Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been measured in fourteen sediment samples collected from leachate ponds, control wells, leachate treatment plants (LTPs), and a reference site of Benowo dumping site of Surabaya City, Indonesia. The PCBs and PBDEs were analyzed by gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) using internal standar...

Urban waste impacts human and environmental health, and waste management has become one of the major challenges of humanity. Concurrently with new directives due to manage this human by-product, illegal dumping has become one of the most lucrative activities of organized crime. Beyond economic fraud, illegal waste disposal strongly enhances uncontrolled dissemination of human pathogens, polluta...

The illegal dumping of waste has been a serious environmental concern of most countries in the world. This paper examines the relationship between the provision ofwaste treatment facilities and the frequency of illegal dumping. Our results show that a shortage of intermediate waste treatment facilities has played an important role in increasing the frequency of illegal dumping. 2010 Elsevier B....

BACKGROUND Dumping syndrome is a recognized complication of various gastric surgical procedures, such as vagotomy, pyloroplasty, and gastrojejunostomy. However, it has not to date been reported following laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication in adults. CASE REPORT We describe the case of a 34-year-old woman who developed late dumping syndrome following an uneventful laparoscopic Nissen fundoplic...

1. The pathophysiology of the dumping syndrome is poorly understood. Plasma levels of four small intestinal hormones have been measured after an oral glucose provocation test in 19 patients with dumping symptoms and in matched controls. 2. Plasma levels of neurotensin, a newly discovered highly potent, hypotensive ileal peptide, were significantly increased in symptomatic patients compared with...

Severe hypoglycemia characterized by neuroglycopenic symptoms is a recently described and relatively uncommon complication of gastric bypass surgery. It occurs several months to years after surgery and may be distinct from the more commonly encountered dumping syndrome that occurs early in the postoperative course and usually improves with time. Nesidioblastosis has been proposed as a possible ...