Co-gasification and recent developments on waste-to-energy conversion: A review

A Ramos, E Monteiro, V Silva, A Rouboa - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
Biomass is currently seen as a promising renewable energy source, which can be
sustainably utilized in the production of fuels and electric energy adding no carbon dioxide …

[HTML][HTML] What are the impacts of sugarcane production on ecosystem services and human well-being? A review

D El Chami, A Daccache, M El Moujabber - Annals of Agricultural Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper provides a narrative systematic review (SR) of the impacts of sugarcane
production on different ecosystems employing the ecosystem services framework. The …

Biomass burning particles in the Brazilian Amazon region: Mutagenic effects of nitro and oxy-PAHs and assessment of health risks

MF de Oliveira Galvao, N de Oliveira Alves… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Emissions from burning of biomass in the Amazon region have adverse effects on the
environment and human health. Herein, particulate matter (PM) emitted from biomass …

Fine and ultrafine atmospheric particulate matter at a multi-influenced urban site: Physicochemical characterization, mutagenicity and cytotoxicity

Y Landkocz, F Ledoux, V André, F Cazier… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Particulate Matter (PM) air pollution is one of the major concerns for environment and health.
Understanding the heterogeneity and complexity of fine and ultrafine PM is a fundamental …

Particulate matter from a tropical city in southeast Brazil: Impact of biomass burning on polycyclic aromatic compounds levels, health risks, and in vitro toxicity

C Scaramboni, RC Urban, DP de Oliveira, DJ Dorta… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
In the context of a rising global temperature, biomass burning represents an increasing risk
to human health, due to emissions of highly toxic substances such as polycyclic aromatic …

Chemical composition of rainwater in an urban area of the southeast of Brazil

EH Martins, DC Nogarotto, J Mortatti… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the city of Limeira, located in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, the major ions of 30 rainwater
samples, collected from Sep/2013 to Mar/2014, were quantified by ionic chromatography …

A comprehensive overview of genotoxicity and mutagenicity associated with outdoor air pollution exposure in Brazil

VMF Vargas, FMR da Silva Júnior… - Journal of Toxicology …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This review examined the mutagenicity and genotoxicity associated with exposure to
outdoor air pollutants in Brazil. A search was performed on the Web of Science database …

Micronuclei frequency in peripheral blood lymphocytes of healthy subjects living in turin (North-Italy): contribution of body mass index, age and sex

A Santovito, C Gendusa - Annals of Human Biology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Background: Increased micronuclei (MNi) frequencies in human lymphocytes are
an indicator of chromosome instability and could be influenced by different exogenous and …

The North-western Italy air quality monitoring network: Improving experience of PM2. 5 assessment with mutagenicity assay

D Marangon, D Traversi, AM D'Agostino, M Gea… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The finest fraction of Particulate Matter (PM2. 5) carries a large number of pollutants, some of
which are assessed as genotoxic, such as some Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) …

Genotoxic and cytotoxic properties of PM2. 5 collected over the year in Wrocław (Poland)

MK Bełcik, A Trusz-Zdybek, E Zaczyńska… - Science of The Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the ambient is> 2000 chemical substances, some of them are absorbed on the surface of
the particulate matter and may causes many health problems. Air pollution is responsible …