Objective Electronic waste (e-waste) has been an emerging environmental health issue in
both developed and developing countries, but its current management practice may result in …

This review summarizes the level of epidemiologic evidence for relationships between
prenatal and/or early life exposure to environmental chemical contaminants and fetal, child …

As part of the Human Biomonitoring for Europe (HBM4EU) initiative a human biomonitoring
(HBM) survey is conducted in 21 countries. This survey builds on existing HBM capacity in …

The past 50years have seen rapid development of new building materials, furnishings, and
consumer products and a corresponding explosion in new chemicals in the built …

Objectives Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most frequently diagnosed
neurobehavioral disorder of childhood, yet its etiology is not well understood. In this review …

The third Canadian Arctic Human Health Assessment conducted under the Canadian
Northern Contaminants Program (NCP), in association with the circumpolar Arctic …

Objectives Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) was used worldwide until the 1970s,
when concerns about its toxic effects, its environmental persistence, and its concentration in …

The objectives of this paper are to: assess the impact of exposure to current levels of
environmental contaminants in the Canadian Arctic on human health; identify the data and …

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were widely used in various industrial applications.
Research confirmed that some PCB congeners degrade slowly in the environment and can …

Background There is increasing evidence in humans and in experimental animals for a
relationship between exposure to specific environmental chemicals and perturbations in …