Background Global climate change will have multiple effects on human health. Vulnerable
populations—children, the elderly, and the poor—will be disproportionately affected …

The advent of nanotechnological products in the market, while holding great promise, is
raising concerns in consumers. Therefore, this contribution will attempt to compare different …

Background: Pharmaceuticals are known to contaminate tap water worldwide, but the
relevant human health risks have not been assessed in China. Objectives: We monitored 32 …

In the early 1980s, two water-supply systems on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in
North Carolina were found to be contaminated with the industrial solvents trichloroethylene …

The brain develops and grows within a well-controlled internal environment that is provided
by cellular exchange mechanisms in the interfaces between blood, cerebrospinal fluid and …

Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) is one of the most extensively used brominated flame
retardants and is universally detected in the environment. However, information related to its …

This manuscript critically considers several areas of study of the polybrominated diphenyl
ether compounds. Specifically, a brief review of PBDE toxicity is followed by an in depth …

Children may be more vulnerable to the combined interactions of chemical and non-
chemical stressors from their built, natural, and social environments when compared to …

DDT and pyrethroids were determined in 152 breast-milk samples from three towns in
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, one of which had no need for DDT for malaria control. All …

Parental exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in animals has been found to
be transferred to the offspring. The environmental health risk and toxicity to the offspring are …