Impact of upstream oil extraction and environmental public health: A review of the evidence

JE Johnston, E Lim, H Roh - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Upstream oil extraction, which includes exploration and operation to bring crude oil to the
surface, frequently occurs near human populations. There are approximately 40,000 oil …

[HTML][HTML] Public health issues from crude-oil production in the Ecuadorian Amazon territories

GC Vargas, WW Au, A Izzotti - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Crude oil production (COP) is a high-pollution industry but the vast Amazon rainforest has
been an active COP zone for South America. Although COP has been associated with a …

Drinking water quality in areas impacted by oil activities in Ecuador: Associated health risks and social perception of human exposure

L Maurice, F López, S Becerra, H Jamhoury… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The unregulated oil exploitation in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon Region (NEAR), mainly
from 1964 to the 90's, led to toxic compounds largely released into the environment. A large …

[BOOK][B] Life in oil: Cofán survival in the petroleum fields of Amazonia

ML Cepek - 2018 - degruyter.com
125 ondiccu'je like his father's; Deji gave up his tunic for shirts and pants long ago. Deji is
also one of the few Cofán men who wear glasses, a fact that accounts for my joking …

Heavy metal accumulation, tissue injury, oxidative stress, and inflammation in dromedary camels living near petroleum industry sites in Saudi Arabia

JS Ajarem, AK Hegazy, GA Allam, AA Allam… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The petroleum industry is a major source of energy and economic
development but can pollute the environment and negatively impact animal and human …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of haematological malignancies in residents living near petrochemical facilities

C Jephcote, D Brown, T Verbeek, A Mah - Environmental Health, 2020 - Springer
Background The petrochemical industry is a major source of hazardous and toxic air
pollutants that are recognised to have mutagenic and carcinogenic properties. A wealth of …

The role of genetic polymorphisms for inducing genotoxicity in workers occupationally exposed to benzene: a systematic review

T Guedes Pinto, TA Dias, ACM Renno… - Archives of …, 2024 - Springer
Benzene is used worldwide as a major raw material in a number of industrial processes and
also a potent airborne pollutant emitted from traffic exhaust fume. The present systematic …

Effects of benzene: hematological and hypersensitivity manifestations in resident living in oil refinery areas

R Cordiano, V Papa, N Cicero, G Spatari, A Allegra… - Toxics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Literature is teeming with publications on industrial pollution. Over the decades, the main
industrial pollutants and their effects on human health have been widely framed. Among the …

Case–control study of risk factors of myelodysplastic syndromes according to World Health Organization classification in a Chinese population

L Lv, G Lin, G Lin, X Gao, C Wu, J Dai… - American journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Risk factors of mydelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) remain largely unknown. We conducted
a hospital‐based case–control study consisting of 403 newly diagnosed MDS patients …

Determination of genetic damage and urinary metabolites in fuel filling station attendants

PV Rekhadevi, M Mahboob… - Environmental and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Fuel (diesel and petrol) constitutes a complex mixture of volatile flammable liquid
hydrocarbons among them benzene (BZ), toluene (TOL), and xylene (XYL) are considered …