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A Retrospective Study of PBDEs and PCBs in Human Milk from the Faroe Islands
(BioMed Central, 2005)
Background: Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in wildlife and humans remain a cause of global concern, both in regard to traditional POPs, such as the polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and emerging POPs, such as the ...
Reduced Antibody Responses to Vaccinations in Children Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls
(Public Library of Science, 2006)
Background: Developmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has been implicated as a possible cause of deficient immune function in children. This study was designed to assess whether prenatal and postnatal ...
Epidemiology, Public Health, and the Rhetoric of False Positives
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2009)
Background: As an observational science, epidemiology is regarded by some researchers as inherently flawed and open to false results. In a recent paper, Boffetta et al. [Boffetta P, McLaughlin JK, LaVecchia C, Tarone RE, ...
Direct Assessment of Cumulative Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Agonist Activity in Sera from Experimentally Exposed Mice and Environmentally Exposed Humans
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2009)
Background: Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) ligands adversely affect many biological processes. However, assessment of the significance of human exposures is hampered by an incomplete understanding of how complex mixtures ...
Assessment of Xenoestrogenic Exposure by a Biomarker Approach: Application of the E-Screen Bioassay to Determine Estrogenic Response of Serum Extracts
(BioMed Central, 2003)
Background: Epidemiological documentation of endocrine disruption is complicated by imprecise exposure assessment, especially when exposures are mixed. Even if the estrogenic activity of all compounds were known, the ...
Umbilical Cord Mercury Concentration as Biomarker of Prenatal Exposure to Methylmercury
(National Institue of Environmental Health Sciences, 2005)
Biomarkers are often applied to assess prenatal exposure to methylmercury in research and surveillance. In a prospective study in the Faroe Islands, the main exposure biomarkers were the mercury concentrations in cord blood ...
Methylmercury Exposure and Adverse Cardiovascular Effects in Faroese Whaling Men
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2008)
Background: Methylmercury (MeHg), a worldwide contaminant found in fish and seafood, has been linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. Objective: We examined 42 Faroese whaling men (30–70 years of age) to ...
Long-term Consequences of Arsenic Poisoning during Infancy due to Contaminated Milk Powder
(BioMed Central, 2006)
Arsenic toxicity is a global health problem affecting many millions of people. The main source of exposure is drinking water contaminated by natural geological sources. Current risk assessment is based on the recognized ...
Environmental Health: the First Five Years
(BioMed Central, 2007)
Environmental Health is now firmly established as a major venue for publishing in the field of environmental health. While remaining selective in our acceptances – of the 217 manuscripts that we have processed by June 2007, ...
Separation of Risks and Benefits of Seafood Intake
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2006)
Background: Fish and seafood provide important nutrients but may also contain toxic contaminants, such as methylmercury. Advisories against pollutants may therefore conflict with dietary recommendations. In resolving this ...