2022-09-20 Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) are widely used chemicals and ubiquitous emerging organic pollutants in the environment, some of which have persistent, bio-accumulative, and toxic…
2022-07 Objectives: To assess the effects of noise and chemical exposure on peripheral and central auditory pathways in normal-hearing workers exposed to chemicals or high…
2022-08-26 As a serious occupational pulmonary fibrosis disease, pneumoconiosis still lacks effective biomarkers. Previous studies suggest that pneumoconiosis may affect the body’s lipid metabolism. The…
2022-09-09 Poor air quality and environmental pollution remain some of the main etiological factors leading to cancers and cancer-related deaths worldwide. As a result of…
2022-09-21 Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are common in the environment and in everyday products such as cosmetics, plastic food packaging, and medicines. These substances are toxic…
2022-09-19 Background: Thirdhand smoke (THS) exposure correlated with significant metabolism of carcinogenic chemicals and the potential to cause detrimental health effects. Human harm research of…
2022-09-02 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a threat to human and animal health, with the environment increasingly recognised as playing an important role in AMR evolution,…
2022-09 Background: The first evidence of micro- and nanoplastic (MNP) exposure in the human placenta is emerging. However, the toxicokinetics and toxicity of MNPs in…
2022-09-15 Various construction materials and interior equipment contain volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Their higher quantities in indoor air are linked to poor health consequences and…
2022-09-21 Pollution from vehicle tires has received world-wide research attention due to its ubiquity and toxicity. In this study, we measured various tire-derived contaminants semi-quantitatively…
The update of the ZDHC MRSL Version 2.0 to Version 3.0 includes several new restrictions including on all PFAS used for textile, footwear, and leather treatments.
2022-09-22 The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI), which is responsible for regulating drinking water quality, has today published its Annual Report for 2021. It states that…
2022-09-16 In a short communication article published on August 10, 2022, in the journal Food Packaging and Shelf Life, Maurus Biedermann and co-authors from the…
2022-09-04 The United Kingdom recently launched the new ‘Best Available Techniques’ (BAT) framework to enable regulators and the industry to work together to identify and…
2022-09-21 Gov4Nano, NANORIGO, and RiskGONE, three projects funded by the European Union (EU), are working together “to develop and establish a robust public policy framework…
2022-09-19 Today, advocates urged Governor Hochul and the NYS Department of Health (DOH) to bring New York’s drinking water standards on toxic PFAS in line…
2022-09-19 Some states in the U.S. are giving the go-ahead for the use of sewage sludge as a crop fertilizer with little to no testing,…
2022-09-20 Bipartisan group Seneca Lake Guardian, along with nonprofit Earthjustice, Senator Rachel May, and outgoing Health Committee Chair Richard Gottfried, urged statewide action on pervasive…
2022-09-19 On August 26, 2022, the EPA proposed to designate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), including their salts and structural isomers, as hazardous…
2022-09-21 Berkeley — Ten years after the state of California recognized the human right to water, hundreds of thousands of residents still rely on drinking…