The attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) created an acute environmental disaster of
enormous magnitude. This study characterizes the environmental exposures resulting from …

Background: Nearly 3 billion people worldwide rely on solid fuel combustion to meet basic
household energy needs. The resulting exposure to air pollution causes an estimated 4.5 …

The biocides triclosan and triclocarban are wastewater contaminants whose occurrence and
fate in estuarine sediments remain unexplored. We examined contaminant profiles in …

There is increasing interest in potential health effects of airborne exposures to hazardous air
pollutants at relatively low levels. This study focuses on sources, levels, and exposure …

The application of benzo (a) pyrene (BaP)-toxic equivalent factor to polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAH) concentrations can provide a more accurate risk assessment from …

Motor vehicle traffic is an important source of particulate pollution in cities of the developing
world, where rapid growth, coupled with a lack of effective transport and land use planning …

Efforts to assess health risks associated with exposures to multiple urban air toxics have
been hampered by the lack of exposure data for people living in urban areas. The TEACH …

Exposures to ambient diesel exhaust particles have been associated with respiratory
symptoms and asthma exacerbations in children; however, epidemiologic evidence linking …

Objective To examine cooking practices and 24-h personal and kitchen area exposures to
fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) and black carbon in cooks using biomass in Ghana. Methods …

Over the past ten years, unconventional gas and oil drilling (UGOD) has markedly expanded
in the United States. Despite substantial increases in well drilling, the health consequences …