[HTML][HTML] Pollution and health: a progress update

R Fuller, PJ Landrigan, K Balakrishnan… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary The Lancet Commission on pollution and health reported that pollution was
responsible for 9 million premature deaths in 2015, making it the world's largest …

[HTML][HTML] Off-grid solar waste in sub-Saharan Africa: Market dynamics, barriers to sustainability, and circular economy solutions

C Kinally, F Antonanzas-Torres, F Podd… - Energy for Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rate of access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is just 42%. The private market
for household-scale off-grid solar (OGS) products (pico solar and solar home systems) is …

Half of US population exposed to adverse lead levels in early childhood

MJ McFarland, ME Hauer… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Lead is a developmental neurotoxicant in wide industrial use that was once broadly
distributed in the environment. The extent of the US population exposed in early life to high …

[HTML][HTML] Lead, cadmium, mercury, and chromium in urine and blood of children and adolescents in Germany–human biomonitoring results of the German …

N Vogel, A Murawski, MIH Schmied-Tobies… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Metals reach humans through food and drinking water intake and inhalation of airborne
particles and can have detrimental health effects in particular for children. The metals …

[HTML][HTML] The role of working-class communities and the slow violence of toxic pollution in environmental health conflicts: A global perspective

G Navas, G D'Alisa, J Martínez-Alier - Global Environmental Change, 2022 - Elsevier
Analysing a sample of 3,033 environmental conflicts around the globe, we compared
conflicts reporting no human health impacts to those reporting health impacts linked to toxic …

North-South displacement effects of environmental regulation: The case of battery recycling

S Tanaka, K Teshima, E Verhoogen - American Economic Review …, 2022 - aeaweb.org
This study examines the effect of a tightening of the US air quality standard for lead in 2009
on the relocation of battery recycling to Mexico and on infant health in Mexico. In the United …

[HTML][HTML] Global health burden and cost of lead exposure in children and adults: a health impact and economic modelling analysis

B Larsen, E Sánchez-Triana - The Lancet Planetary Health, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Lead exposure is a worldwide health risk despite substantial declines in blood
lead levels following the leaded gasoline phase-out. For the first time, to our knowledge, we …

Antioxidative, anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic action of ellagic acid against lead acetate induced testicular and hepato-renal oxidative damages and …

RM Bidanchi, L Lalrindika, M Khushboo… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lead (Pb), is an environmental toxicant, causes multi-organ dysfunction including
reproductive impairments. This study designed to investigate the prospective antioxidative …

A national survey of lead and other metal (loids) in residential drinking water in the United States

KD Bradham, CM Nelson, TD Sowers… - Journal of exposure …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Background Exposure to lead (Pb), arsenic (As) and copper (Cu) may cause
significant health issues including harmful neurological effects, cancer or organ damage …

[PDF][PDF] Heavy metals–definition, natural and anthropogenic sources of releasing into ecosystems, toxicity, and removal methods–an overview study

W Jadaa, H Mohammed - Journal of Ecological Engineering, 2023 - bibliotekanauki.pl
The constant discharge of large quantities of toxic substances due to human activities has
led to a global environmental issue. Numerous industrial sectors' effluents, which include …