Concerns about the impacts on public health and on the natural environment have been
raised regarding the full range of operational activities related to uranium mining and the …

Interventional cardiologists who work in cardiac catheterization laboratories are exposed to
low doses of ionizing radiation that could pose a health hazard. DNA damage is considered …

Depleted uranium (DU) is a byproduct of the enrichment process of uranium for its more
radioactive isotopes to be used in nuclear energy. Because DU is pyrophoric and a dense …

Even though mining-related uranium (U) pollution in the Wonderfonteinspruit (WFS) has
been an ongoing concern since the mid-1960s, media attention has increased considerably …

Uranium is well-known to have serious adverse effects on the ecological environment and
human health. Bioremediation stands out among many remediation methods owing to its …

Depleted uranium (DU) is used in both civilian and military applications. Civilian uses are
primarily limited to ballast and counterweights in ships and aircraft with limited risk of …

The adverse effects of uranium exposure on human health are well-known; less is known,
however, regarding its association with congenital malformations. We conducted a case …

Since the first widespread use of depleted uranium in military in the 1991 Gulf War, the so-
called “Gulf War Syndrome” has been a topic of ongoing debate. However, a low number of …

Uranium as an environmental contaminant has been shown to be toxic to eukaryotes and
prokaryotes; however, no specific mechanisms of uranium toxicity have been proposed so …

Abstract Background Orofacial clefts (OFCs) are common kind of congenital malformations.
The teratogenicity of uranium (U) has been documented in animal study that maternal …