inorganic compounds. Whilst workplace environmental monitoring of copper is used to measure ambient air concentrations for comparison against occupational exposure limits, biological monitoring could provide complementary information about the internal dose of workers, taking into account intra-individual variability and exposure from all routes. For biomoni...
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - March 26, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Ruth Bevan Len Levy Source Type: research