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{"title":"On-site sanitation system emptying practices and influential factors in Asian low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review","authors":"Katharine Conaway,&nbsp;Sarah Lebu,&nbsp;Kylie Heilferty,&nbsp;Aaron Salzberg,&nbsp;Musa Manga","doi":"10.1016/j.heha.2023.100050","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.heha.2023.100050","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Different fecal sludge (FS) emptying practices have been documented worldwide, but little is known about how the type of on-site sanitation system (OSS) and other factors associated with emptying and transport influence how OSSs are emptied, nor about how FS is released to the environment during emptying. This systematic literature review assessed our current knowledge on OSS fecal sludge management practices and their impacts on pathogen releases into the environment including (i) the prevalence and frequency of emptying, (ii) the types of OSS emptying practices, (iii) other factors influencing these practices, and (iv) the return pathways into the environment during emptying and transport. The analysis included 58 peer-reviewed studies examining emptying in low- and middle-income countries in Asia published between 2001 and May 2021. Mechanical emptying was the most discussed emptying method (n=39), followed by manual emptying (n=22). The most discussed emptying factor was cost (n=19), followed by OSS accessibility (n=17). Discussion on FS releases was focused on deliberate disposal into the environment, with little on unintentional spills and leaks. Remaining gaps in the literature include the quantity, pathogenicity, and fate of FS spills during emptying, the effect of OSS type on emptying, and the effectiveness of emptying interventions. More research is needed on emptying to fully understand its impact on public health and how best to facilitate safe fecal sludge management.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":73269,"journal":{"name":"Hygiene and environmental health advances","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100050"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47501117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Lead poisoning in refugee children living in the United States: A systematic review of case studies","authors":"Joanna Balza ,&nbsp;Iwalola Awoyinka ,&nbsp;Caitlin Kaeppler ,&nbsp;Rachel Cusatis ,&nbsp;Kathryn E. Flynn","doi":"10.1016/j.heha.2023.100057","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.heha.2023.100057","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Exposure to the heavy metal lead (Pb) has serious adverse health effects, particularly in children. Refugee children resettled in the United States are disparately impacted by lead. Research indicates that both pre-migration and post-migration factors play a role in this disparity. A review of case studies of lead poisoning in refugee children was performed to identify specific and unique factors influencing these outcomes.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Following PRISMA-P guidelines, a search was performed in collaboration with a reference librarian, incorporating keywords and subject headings related to the topic, in 7 databases: Academic Search Premier, APA PsychINFO, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Ovid MEDLINE, Scopus, and Web of Science Core Collection.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>321 non-duplicate articles resulted from the search. After two reviewers screened the titles for eligibility against PICOS criteria, 50 studies remained. 40 studies were eliminated after an abstract review, and 7 remained after a full-text review. One additional article that did not appear in the results was identified and included. Articles discussed single case studies or case series; overall 11 cases covering 13 children with elevated blood lead level were discussed. The studies identified sources of lead poisoning in refugee children including deteriorating lead paint, imported cosmetics or medications, tobacco, traditional herbs/spices, jewelry, and traditional or religious objects.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Refugee families in the US face common environmental sources of lead exposure (e.g., lead paint) and also culturally specific exposures related to the use of imported or traditional herbs, medications, and cosmetics. Prevention efforts in refugee communities should include information related to these hazards, presented with appropriate consideration for language and culture.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":73269,"journal":{"name":"Hygiene and environmental health advances","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100057"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46398546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Organochlorinated pesticides in Italian women of reproductive age: Serum levels and determinants of exposure","authors":"Valentina Marra ,&nbsp;Silvia Valentini ,&nbsp;Annalisa Abballe,&nbsp;Silvia De Luca,&nbsp;Fabiola Ferri,&nbsp;Anna Rita Fulgenzi,&nbsp;Nicola Iacovella,&nbsp;Anna Maria Ingelido,&nbsp;Elena De Felip","doi":"10.1016/j.heha.2023.100053","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.heha.2023.100053","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>HCB, β-HCH, DDE are the organochlorinated pesticides most frequently detected for their extreme persistence and their effects on the reproductive system.</p></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>The aim of the present study was to acquire information on the exposure of young Italian women to the most widespread organochlorinated pesticides.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>549 women (20–40 years) were enrolled in six Italian regions from 2011-2013. Areas at different (presumed) exposure to persistent organic pollutants were included in all regions, such as rural, urban and industrial areas at possible incremental exposure.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Median concentration values were 18.2 ng/g lipid base (lb) for HCB, 6.6 ng/g lb for β-HCH and 112.9 ng/g lb for DDE. Results showed higher HCB, β-HCH and DDE levels in older women compared to the 20–29 age group. Higher levels of all the three pollutants were observed in the rural areas with respect to the urban and the industrial areas. For all of the compounds, we observed a different distribution between the Italian regions. This variability is difficult to fully understand, differences in diet and lifestyle may play a role, as well as a local use of these chemicals in the past.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>This study produces a large dataset of pesticide concentrations in Italian women.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":73269,"journal":{"name":"Hygiene and environmental health advances","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100053"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44208937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association of environmental volatile organic compounds with depression in adults: NHANES 2013-2018","authors":"Yin Zhuang ,&nbsp;Xiaochen Zhang ,&nbsp;Xiangying Sun ,&nbsp;Zhaofeng Liu ,&nbsp;Qiurun Yu ,&nbsp;Chao Dong ,&nbsp;Quanquan Guan ,&nbsp;Qiujin Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.heha.2023.100058","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.heha.2023.100058","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) exposure has been found to be associated with neurological dysfunction, with depression often being one of the classic symptoms of the disease, and indoor environments are more likely to be enriched with concentrations of VOCs. This cross-sectional study measured VOCs levels in whole blood, and estimated level of depression with the Patient Health Questionnaire in adults from NHANES 2013–2018. We found benzene (β = 0.40, 95%CI: 0.19, 0.61) and ethylbenzene (β = 0.22, 95%CI: 0.05, 0.39) were associated with depression adjusted for covariates in general linear regression models (GLM), and remained the consistent trend in quantile regression models. In indoor subgroup with higher VOCs level, benzene (β = 0.71, 95%CI: 0.21, 1.22), ethylbenzene (β = 0.47, 95%CI: 0.15, 0.78), and m-/p-xylene (β = 0.41, 95%CI: 0.15, 0.68) showed significant association with depression adjusted for covariates including cotinine in GLMs. Weighted quantile sum (WQS) model was used to assess the contribution of each VOC in mixed exposure. Results from WQS analyses revealed significantly positive associations between the mixed exposure and depression (β = 1.70, 95%CI: 1.18, 2.47), in which, benzene and ethylbenzene contributed 56% and 26%. We found statistically association between mixed exposure and depression before cotinine adjustment (β = 3.53, 95%CI: 2.78, 4.47). Our founding indicated a positive association between benzene and ethylbenzene exposure and depression, also with the most important effect in the mixture. Additionally, indoor VOCs sources of environmental pollution still cannot be ignored given the higher exposure level and health risk.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":73269,"journal":{"name":"Hygiene and environmental health advances","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100058"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47311210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Economical synthesis of oxygen to combat the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Nidhi Bhat ,&nbsp;Vinutha Moses ,&nbsp;Chetan N","doi":"10.1016/j.heha.2023.100048","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.heha.2023.100048","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The whole world has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and oxygen demand is greater than ever, but the supply is expectedly short. People in need of this oxygen are not able to receive it, especially those who cannot afford it. In addition to these issues, the oxygen from production plants is not getting delivered to hospitals on a timely basis due to insufficient availability of tankers and cylinders. It is therefore crucial to enable access of oxygen beds and cylinders to the public by developing economical methods for medical oxygen generation. Conventional methods like oxygen concentrators, the Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Technique and Air Separation Units (ASUs) are either too expensive, energy intensive or feasible only on a small scale. This indicates the need to exploit methods that have not been utilized fully yet, such as Integrated Energy Systems (IES). However, reducing the cost of a process is not enough. It needs to be scaled up to have a real impact on the situation at hand. Ion Transport Membranes (ITM) are promising in this aspect as they can produce large volumes of extremely high-purity oxygen at low costs. All these methods along with their economic aspects have been discussed and then compared to identify the most feasible one.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":73269,"journal":{"name":"Hygiene and environmental health advances","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100048"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9974141/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10854204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Personal and community-level exposure to air pollution and daily changes in respiratory symptoms and oxygen saturation among adults with COPD","authors":"Amro Aglan ,&nbsp;Andrew J. Synn ,&nbsp;Lina Nurhussien ,&nbsp;Kelly Chen ,&nbsp;Charlotte Scheerens ,&nbsp;Petros Koutrakis ,&nbsp;Brent Coull ,&nbsp;Mary B. Rice","doi":"10.1016/j.heha.2023.100052","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.heha.2023.100052","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Air pollution exposure is associated with hospital admissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Few studies have investigated whether daily personal exposure to air pollutants affects respiratory symptoms and oxygenation among COPD patients.</p></div><div><h3>Methodology</h3><p>We followed 30 former smokers with COPD for up to 4 non-consecutive 30-day periods in different seasons. Participants recorded worsening of respiratory symptoms (sub-categorized as breathing or bronchitis symptoms) by daily questionnaire, and oxygen saturation by pulse oximeter. Personal and community-level exposure to fine particulate matter (PM_2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), and ozone (O₃) were measured by portable air quality monitors and stationary monitors in the Boston area. We used generalized and multi-level linear mixed-effects models to estimate associations of the 24-hour average of each pollutant in the previous day with changes in respiratory symptoms and oxygen saturation.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Higher community-level exposure to air pollutants was associated with worsening respiratory symptoms. An interquartile range (IQR) higher community-level O₃ was associated with a 1.35 (95%CI: 1.07–1.70) higher odds of worsening respiratory symptoms. The corresponding ORs for community-level PM_2.5 and NO₂ were 1.18 (95%CI: 1.02–1.37) and 1.06 (95%CI: 0.90–1.25), respectively. Community-level NO₂ was associated with worsening bronchitis symptoms (OR=1.25, 95%CI: 1.00–1.56), but not breathing symptoms. Personal PM_2.5 exposure was associated with lower odds of worsening respiratory symptoms (OR=0.91; 95%CI: 0.81–1.01). Personal exposure to NO₂ was associated with 0.11% lower oxygen saturation (95%CI: -0.22, 0.00) per IQR.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>In this COPD population, there was a pattern of worsening respiratory symptoms associated with community-level exposure to O₃ and PM_2.5, and worsening oxygenation associated with personal exposure to NO₂.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":73269,"journal":{"name":"Hygiene and environmental health advances","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100052"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/10/ce/nihms-1902532.PMC10249721.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9622259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Epidemiology for risk assessment: US Environmental Protection Agency quality considerations and the Matrix","authors":"J. LaKind, C. Burns, G. Johnson, Sabine S. Lange","doi":"10.1016/j.heha.2023.100059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heha.2023.100059","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73269,"journal":{"name":"Hygiene and environmental health advances","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44369664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effect of COVID-19 on our lifestyle and microbiome: What could long term imbalanced diet and germophobia mean for our immunity?","authors":"Marwah Almadhi,&nbsp;Sophie Gharaei,&nbsp;Jenny A. Herbert,&nbsp;Moustafa A. Alkhalaf,&nbsp;Karima Kahlat,&nbsp;Carol Yates,&nbsp;Stavros Panagiotou","doi":"10.1016/j.heha.2023.100046","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.heha.2023.100046","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73269,"journal":{"name":"Hygiene and environmental health advances","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100046"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9898943/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10831461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"PM2.5-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from the atmosphere of Xi'an, China: Seasonal variation, sources, and health risk assessments","authors":"Jieting Zhou ,&nbsp;Ziwei Guo ,&nbsp;Jiaxin Liu ,&nbsp;Min Gao ,&nbsp;Xiaoxia Sun ,&nbsp;Yun Sheng ,&nbsp;Yue Zhang ,&nbsp;Yizhen Lv ,&nbsp;Zhenwen Zhang ,&nbsp;Jing Han","doi":"10.1016/j.heha.2022.100041","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.heha.2022.100041","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Ambient air samples of fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) were collected in a main urban area of Xi'an, Guanzhong Plain, whose contents including organic carbon (OC), elemental carbon (EC) and eight carbon components were measured by thermo-optical analysis. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography. As a result, OC and EC accounted for 74.5% of PM_2.5 in winter. During winter, light-molecular-weight PAHs (with 2 and 3 benzene rings) concentration predominated in the atmosphere. Molecular diagnostic ratios were calculated to distinguish between different sources of carbon components and PAHs, which revealed natural dust, fossil fuels combustion, and traffic emissions (diesel and gasoline emissions) were the major source contributors. Health risk assessment of PAHs indicated the non-carcinogenic risk values were far lower than 1 for all populations. Some carcinogenic risk values induced by PM_2.5-bound PAHs were higher than 10⁻⁶, which means that there was a certain potential carcinogenic risk in carcinogenic PAHs. High exposure pollutants (acenaphthylene, benzo(b) fluoranthene, naphthalene and chrysene) were observed with potential <em>in vitro</em> oxidative and inflammatory responses. The results showed that long-term exposure to the environment with PAHs pollutants could cause sustained immune and respiratory system damage to the human body. Air quality management should be carried out to improve ambient air quality and reduce health hazards.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":73269,"journal":{"name":"Hygiene and environmental health advances","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100041"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42049598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ambient particulate matter (PM2.5) and adverse birth outcomes in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam","authors":"Tinh Huu Ho ,&nbsp;Chinh Van Dang ,&nbsp;Thao Thi Bich Pham ,&nbsp;To Thi Hien ,&nbsp;Supat Wangwongwatana","doi":"10.1016/j.heha.2023.100049","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.heha.2023.100049","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) has been documented to adversely affect birth outcomes, but the evidence is sparse in developing countries. This study assessed the associations between maternal PM_2.5 exposure and adverse birth outcomes, i.e., birth weight (BW) decrease, term low birth weight (LBW), and preterm birth (PTB) in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam.</p><p>Between 2016–2019, 163,868 women with singleton pregnancies in HCMC were recruited in the study. The PM_2.5 dataset was collected from two available fixed monitoring stations. Five different windows of exposure to PM_2.5 were calculated, including the first month of pregnancy, first trimester, second trimester, third trimester, and entire pregnancy. Linear regression was applied to evaluate the association between BW decrease and PM_2.5 exposure, and logistic regression was employed to study the risk of term LBW and PTB.</p><p>The study indicated that prenatal exposure to PM_2.5 decreased BW and increased the risk of PTB. Each 10 µg/m³ increase in PM_2.5 during the second trimester lowered with 11.771 g the BW (95% confident interval - CI: 5.246 – 18.296), and increased with 23.1% the risk of PTB (Odds ratio – OR = 1.231, 95%CI: 1.136 – 1.336). However, the association between maternal exposure to PM_2.5 and the risk of term LBW was not statistically significant.</p><p>Our study showed that maternal exposure to PM_2.5 was associated with lower BW and an increase in the risk of PTB. Reducing exposure to air pollutants, in particular ultrafine particles (PM_2.5) for pregnant women will improve infants’ health.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":73269,"journal":{"name":"Hygiene and environmental health advances","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100049"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47198856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}