Pesticides impacts on human health and the environment with their mechanisms of action and possible countermeasures

MF Ahmad, FA Ahmad, AA Alsayegh, M Zeyaullah… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Pesticides are chemical constituents used to prevent or control pests, including insects,
rodents, fungi, weeds, and other unwanted organisms. Despite their advantages in crop …

Consideration of pathways for immunotoxicity of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

V Ehrlich, W Bil, R Vandebriel, B Granum, M Luijten… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Background Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are of public health concern,
because of their ubiquitous and extremely persistent occurrence, and depending on their …

A review of practical statistical methods used in epidemiological studies to estimate the health effects of multi-pollutant mixture

L Yu, W Liu, X Wang, Z Ye, Q Tan, W Qiu, X Nie… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental risk factors have been implicated in adverse health effects. Previous
epidemiological studies on environmental risk factors mainly analyzed the impact of single …

A review of the pathways of human exposure to poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and present understanding of health effects

EM Sunderland, XC Hu, C Dassuncao… - Journal of exposure …, 2019 - nature.com
Here, we review present understanding of sources and trends in human exposure to poly-
and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and epidemiologic evidence for impacts on cancer …

Asthma: definitions and pathophysiology

JW Mims - International forum of allergy & rhinology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Asthma is a common condition due to chronic inflammation of the lower
respiratory tract. Chronic lower airway inflammation is known to be more common in …

Exposure to perfluorinated alkyl substances and health outcomes in children: a systematic review of the epidemiologic literature

KM Rappazzo, E Coffman, EP Hines - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), chemicals used to make products stain and stick
resistant, have been linked to health effects in adults and adverse birth outcomes. A growing …

Environmental pollutants and child health—A review of recent concerns

M Vrijheid, M Casas, M Gascon, D Valvi… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent years, many new studies have evaluated associations between environmental
pollutants and child health. This review aims to provide a broad summary of this literature …

Perfluoroalkyl substances exposure and immunity, allergic response, infection, and asthma in children: review of epidemiologic studies

H von Holst, P Nayak, Z Dembek, S Buehler… - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Background Increased exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) potentially affects
infant and childhood health through immunosuppression. Given rapidly evolving research …

Developmental exposures to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs): an update of associated health outcomes

Z Liew, H Goudarzi, Y Oulhote - Current environmental health reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We reviewed and summarized the epidemiological evidence for
the influence that pre-and postnatal exposures to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) may …

Exposure to per-fluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances leads to immunotoxicity: epidemiological and toxicological evidence

JC DeWitt, SJ Blossom, LA Schaider - Journal of exposure science & …, 2019 - nature.com
In this perspective, we evaluate key and emerging epidemiological and toxicological data
concerning immunotoxicity of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate …