Nitrates in the atmosphere reduce air quality and play an important role in climate change. An international team led by ...

However, the aetiology of thyroid cancer remains unclear. A growing body of evidence suggested exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) may play a role in the initiation of thyroid cancer, but ...

Organic compounds in wastewater could be classified into easily-removed and refractory compounds during treatment. The easily-removed compounds consisted primarily of ethers, alcohols, and aldehydes, ...

The burden of air pollution is not evenly shared. Poorer people and some racial and ethnic groups are among those who often face higher exposure to pollutants and who may experience greater responses ...

The Executive Body adopted the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Aarhus, Denmark, on 24 June 1998. This Protocol targets 16 substances identified based on agreed risk criteria, ...

A set of human milk samples, consisting of pools from up to 50 mothers that delivered their first baby was assessed for the persistent organic pollutants (POPs) listed in the Stockholm Convention. It ...

Persistent organochlorine pollutants (POPs) have shown to be involved in the atherosclerotic process and to cause endothelial cell dysfunction. To assess longitudinally whether plasma concentrations ...

Combined exposure to these two pervasive pollutants could significantly affect metabolism and obesity. Researchers affiliated with China Agricultural University in Beijing published their findings in ...

RECETOX, Research Centre for Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 3/126, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic * Corresponding author e-mail: [email ...

Fifth, we could not evaluate other pollutants such as methylmercury as it was not measured among children aged 4–15 years. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are well-known neurotoxicants.

According to Annex A: Part 2 of the Stockholm Convention on POPs, each party shall eliminate the use of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in equipment by 2025 and make determined efforts designed to ...