Analyzing the Ignored Environmental Contaminants

Pmn-16: The Effect of Environmental Contaminants on Testicular Function

Male reproductive health has deteriorated considerably in the last few decades. Nutritional, socioeconomic, lifestyle and environmental factors (among others) have been attributed to compromising male reproductive health. In recent years, a large volume of evidence has accumulated that suggests that the trend of decreasing male fertility (in terms of sperm count, quality and other changes in ma...

Toxicity of Environmental Contaminants

1Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Division, CSIR-NEERI, Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440 020, India 2Department of Civil Engineering, Center for Environmental Engineering Research and Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4 3Centre for Plant and Water Science, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, QLD 4702, Australia 4Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical Univ...

Environmental Contaminants in Food

Environmental sanitation: An ignored issue in India

40 Dear sir, In general, environmental sanitation covers arrangements for drainage of rainwater and effluents, collection and disposal of garbage and removal of human excreta. The World Health organization (WHO) defines environmental sanitation as “the control of all those factors in man’s physical environment, which exercise or may exercise a deleterious effect on his physical development, hea...

Environmental contaminants and food safety

Food safety is threatened by numerous contaminants, which can originate from environmental pollution, such as toxic metals and organic halogenated compounds; chemicals used in the production of food, such as pesticides and veterinary drugs; contaminants formed during food production and cooking; contaminants arising from food packaging, or natural toxins in food. Consumers’ perceptions of food-...