Cancer etiology involves the interplay of genetic and environmental factors. Striking geographic differences and changes in cancer incidence over time have led epidemiologists to infer that probably the major etiologic component is environmental. Recent experiences with vinyl chloride, kepone, and polybrominated biphenyl illustrate the problems involved in epidemiologic studies of proven or sus...

environmental kuznets curve (ekc) is one of the known concepts in environmental economics developed dramatically over the last twenty years ago. one of the advances in studying the relationship between economic growth and environmental quality is concerning the spatial autocorrelation of ecological phenomena. the rationale behind spatial environmental kuznets curve (sekc) is similar to ekc incl...

Accepted 26 May 1995 Environmental hazards to health have a high public profile, but assessment of the risks that they pose is not easy. What is the morbidity, if any, caused by living near a hazardous waste incinerator? Do oestrogenic alkylphenolic pollutants in drinking water affect reproductive function, and if so, how much? Such questions have important implications for public health policy...

Growing evidence suggests the causal link between the endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and the global obesity epidemics, in the context in the so-called "obesogenic environment". Dietary intake of contaminated foods and water, especially in association with unhealthy eating pattern, and inhalation of airborne pollutants represent the major sources of human exposure to EDCs. This is of part...

The environmental problems we face today are multifold and complex. The emission of pollutants in the atmosphere, the discharge of effluents in lakes and rivers, the disposal of hazardous materials in ecosystems, and the use of pesticides on crops and food products are serious problems that are not yet fully understood. More recently, the industrially advanced nations of the world have been con...

Animal Nutrition Research Department, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Anand Agricultural University Anand388 110, Gujarat, India 1 Research Associate, ITM Unit, Project Directorate on Cattle, Meerut Cantt, Meerut250 001, India 2 Department of Veterinary Pathology, Dr. G. C. Negi College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur-176...

Some effects of environmental pollution on human health are known, especially those affecting the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. The current study aimed to estimate these effects on the production of hospital admissions for stroke. This was an ecological study using hospital admissions data in São José dos Campos, São Paulo State, Brazil, with diagnosis of stroke, from January 1, 2007,...

The major aspects that must be considered in studies of the health effects of environmental pollutants are: the direct damage due to the exposure, the role of pre-existing disease, and effects of the exposure on the response to secondary stresses. In experimental studies at concentrations of air pollutants found in urban environments frank toxicological responses are rarely observed. However, e...

The last few decades have shown that analytical chemistry and environmental chemistry are “conjoined twins”. Neither can move significantly forward without the contribution and support of the other discipline. But in their conjoined development both disciplines have contributed much to our knowledge of environmental pollution, to the understanding of environmental processes, and to the developm...