ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AS AN OBJECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES

Curcumin as an Environmental Potent Antioxidant Decreases Risk of Arthrosclerosis

Background & Aims of the Study: Oxidative stress increases platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) gene expression in endothelial cells that contributes to vascular dysfunction and atherosclerosis. Oxidative stress generates by dys-regulated redox balance between ROS producing systems and antioxidant systems. Also, Curcumin (Cur) as a main part of tur...

Environmental crimes: profiting at earth's expense.

Karakitsos and coworkers, in this journal, reported further compelling evidence on the value of ultrasound in guiding internal jugular vein catheterization. In a large, prospective, randomized study of 900 patients, comparisons were made between patients in whom the procedure was performed using landmark-based techniques and those assigned to ultrasound guidance. The key benefits from use of ul...

ENVIRONMENTAL IMAGINARIES: Climate Change as an Object of Urban Governance

Over the last few years, Federal climate change policy has emerged as a crucial point of difference between the major political parties, creating uncertainty around Australia’s measures to meet its commitments under the Copenhagen Accord. The difference is grounded in perceptions not only of the scientific evidence for the phenomenon but, perhaps more importantly, of the economic implications o...

playground safety: an approach to environmental planning

environmental impacts, pollutants, occupational stresses, population density, and health and safety problems are side effects of rapid urbanization. these problems threaten human being, especially children as the prominent vulnerable group in every human settlement. in this article playground as one of the main urban spaces has been emphasized. safety ignorance can affect on community in both o...

Environmental epidemiology: An introduction