Increased plastic pollution due to COVID-19 pandemic: Challenges and recommendations

ALP Silva, JC Prata, TR Walker, AC Duarte… - Chemical engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Plastics have become a severe transboundary threat to natural ecosystems and human
health, with studies predicting a twofold increase in the number of plastic debris (including …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in synthesis of plate-like ZnO and its applications: a review

ES Jang, ES Jang - Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society, 2017 - jkcs.or.kr
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is one of the most versatile semiconductors, and one-dimensional (1D)
ZnO nanostructures have attracted significant interest for use in ultraviolet (UV) lasers …

Humidifier disinfectant–associated children's interstitial lung disease

KW Kim, K Ahn, HJ Yang, S Lee, JD Park… - American journal of …, 2014 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Beginning in 2006, epidemics of a fatal lung injury of unknown cause in children
were observed in Korea every spring. A recent study demonstrated that this type of children's …

Nationwide study of humidifier disinfectant lung injury in South Korea, 1994–2011. Incidence and dose–response relationships

D Paek, Y Koh, DU Park, HK Cheong… - Annals of the …, 2015 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Humidifier disinfectant lung injury is an acute lung disease attributed to recurrent
inhalation of certain disinfectant aerosols emitted from room humidifiers. An outbreak of this …

Types of household humidifier disinfectant and associated risk of lung injury (HDLI) in South Korea

DU Park, SH Ryu, HK Lim, SK Kim, YY Choi… - Science of the total …, 2017 - Elsevier
From 2002 through 2015, hundreds of people died of fatal lung injuries associated with the
use of humidifier disinfectants (HDs) in Korea. Several chemical disinfectants used for …

Humidifier disinfectant and use characteristics associated with lung injury in Korea

SH Ryu, DU Park, E Lee, S Park, SY Lee, S Jung… - Indoor …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Since around the year 2000, hundreds of people in Korea have developed humidifier
disinfectant‐associated lung injury (HDLI). We collected all HD exposure‐related …

Properties of polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG) associated with fatal lung injury in Korea

DU Park, J Park, KW Yang, JH Park, JH Kwon, HB Oh - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The use of humidifier disinfectant (HD) has been determined to be associated with lung
injuries (HDLI) in Korea. Although HD brands containing polyhexamethylene guanidine …

NecroX Improves Polyhexamethylene Guanidine–induced Lung Injury by Regulating Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress

JS Jeong, Y Yoon, W Kim, HJ Kim, HJ Park… - American Journal of …, 2023 - atsjournals.org
Various environmental compounds are inducers of lung injury. Mitochondria are crucial
organelles that can be affected by many lung diseases. NecroX is an indole-derived …

Improved antibacterial activity of 3D wrinkled graphene oxide films implemented with irreversibly shrinkable shape-memory polymer substrates

SY Chae, S Jeon, DW Han, SW Hong - Environmental Science: Nano, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Increasing drug resistance to bacteria and emerging infectious diseases pose severe
challenges to public health preservation. Recently, investigations on excellent antibacterial …

Association of high-level humidifier disinfectant exposure with lung injury in preschool children

DU Park, SH Ryu, HS Roh, E Lee, HJ Cho… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Children aged≤ 6 years reportedly account for 52% of victims of humidifier
disinfectant-associated lung injuries. Objectives To evaluate the association of humidifier …