Regulating toxic chemicals for public and environmental health
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Correction: Regulating toxic chemicals for public and environmental health
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2004814.].
متن کاملToxic nephropathy: environmental chemicals.
The kidney is the target of numerous xenobiotic toxicants, including environmental chemicals. Anatomical, physiological, and biochemical features of the kidney make it particularly sensitive to many environmental compounds. Factors contributing to the sensitivity of the kidney include: large blood flow, the presence of a variety of xenobiotic transporters and metabolizing enzymes, and concentra...
متن کاملChildren's vulnerability to toxic chemicals: a challenge and opportunity to strengthen health and environmental policy.
A key policy breakthrough occurred nearly twenty years ago with the discovery that children are far more sensitive than adults to toxic chemicals in the environment. This finding led to the recognition that chemical exposures early in life are significant and preventable causes of disease in children and adults. We review this knowledge and recommend a new policy to regulate industrial and cons...
متن کاملStrengthen Health And Environmental Policy Children ' s Vulnerability To Toxic Chemicals : A Challenge And Opportunity To
A key policy breakthrough occurred nearly twenty years ago with the discovery that children are far more sensitive than adults to toxic chemicals in the environment. This finding led to the recognition that chemical exposures early in life are significant and preventable causes of disease in children and adults. We review this knowledge and recommend a new policy to regulate industrial and cons...
متن کاملTraining Course on Environmental & Health Risk As- Sessment and Risk Management of Toxic Chemicals
World Health Organization’s International Programme on Chemical Safety. Throughout the course, the lectures explaining the theoretical concepts and principles of hazard identification, doseresponse assessment, environmental risk assessment and risk management and reduction were supported by practical examples which included dietary risk assessment cases, air pollution, cancer risk assessment ca...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Biology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1545-7885
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2004814