The hydrogeological role of an aquitard in preventing drinkable water well contamination: a case study.

abstract：:Inoculation of tumorigenic prostatic stroma and nontumorigenic prostatic epithelia into the subcutaneous space of syngeneic rats induced the development of carcinosarcoma. The induced tumors, which were composed of a mixture of adenocarcinoma and fibrosarcoma, were androgen responsive. This model offers a novel mechan...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Chung LW,Chang SM,Bell C,Zhau H,Ro JY,von Eschenbach AC

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In these studies the effects of ingested arsenic (As(+5)) on hepatic heme biosynthetic capability and hemoprotein function in adult male rats were investigated. Animals exposed for 6 weeks to 0, 20, 40, or 85 ppm sodium arsenate in the drinking water suffered depression of hepatic delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) synth...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Woods JS,Fowler BA

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Techniques are available to minimize the concentration of asbestos fibers in drinking water. Filtration research conducted at locations on Lake Superior and in the Cascade Mountains in Washington has shown that amphibole and chrysotile fibers can be removed by granular media filtration. Removal percentages can exceed ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Logsdon GS

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phthalate acid esters (PAEs), and, in particular, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and its monoester, monoethylhexyl phthalate (MEHP), can adversely affect rodent testes but only at high doses. Rat gonadal zinc levels can be decreased by the injection of DEHP, but not MEHP. The rat prostate gland seems to be part...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Thomas JA,Curto KA,Thomas MJ

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bisphenol A (BPA) is known to be biologically active in experimental models even at low levels of exposure. However, its impact on endometrial cancer remains unclear. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to investigate whether lifelong exposure to different doses of BPA induced uterine abnormalities and molecular ch...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Leung YK,Biesiada J,Govindarajah V,Ying J,Kendler A,Medvedovic M,Ho SM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibility to arsenic-induced diseases differs greatly between individuals, possibly due to interindividual variations in As metabolism that affect retention and distribution of toxic metabolites. To elucidate the role of genetic factors in As metabolism, we studied how polymorphisms in six genes affected the ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Schläwicke Engström K,Broberg K,Concha G,Nermell B,Warholm M,Vahter M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much public health research has been directed to studies of cancer risks due to chemical agents. Recently, increasing attention has been given to adverse reproductive outcomes as another, shorter-term biologic indicator of public health impact. Further, several low-level ubiquitous physical agents have been implicated...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Meyer RE,Aldrich TE,Easterly CE

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of high cadmium levels in the digestive gland (hepatopancreas) of the crab Cancer pagurus is reviewed and its possible significance to human health is discussed. Previous attempts to isolate this cadmium in its native form are briefly reviewed and the present method used in this laboratory to isolate cr...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Overnell J

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anogenital distance (AGD) in animals is a sensitive biomarker of fetal endocrine disruption and the associated testicular dysgenesis syndrome (TDS). However, AGD in human infants with cryptorchidism and hypospadias, which are potential manifestations of TDS during childhood, is not clearly described. OBJECT...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Thankamony A,Lek N,Carroll D,Williams M,Dunger DB,Acerini CL,Ong KK,Hughes IA

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocrine disruption from environmental contaminants has been linked to a broad spectrum of adverse outcomes. One concern about endocrine-disrupting xenobiotics is the potential for additive or synergistic (i.e., greater-than-additive) effects of mixtures. A short-term dosing model to examine the effects of environmen...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Crofton KM,Craft ES,Hedge JM,Gennings C,Simmons JE,Carchman RA,Carter WH Jr,DeVito MJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous occupational cohort studies of benzene-exposed workers have for the most part used only death certificates to validate diagnoses of workers developing leukemia and other hematopoietic and lymphoproliferative malignancies and related disorders (HLD). In a follow-up study of 74,828 benzene-exposed workers and a...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Linet MS,Yin SN,Travis LB,Li CY,Zhang ZN,Li DG,Rothman N,Li GL,Chow WH,Donaldson J,Dosemeci M,Wacholder S,Blot WJ,Hayes RB

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents discussion of the assessment of the exposure of children to fungi, substances derived from fungi, and the environmental conditions that may lead to exposure. The principles driving investigations of fungal contamination and subsequent exposure are presented as well as guidelines for conducting th...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Dillon HK,Miller JD,Sorenson WG,Douwes J,Jacobs RR

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of plants and plant/microbial associations may offer a viable means of accomplishing the in situ remediation of contaminated soils. Two uses of plants for phytoremediation are reported here. In one set of studies, the ability of plants to foster degradative microorganisms was investigated. Results indic...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Shann JR

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ambient air ozone (O3) is a pulmonary irritant that has been associated with respiratory health effects including increased lung inflammation and permeability, airway hyperreactivity, respiratory symptoms, and decreased lung function. Estimation of O3 exposure is a complex task because the pollutant exhibits...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Adam-Poupart A,Brand A,Fournier M,Jerrett M,Smargiassi A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon monoxide is widely distributed in the environment, and acute or chronic toxic effects may be of considerable public health significance. A review of the basis for current ambient standards is given. Mortality and morbidity studies have been negative or equivocal in relating carbon monoxide levels to health effe...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kuller LH,Radford EP

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hydraulically fractured wells produce 2-14 million liters of wastewater, which may contain toxic and radioactive compounds. The wastewater is predominantly disposed of using Class II injection wells. OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to evaluate the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and inject...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Silva GS,Warren JL,Deziel NC

更新日期：2018-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drinking water in multiple water districts in the Mid-Ohio Valley has been contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), which was released by a nearby DuPont chemical plant. Two highly contaminated water districts began granular activated carbon filtration in 2007. OBJECTIVES:To determine the rate of de...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bartell SM,Calafat AM,Lyu C,Kato K,Ryan PB,Steenland K

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combined effects of carbon monoxide and low temperature on daily variation in hospital admissions for congestive heart failure (CHF) were examined for a 4-year period in Chicago, Illinois. Medicare hospital admissions for CHF were analyzed as a function of the maximum hourly temperature, maximum hourly levels of c...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Morris RD,Naumova EN

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pollen of Impatiens sultanii Hook F. germinates and forms tubes rapidly at 25 degrees C in a simple medium containing 111.0 ppm CaCl2, 13.6 ppm KH2PO4, and 1000 ppm boric acid. Calcium, potassium, and boron are essential for germination and tube growth, but sucrose is not required. Pollen tubes grow with equal rapidit...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bilderback DE

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Possible effects of Chernobyl fallout on outcome of pregnancy in Finland were evaluated in a nationwide follow-up study. The outcomes were the rate of live births and stillbirths, pregnancy loss, and induced abortions by municipality. Exposure was assessed based on nationwide surveys of radiation dose rate from the Ch...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Auvinen A,Vahteristo M,Arvela H,Suomela M,Rahola T,Hakama M,Rytömaa T

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding the potential links between extreme weather events and human health in India is important in the context of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. Research exploring such linkages in India is sparse. OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the association between extreme precipitation and gastrointes...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bush KF,O'Neill MS,Li S,Mukherjee B,Hu H,Ghosh S,Balakrishnan K

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dissecting complex disease has become more feasible because of the availability of large-scale DNA resources and advances in high-throughput genomic technology. Although these tools help scientists identify potential susceptibility loci, subjects with relevant genotypes are needed for clinical phenotyping an...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Chulada PC,Vainorius E,Garantziotis S,Burch LH,Blackshear PJ,Zeldin DC

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterocyclic aromatic amine 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (IQ) was evaluated for carcinogenic effects in macaques, primarily cynomolgus monkeys. IQ was administered by gavage five times a week at doses of 10 or 20 mg/kg. IQ induced hepatocellular carcinoma in 55% of the animals at the low dose and in 95%...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Adamson RH,Takayama S,Sugimura T,Thorgeirsson UP

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP507.]. ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Fann N,Kim SY,Olives C,Sheppard L

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:New technologies are providing innovative ways to reduce sound levels in many areas. Aircraft engineers are finding ways to reduce the noise produced by jet engines, while road builders are using rubber-enhanced pavement to quiet highway noise. Indoor acoustics are benefiting from materials that transform sound waves ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Manuel J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perfluoroalkyl acids are persistent compounds used in various industrial -applications. Of these compounds, perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) is currently detected in humans worldwide. A recent study on low-dose developmental exposure to PFOA in mice reported increased weight and elevated biomarkers of adiposity in ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Halldorsson TI,Rytter D,Haug LS,Bech BH,Danielsen I,Becher G,Henriksen TB,Olsen SF

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxicity testing in AS52 cells (24-hr exposures) gave LC50 values of 2 to 130 micrograms Ni/ml for particulate nickel compounds and 45 to 60 micrograms Ni/ml for water-soluble salts (NiCl2, NiSO4, Ni(CH3COO)2). The Ni(OH)2, NiCO3, and sulfides (Ni3S2, Ni7S6, "amorphous NiS") exhibited similar toxicities (LC50's of 2 t...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Fletcher GG,Rossetto FE,Turnbull JD,Nieboer E

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:From climate change to hydraulic fracturing, and from drinking water safety to wildfires, environmental challenges are changing. The United States has made substantial environmental protection progress based on media-specific and single pollutant risk-based frameworks. However, today’s environmental problems ar...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Burke TA,Cascio WE,Costa DL,Deener K,Fontaine TD,Fulk FA,Jackson LE,Munns WR,Orme-Zavaleta J,Slimak MW,Zartarian VG

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we found that exposure of neonatal rats to chlorpyrifos (CPF) produced brain cell damage and loss, with resultant abnormalities of synaptic development. We used the same biomarkers to examine prenatal CPF treatment so as to define the critical period of vulnerability. One group of pregnant rats received CP...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Qiao D,Seidler FJ,Padilla S,Slotkin TA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asbestos and other mineral fibers are carcinogenic to humans and animals but differ from many carcinogens in that they do not induce gene mutations. An understanding of these interesting human carcinogens, therefore, is an important problem in cancer research. Asbestos and other fibers induce predominantly two types o...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Barrett JC,Lamb PW,Wiseman RW

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00