A new study in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health finds parents' workplace chemical exposure may be linked to a range of behavioral challenges and developmental delays in ...

(Beyond Pesticides, October 2, 2019) New data gleaned from the Kuakini Honolulu Heart Program — a longitudinal study of men of Japanese descent living on Oahu — demonstrate that occupational exposure ...

Workers may be exposed, and ultimately injured, by exposure to 1,4-dioxane. The principal pathway of exposure, as discussed below, is through inhalation. A worker’s level of exposure relates to the ...

Exposure to dust and particles at work may increase the risk of chronic kidney disease, a new study shows. Among Swedish construction workers, followed since the 1970s, the risk was 15% higher among ...

As cumulative occupational exposure to benzene-toluene-zylene increases, so does the risk for bladder cancer, new data suggest. Cumulative occupational exposure to organic solvents is associated with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Benzene exposure length and the amount of time since exposure impacted the odds for lung cancer. An elevated ...

The authors conclude that high COPD prevalences in certain industries and occupations among persons who have never smoked underscore the importance of continued surveillance, early identification of ...

Updated HIV post-exposure prophylaxis guidelines introduce new PEP regimens, shorten follow-up HIV testing, and refine management after occupational exposure when source patients have undetectable ...

A case report highlights pulmonary siderosis in a welder with progressive dyspnea and recurrent infections, underscoring occupational history, possible systemic iron overload, and the need to monitor ...

On paper, they might appear to form a single SEG. However, detailed observation might reveal that electricians working in control rooms have fundamentally different exposure profiles compared to ...

On December 7, 2018, the Occupational Cancer Research Center (OCRC) held a seminar on “Perspectives on Mitigating Exposures to Engineered Nanomaterials in the Workplace.” The seminar was part of the ...

Editor’s note: Students at SUNY Upstate Medical University are learning more than how to be doctors, researchers and public health experts. They also are acquiring skills to advocate for their ...