ABSTRACT Air pollution is a major issue related to national economy and people's livelihood. At present, the researches on air mostly focus pollutant emissions in specific industry or region as whole, lack of attention enterprise from micro level. Limited by amount time granularity data enterprises, are still understudied. Driven big industrial enterprises monitored Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, minin...

U.S. researchers are developing technologies that may someday protect millions of people worldwide whose drinking water is tainted with arsenic. Arsenic is released into water from soil and rock erosion, and is also a by-product of industrial processes including semiconductor manufacturing, petroleum refining, and mining and smelting operations.

AIMS To assess the significance of individual risk factors in the development of occupational asthma of aluminium smelting (OAAS). METHODS A matched case-control study nested in a cohort of 545 workers employed in areas with moderate to high levels of smelting dust and fume. The cohort comprised those who had their first pre-employment medical examination between 1 July 1982 and 1 July 1995; ...

OBJECTIVES Indium was added to the list of substances regulated by the Ordinance on Prevention of Hazards due to Specified Chemical Substances (OPHSCS) in 2013. Indium metal (IM), however, is not regulated by the OPHSCS due to insufficient information on pulmonary effects following exposure. METHODS From 2011 to 2013, a cross-sectional study was conducted on 141 IM-exposed workers at 11 facto...