Health risk of human exposure to microplastics: a review

KHD Tang, R Li, Z Li, D Wang - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2024 - Springer
Microplastics are emerging contaminants that have been detected recently in most
environmental and biological systems, yet their health risk for humans has not been clearly …

Challenges for global antibiotic regimen planning and establishing antimicrobial resistance targets: implications for the WHO Essential Medicines List and AWaRe …

N Reza, A Gerada, KE Stott, A Howard… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY The World Health Organisation's 2022 AWaRe Book provides guidance for the
use of 39 antibiotics to treat 35 infections in primary healthcare and hospital facilities. We …

[HTML][HTML] An energy systems model of large commercial liquid hydrogen aircraft in a low-carbon future

JR Smith, E Mastorakos - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Liquid hydrogen (LH2) aircraft have the potential to achieve carbon neutrality. However, if
the hydrogen is produced using electricity grids that utilise fossil fuel, they have a non-zero …

[HTML][HTML] Traceability challenges and heavy metal risks in commercial shrimp and prawn

MP Ortiz-Moriano, G Machado-Schiaffino… - Food Control, 2024 - Elsevier
Mislabelling in the global fisheries sector raises concerns about the identity, safety, and
sustainability of seafood products. It puts human health at risk when substitute species are …

Use of efficiency frontiers to align prices and clinical benefits of biologic therapies for plaque psoriasis

AC Egilman, AS Kesselheim, J Avorn… - JAMA …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The US lacks a systematic approach for aligning drug prices with clinical benefit,
and traditional cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) faces political obstacles. The efficiency …

Occurrence of microplastics in store-bought fresh and processed clams in Italy

L Nalbone, F Giarratana, M Genovese… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Compared to the large amount of data on wild samples, only a few studies reported
microplastic occurrence in store-bought bivalves in which the production chain can be the …

Global fishing patterns amplify human exposures to methylmercury

ML Li, CP Thackray, VWY Lam, WWL Cheung… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Global pollution has exacerbated accumulation of toxicants like methylmercury (MeHg) in
seafood. Human exposure to MeHg has been associated with long-term …

The biochemical composition and its relation to color of Ulva spp. upon harvest time

SH Nissen, L Juul, A Bruhn, J Søndergaard… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Springer
Green seaweed species of the genus Ulva are promising protein sources for food
production. Various factors affect the biochemical composition of Ulva spp.(hereafter Ulva) …

Whale recovery and the emerging human-wildlife conflict over Antarctic krill

MS Savoca, M Kumar, Z Sylvester… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Southern Ocean ecosystem has undergone extensive changes in the past two
centuries driven by industrial sealing and whaling, climate change and commercial fishing …

Health risk assessment of trace elements (Pb, Cd, Cu, Fe) in agricultural soil in Kerman City, Southeast of Iran

R Abedi Sarvestani, M Aghasi, H Niknejad - Natural Hazards, 2024 - Springer
Among environmental pollutants, trace elements are of particular importance due to their
non-degradability and physiological effects on living organisms even at low concentrations …