Background: Unconventional natural gas development (UNGD) has environmental and community impacts. Psychosocial stress, changes in socioeconomic status, and exposure to noise, vibration, light, and air and water pollution are biologically plausible pathways for UNGD to affect health. Epidemiology ...
How Does Wildfire Smoke Exposure Affect Existing Health Conditions? Wildfires can make existing health conditions worse. This is the case if you have asthma, COPD and bronchitis, chronic heart disease, or diabetes. The risk of cardiovascular and respiratory effects goes up as the smoke gets more ...
We found evidence for associations between nature exposure and improved cognitive function, brain activity, blood pressure, mental health, physical activity, and sleep. Results from experimental studies provide evidence of protective effects of exposure to natural environments on mental health outcomes and...
For acute and chronic non-cancer health effects, state and federal agencies generally define these guideline levels as the concentration in the air below which health effects are not expected to occur, even for potentially sensitive people in the general population. For purposes of this evaluation,...
This cluster randomized trial compares the effects of greening vacant urban land (removing trash, grading land, planting grass and trees, installing
The hazard ranking included seven metrics: 1) presence of vulnerable populations (e.g. children under the age of 5, individuals over the age of 65, surface owners), 2) duration of exposure, 3) frequency of exposure, 4) likelihood of health effects, 5) magnitude/severity of health effects...
Air pollution poses a persuasive threat to global health, demonstrating widespread detrimental effects on populations worldwide. Exposure to pollutants, notably particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 µm (PM2.5), has been unequivocally linked to a spectrum of adverse health outcomes. A nuanced ...
The use of unprocessed solid bio fuels and inadequate natural ventilation in rural households gives rise to high levels of indoor air pollutants. The cooks, mainly women are discriminately affected due to exposure to this. In this study, we report an analysis of incidence of respiratory disorders...
Potential health effects of NEOs, such as neurological toxicity and diabetes to non-targeted mammals, have raised concerns. This review summarizes analytical methods of NEOs in human samples, their internal exposure levels and composition profiles in urine, blood, hair, breast milk, saliva and tooth...
One simple remedy that may help with borax side effects, such as stomach pain, diarrhea, and gas, is taking three activated charcoal capsules or tablets at night before bedtime. Drink plenty of water during the first week or two of taking borax. Your body will need extra hydration while it...