Book review: Genetically Engineered Organisms: Assessing Environmental and Human Health Effects. Edited by Deborah K. Letourneau and Beth Elpern Burrows. 2002. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 438 p. $74.95, ISBN 0-8493-0439-3.

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 203-204
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Genetically Engineered ◽  
Genetically Engineered Organisms ◽  
Human Health Effects

Human Health Effects of Microplastics in Drinking Water: A Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 40-43
Author(s):  
PA Ganichev
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Russian Science ◽  
The Past ◽  
Russian Science Citation Index ◽  
Human Health Effects ◽  
Published Research ◽  
Potential Human Health

Introduction: Polymer products have become inexpensive, convenient and widely used in all spheres of everyday life recently. Microplastics are found in seawater, wastewater, fresh water, foodstuffs, and air. Over the past few years, the presence of microplastics in treated tap and bottled water has been reported, raising questions and concerns about their potential human health effects. Objective: To summarize and systematize the results of studying health effects of exposure to microplastics in potable water. Materials and methods: A literature review was done based on ten topical articles and reviews published in 2014–2021 out of 64 sources found in the PubMed and Scopus international databases and the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI). Results and conclusions: Generalization and systematization of the published research data demonstrated the lack of strong evidence to draw conclusions about human health effects of microplastics. Information on toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics of ingested microplastic particles is absent just like the studies of the most common shapes and sizes of plastic particles and health risks from exposure to such particles in drinking water.

Chromium in the Canadian environment

1995 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome O. Nriagu ◽  
Abdul Kabir
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Surface Waters ◽  
Soil Microorganisms ◽  
Local Scale ◽  
Aquatic Biota ◽  
Chromium Toxicity ◽  
Toxicity Threshold ◽  
Environmental Media ◽  
Human Health Effects

The widening use of chromium and its compounds by local industries has led to a growing concern about the effects of chromium contamination on the Canadian environment. This report summarizes the data on Canadian sources and the concentrations of chromium in air, water, sediments, soil, terrestrial wildlife and aquatic biota. It reviews what little is currently known about the cycling of chromium in Canadian ecoystems, and the need for measuring Cr(III) and Cr(VI) rather than total Cr in the environmental media is emphasized. The potential effects of elevated levels of chromium on plants, soil microorganisms, wildlife, and aquatic biota are discussed. The human health effects are not covered. The conclusion is reached that chromium pollution has become a threat to Canadian ecosystems, especially at the local scale where the ambient chromium concentrations in some surface waters, sediments, and soils are now close to or above the toxicity threshold for a number of the more sensistive organisms.Key words: chromium pollution, chromium toxicity, chromium chemistry, chromium emission, bioaccumulation of chromium.

Strawberry and Human Health: Effects beyond Antioxidant Activity

2014 ◽  
Vol 62 (18) ◽  
pp. 3867-3876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Giampieri ◽  
José M. Alvarez-Suarez ◽  
Maurizio Battino
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Human Health Effects

The air quality and human health effects of integrating utility-scale batteries into the New York State electricity grid

2010 ◽  
Vol 195 (8) ◽  
pp. 2405-2413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth A. Gilmore ◽  
Jay Apt ◽  
Rahul Walawalkar ◽  
Peter J. Adams ◽  
Lester B. Lave
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
New York State ◽  
Electricity Grid ◽  
York State ◽  
Utility Scale ◽  
Human Health Effects
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