OBJECTIVES To review the recent medical literature on environmental chemical hazards to child health. SOURCES OF DATA Articles published on this subject between 1999 and 2005 were searched in the MEDLINE database. Books, manuals and statements on child environmental health, issued by institutions such as the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization, were also reviewed....

The term El Niño (means Christ child in Spanish) was originally used by fishermen along the coasts of Ecuador and Peru to refer to a warm ocean current that typically appears around Christmas time and lasts for several months. Fish are less abundant during these warm intervals, so fishermen often take a break to repair their equipment and spend time with their families. Over the years, the term...

INTRODUCTION Employment in the health care industry can be hazardous to one’s health. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, health care is second only to manufacturing in the number of occupational illnesses and injuries sustained by their workers. Anesthesia personnel are at risk of acquiring a number of occupational illnesses and injuries that are endemic to the high intensity environment of...

Ambient (outdoor) air pollution is now recognized as an important problem, both nationally and worldwide. Our scientific understanding of the spectrum of health effects of air pollution has increased, and numerous studies are finding important health effects from air pollution at levels once considered safe. Children and infants are among the most susceptible to many of the air pollutants. In a...

1School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 2Centre for Radiation Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Public Health England, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 3Centre for Radiation Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Public Health England, Cardiff, United Kingdom; 4Real-Time Syndromic Surveillance Team, Public Health England, Birmingham, United Kin...

by insects, ticks, and other arthropods and mechanical vectors (vehicles). Also included within the scope of part one are the development, implementation and evaluation of intervention strategies to prevent, control or eliminate arthropod disease vector viral hazards and associated risks. Part two of the Environmental Health Insights Disease Vectors supplement focuses on bacterial agents transm...

This study analyzed occupational health hazards for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses and nursing technicians, comparing differences in the number and types of hazards which occur at the beginning and end of their careers. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out with 26 nurses and 96 nursing technicians from a public hospital in the Federal District, Brazil. A Likert-type work-relate...