Disposal of greywater is a neglected challenge facing rapidly growing human populations. Here, we define greywater as wastewater that originates from household activities (e.g., washing dishes, bathing, and laundry) but excludes inputs from the toilet. Pollutants in greywater can include both chemical and biological contaminates that can significantly impact human, animal, and environmental hea...

BACKGROUND Incense and joss stick are generally used in the world. Most products were made in small household factories. There are many environmental and occupational hazards in these factories. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the workplace environmental and occupational hazards in small household incense and joss stick factories in Roi-Et, Thailand. METHODS Nine small household factories in rural ar...

OBJECTIVES Antimicrobial chemicals are used in a variety of household and personal care products. Exposure to antimicrobial household products has been hypothesized to lead to allergic diseases in children. METHODS We investigated antimicrobial household product exposure and allergic symptoms in Korean children. An antimicrobial exposure (AE) score was derived. To examine the symptoms of alle...

Abstract Chemical products are widely used in our everyday activities. As the availability and accessibility of ecological chemical increases, usage these should be promoted encouraged since it is better for environmental human health. However, there a gap between individual perceptions on actual usage, therefore aim this study was to compare knowledge their labelling Latvian adult citizens whe...

The use of household cleaning products and air fresheners exposes people to a variety of chemicals, including some that have been shown to be irritants, potential carcinogens and endocrine disrupting compounds. In addition, some react with ambient ozone infiltrating to the indoor environment to form potentially toxic secondary pollutants. Although realistic estimates of usage patterns are neces...

Chemical safety is a component of general and professional competencies future doctors, namely: culture (handling chemical substances, household chemicals); promotion healthy lifestyle; prevention diseases the population; protection preservation public health; providing emergency medical care in emergencies (related to accidents). The article substantiates method improving training doctors by i...

Asthma is a non-communicable and non-curable lung disease that associated with an array of environmental contaminants chemicals. Many these hazards are subject to regulation, or may be considered for in order reduce exposures prevent human health risks. However, the available information on willingness-to-pay (WTP) avoid asthma its severity scarce, incomplete does not provide estimates compatib...