Lung cancer (LC), the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, is a complex and
highly heterogeneous disease. Additional to its biological complexity, LC patients are often …

The environmental soot and carbon blacks (CBs) cause many diseases in humans, but their
underlying mechanisms of toxicity are still poorly understood. Both are formed after the …

Chronic exposure to indoor biomass smoke from the combustion of solid organic fuels is a
major cause of disease burden worldwide. Almost 3 billion people use solid fuels such as …

Particulate matter (PM), an important component of air pollution, induces significant adverse
health effects. Many of the observed health effects caused by inhaled PM are associated …

Air pollution is one of the leading causes of deaths in Southeast Asian countries including
India. Exposure to air pollutants affects vital cellular mechanisms and is intimately linked …

People spend a long time indoors, especially young children. The risk of indoor pollution on
human health is one of the current hotspots in environmental and public health. The human …

Soils co-contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and cadmium (Cd)
have serious environmental impacts and are highly toxic to humans and ecosystems …

Every day, we breathe in more than 10,000 L of air that contains a variety of air pollutants
that can pose negative consequences to lung health. The respiratory mucosa formed by the …

Firefighters are daily exposed to adverse health-hazardous pollutants. Polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs), well known endocrine disruptors with carcinogenic, mutagenic, and …

Background. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) emitted from combustion sources are
known to be mutagenic, with more potent species also being carcinogenic. Previous studies …