Widespread pollution from industrial activities has driven land degradation with detrimental
human health effects, especially in urban areas. Remediation and redevelopment of the …

Incinerators of municipal, hazardous and medical wastes are sources of emissions of toxic
pollutants, being polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, as well as a number …

Abstract Waste-to-energy (WtE) processes, or the combustion of refuse-derived fuel (RDF)
for energy generation, has the potential to reduce landfill volume while providing a …

Purpose Although lung cancer incidences in female never-smokers have increased, few
studies focus on explicit investigation. We aimed to investigate the relationship between …

After the Seveso disaster occurred more than 40 years ago, there has been an increasing
awareness of the potential impacts that similar accident events can occur in a wide range of …

Background The characterisation of individual exposure to air pollution in urban scenarios is
a challenge in environmental epidemiological studies. We investigated if the city's pollution …

Background/aim Industrial-scale animal feeding operations (AFOs) have adverse impacts on
regional air quality. Air emissions include endotoxins and other pro-inflammatory …

Background and aim The implementation of idoneous management of hazardous waste, in
contrast to illegal practices, is one of the environment and health priorities of the WHO. The …

Thawing permafrost creates risks to the environment, economy and culture in Arctic coastal
communities. Identification of these risks and the inclusion of the societal context and the …

Epidemiological studies often focus on risk assessments associated with exposures to
specific air pollutants or proximity to different air pollution sources. Although this information …