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Frequency of Extreme Heat Event as a Surrogate Exposure Metric for Examining the Human Health Effects of Climate Change
(PLOS (Public Library of Science), 2015-12-07)
Epidemiological investigation of the impact of climate change on human health, particularly chronic diseases, is hindered by the lack of exposure metrics that can be used as a marker of climate change that are compatible ...
Should We Put Our Feet in the Water? Use of a Survey to Assess Recreational Exposures to Contaminants in the Anacostia River
(Libertas Academica, 2015-04-29)
The Anacostia River, a tributary of the Potomac River that flows into the Chesapeake Bay, is highly contaminated with raw sewage, heavy metals, oil and grease, trash, pathogens, excessive sediments, and organic chemicals. ...
Pyrethroid pesticide exposure and parental report of learning disability and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in U.S. children: NHANES 1999-2002.
(2014)
Background: Use of pyrethroid insecticides has increased dramatically over the past decade; however, data on their potential health effects, particularly on children, are limited.
Objective: We examined the cross-sectional ...
Plan EJ 2014: Science Tool Development Implementation Plan
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2011-09)
This Science Tools Development Implementation Plan discusses overarching goals, strategies, and activities, including a science and research agenda to ensure that U.S. EPA brings the best science to decision making around ...
Guide to Considering Children’s Health When Developing EPA Actions: Implementing Executive Order 13045 and EPA’s Policy on Evaluating Health Risks to Children
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2006-10)
This document is a step-by-step guide to assist Agency staff in integrating children’s health considerations into EPA’s Action Development Process (ADP). It describes the provisions of Executive Order 13045 “Protection of ...
mSpray: A mobile phone technology to improve malaria control efforts and monitor human exposure to malaria control pesticides in Limpopo, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2014-07)
Recent estimates indicate that malaria has led to over half a million deaths worldwide, mostly to African children. Indoor residual spraying (IRS) of insecticides is one of the primary vector control interventions. However, ...
Cumulative Risk Webinar Series: What We Learned
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2014-07)
This document summarized key science and science-policy issues for advancing the practice and utility of cumulative risk assessment identified during a webinar series present from August 2012 through December 2013 by the ...
The Community Environmental Health Assessment Workbook: A Guide to Evaluating your Community's Health
(Environmental Law Institute, 2000-12)
This Workbook will help community leaders, local organizers, and citizens groups assess environmental health problems in their neighborhoods and assist them in tackling these problems. It outlines an approach to identifying ...
Variability of organophosphorous pesticide metabolite levels in spot and 24-hr urine samples collected from young children during 1 week.
(2013-01)
Background: Dialkyl phosphate (DAP) metabolites in spot urine samples are frequently used to characterize children’s exposures to organophosphorous (OP) pesticides. However, variable exposure and short biological half-lives ...
Organophosphorous pesticide breakdown products in house dust and children’s urine.
(2012)
Human exposure to preformed dialkylphosphates (DAPs) in food or the environment may affect the reliability of DAP urinary
metabolites as biomarkers of organophosphate (OP) pesticide exposure. We conducted a study to ...