Epigenetic phenomena have sparked much interest resulting in an exponential increase in scientific investigation in the last two decades. While growing, the field of environmental epigenetics remains small when compared to other areas of epigenetic inquiry such as cancer research. In this paper, our objective is to describe the status of the field of environmental epigenetics and lay out our vi...

Two essential elements contribute to the risk of all diseases, especially cancer: genetic variation and environmental exposures. The completion of a solid draft of the human genome will allow researchers to characterize genotypes to ever-finer degrees of detail, and to continue to identify genetic traits associated with disease in individuals and families. However, much of the genetic variation...

OBJECTIVES This study explored whether differences in environmental lead exposures explain the racial disparity in children's blood lead levels. METHODS Environmental sources of lead were identified for a random sample of 172 urban children. RESULTS Blood lead levels were significantly higher among Black children. Lead-contamination of dust was higher in Black children's homes, and the cond...

We present a framework to aggregate divergent health impacts associated with different types of environmental exposures, such as air pollution, residential noise, and large technologic risks. From the policy maker's point of view, there are at least three good reasons for this type of aggregation: comparative risk evaluation (for example, setting priorities), evaluation of the efficiency of env...

Human biomonitoring has evolved beyond margins to ascertain exposure-response relationship in environmental associated human diseases. As occupational ailments continue to dominate global concerns, biomonitoring strategies have evolved better in terms of evaluating health risks associated with systemic uptake from chronic (long-term) environment exposures. Even though contributions of acute tox...

the incidence of brain neoplasm has been progressively increasing in recent years in the industrialized countries. one of the reasons for this increased incidence could be better access to health care and improved diagnosis in the industrialized countries. it also appears that caucasians have a higher incidence than blacks or hispanics or asians. a number of risk factors have been identified an...