Background Continuous exposure to many chemicals, including through air, water, food, or
other media and products results in health impacts which have been well assessed …

Risk to human health as a consequence of toxic materials found in modern societies is a
matter of grave concern to the world community. What is more, risks to humans that arise …

Air pollution is now recognized by governments, international institutions and civil society as
a major global public health risk factor. This is the result of the remarkable growth of …

Pollution is a major, overlooked, global health threat that was responsible in 2015 for an
estimated 9 million deaths and great economic losses. To end neglect of pollution and …

Calculation of costs and the Burden of Disease (BoD) is useful in developing resource
allocation and prioritization strategies in public and environmental health. While useful, the …

The manufacture and production of industrial chemicals continues to increase, with
hundreds of thousands of chemicals and chemical mixtures used worldwide, leading to …

Background: Environmental health is a growing area of knowledge, continually increasing
and updating the body of evidence linking the environment to human health. Aim: This study …

The disease burden of a population, and how that burden is distributed across different
subpopulations (eg infants, women), are important pieces of information for defining …

As part of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burden of Disease Comparative
Risk Assessment, the burden of disease attributable to urban ambient air pollution was …

Cancer is a key public health concern, being the second leading cause of worldwide
morbidity and mortality after cardiovascular diseases. At the global level, cancer prevalence …