Environmental genome of industrial products (EGIP): the missing link for human health

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 3600-3606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Overcash
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Industrial Products ◽  
Missing Link ◽  
Environmental Genome ◽  
Global Emissions

Environmental genome captures global emissions to air, water, and terrestrial systems from manufacturing products for society.

scholarly journals A chronology of global air quality

2020 ◽  
Vol 378 (2183) ◽  
pp. 20190314 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Fowler ◽  
Peter Brimblecombe ◽  
John Burrows ◽  
Mathew R. Heal ◽  
Peringe Grennfelt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
North America ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Secondary Pollutants ◽  
Surface Measurements ◽  
Global Emissions

Air pollution has been recognized as a threat to human health since the time of Hippocrates, ca 400 BC. Successive written accounts of air pollution occur in different countries through the following two millennia until measurements, from the eighteenth century onwards, show the growing scale of poor air quality in urban centres and close to industry, and the chemical characteristics of the gases and particulate matter. The industrial revolution accelerated both the magnitude of emissions of the primary pollutants and the geographical spread of contributing countries as highly polluted cities became the defining issue, culminating with the great smog of London in 1952. Europe and North America dominated emissions and suffered the majority of adverse effects until the latter decades of the twentieth century, by which time the transboundary issues of acid rain, forest decline and ground-level ozone became the main environmental and political air quality issues. As controls on emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides (SO 2 and NO x ) began to take effect in Europe and North America, emissions in East and South Asia grew strongly and dominated global emissions by the early years of the twenty-first century. The effects of air quality on human health had also returned to the top of the priorities by 2000 as new epidemiological evidence emerged. By this time, extensive networks of surface measurements and satellite remote sensing provided global measurements of both primary and secondary pollutants. Global emissions of SO 2 and NO x peaked, respectively, in ca 1990 and 2018 and have since declined to 2020 as a result of widespread emission controls. By contrast, with a lack of actions to abate ammonia, global emissions have continued to grow. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue ‘Air quality, past present and future’.

Fabrication of calix[4]arene-attached mesoporous ammonium molybdophosphate–silica hybrid and its application as an adsorbent for cesium ions

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 3196-3203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junho Ahn ◽  
Na Young Lim ◽  
Jeong Su Park ◽  
Yeonweon Choi ◽  
Jong Hwa Jung
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Nuclear Wastes ◽  
Industrial Products ◽  
Cesium Ions ◽  
Ammonium Molybdophosphate ◽  
Cesium Cation ◽  
Silica Hybrid

The cesium cation is a common contaminant in medical and industrial products as well as in nuclear wastes, and it can present a serious risk to human health.

Sustainable Governance in the Integrated System “Environment-Agriculture–Health” Through ICTs

2011 ◽  
pp. 87-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Misso
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Health Food ◽  
System Environment ◽  
Governance Model ◽  
Global Emissions

This chapter analyzes the role of ICTs in a sustainable governance model as fundamental tools to manage the integrated system “Environment, Agriculture and Health”. Food production can determine a negative impact on the environment that then reverberates on the human health: intensive agricultural practices and farming are the principals responsible of the global emissions of greenhouses gases that, causing climate change, can impact human health. The study produced a survey with the purpose of appraising firms’ propensity to use ICTs tools in order to enhance their strategies on climate change and environmental pollution and to work, through sustainable communication, towards an integrated system.

Lycopene alleviates sulfamethoxazole-induced hepatotoxicity in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) via suppression of oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 8547-8559
Author(s):  
Hongjing Zhao ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
Mengyao Mu ◽  
Menghao Guo ◽  
Hongxian Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Grass Carp ◽  
Aquatic Environment ◽  
Ctenopharyngodon Idellus

Antibiotics are used worldwide to treat diseases in humans and other animals; most of them and their secondary metabolites are discharged into the aquatic environment, posing a serious threat to human health.

Emerging Nutrition Gaps in a World of Affluence - Micronutrient Intake and Status Globally

2011 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 238-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manfred Eggersdorfer ◽  
Paul Walter
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Molecular Basis ◽  
Health Benefit ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Micronutrient Deficiencies ◽  
New Science ◽  
Health And Nutrition ◽  
Micronutrient Intake

Nutrition is important for human health in all stages of life - from conception to old age. Today we know much more about the molecular basis of nutrition. Most importantly, we have learnt that micronutrients, among other factors, interact with genes, and new science is increasingly providing more tools to clarify this interrelation between health and nutrition. Sufficient intake of vitamins is essential to achieve maximum health benefit. It is well established that in developing countries, millions of people still suffer from micronutrient deficiencies. However, it is far less recognized that we face micronutrient insufficiencies also in developed countries.

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