Environmental exposures due to natural disasters

Humanitarian crises due to natural disasters and armed conflict.

Environmental Pollution Caused by Natural Disasters

One of the major problems that the world is facing is the environmental pollution. Among these, the appropriate management of the hazardous and special wastes is significantly important especially for the economically developing countries. Another problem that the authorities in the waste management are combating is the wastes of natural disasters such as flooding, earthquake and fire. Lack of ...

Gut Dysbiosis in Animals Due to Environmental Chemical Exposures

The gut microbiome consists of over 103-104 microorganism inhabitants that together possess 150 times more genes that the human genome and thus should be considered an "organ" in of itself. Such communities of bacteria are in dynamic flux and susceptible to changes in host environment and body condition. In turn, gut microbiome disturbances can affect health status of the host. Gut dysbiosis mi...

cancer risk in pakistan due to natural environmental pollutants

wheat is a staple food in pakistan. production of wheat is increased with extensive use of phosphate based fertilizers in agricultural fields. activity mass concentration of primordial radionuclides due to use of phosphate fertilizers in soil enhances the external gamma dose and due to the consumption of wheat food grown on these soils also increases the internal dose. different types of soil, ...

Behavioral Responses to Natural Disasters

Catastrophic events can dramatically alter existing social and economic relationships. The consequences can be long-lasting and give rise to heterogeneity of behavior across populations. We investigate the impact of a large negative shock on altruism, trust and reciprocity in 30 small Honduran communities diversely affected by Hurricane Mitch in 1998. We conduct a survey of communities and beha...