Phthalate esters (PEs) are a group of widely used commercial chemicals consisting of many different congeners. Concentrations of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate ester in the parts per million range have been observed in sediments from locations in North America and Europe. However, sediment and biota concentrations of other widely used PEs (i.e., dibutyl phthalate, diisononyl phthalate, and diisodec...

AIM To compare the total and organic mercury content in sea-fish samples from Croatia, where fishing occurs in a closed part of the Mediterranean Sea, and from other countries fishing mostly in the oceans. METHOD During 1997, we collected at the Zagreb fish market a total of 115 samples of fifteen kinds of fish including bathypelagic, pelagic and elasmobranch fish, caught in the wider coastal...

OBJECTIVE To describe trends in overall alcohol consumption and alcohol-related mortality in Canada, and to test regional associations between per capita alcohol consumption and alcohol-related mortality. METHOD Alcohol sales for 1950-2000 were used to measure total alcohol consumption; alcohol-related mortality consisted of nine different alcohol-related causes of death for 1950-1998. Alcoho...

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a rampant epidemic worldwide. Causative factors and predisposition is postulated to be multi-factorial in origin and include changing life styles and diet. This paper examines the relationship between per capita sugar consumption and diabetes prevalence worldwide and with regard to territorial, economic and geographical regions. METHODS Data from 165 count...

Resource productivity and evidence of economic decoupling were investigated on the basis of the time series in 1996-2011 of material flow analysis for Sweden, Stockholm, and Gothenburg. In the three cases, absolute reductions in CO2 emissions by about 20% were observed, energy consumption per capita decreased, while gross domestic product (GDP) per capita grew. The energy consumption of the res...

Seafood consumption is in constant increase since 1960s. Though, there is diversity in seafood consumption worldwide (per capita/per year). The increase tendency of seafood consumption in the Europe can be predicted by the fact that average seafood intake among European population is around 7 kg/per year, while recommended amount is 14.5 kg.

Urban growth reduces open space in and around cities, impacting biodiversity and ecosystem services. Using land-cover and population data, we examined land consumption and open space loss between 1990 and 2000 for all 274 metropolitan areas in the contiguous United States. Nationally, 1.4 million ha of open space was lost, and the amount lost in a given city was correlated with population growt...