Rutgers study finds higher levels of forever chemicals in volunteer firefighters
Volunteer firefighters who comprise more than 65 percent of the U.S. fire service have higher levels of forever chemicals, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), in their bodies than the general public, according to a Rutgers study.
The study, which was published in the
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, compared the levels of nine PFAS chemicals in the blood of volunteer firefighters against levels in the general population.
It is the first study to evaluate volunteer firefighters exposure to PFAS, which are chemicals that accumulate in human bodies and in the environment and are found in everyday items like electronics and carpeting. PFAS have been associated with numerous health conditions that impact firefighters, including cardiovascular disease. Increasing evidence has linked them to cancer.
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Smart Dubai, MBRU develop a novel COVID-19 epidemiological model Sun 02nd May 2021 | 07:15 PM
DUBAI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 02nd May, 2021) Smart Dubai and the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) developed a novel epidemiological model to predict COVID-19 spread.
The newly developed model is a specialised compartmental version of the SEIR (Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Removed) model, widely used in epidemiology to mathematically model the spread of infectious diseases with incubation periods.
The SEIR model prototype is generally considered generic and unable to capture the unique nature of a novel viral pandemic, such as COVID-19. With that in mind, researchers at Smart Dubai and MBRU developed and tested a specialised version of the SEIR model, called SEAHIR (Susceptible-Exposed-Asymptomatic-Hospitalised-Isolated-Removed) model, which was better able to capture the unique dynamics of the COVID-19 outbreak. The work was rec
Exposure To Bsphenol-A: Negative Effects On The Human Body
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There are chemicals plastic products and in cans. This chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) are in many products people use every day. People are exposed to this chemical on a regular basis except in small amounts and it is harmless but since it is in many products that we use it can cause harm to the human body. Some of these products are canned food, plastic, receipts, and it is in the air. Exposure to BPA can cause many health problems overtime because it is a carcinogen. BPA should be banned from being in products because of how poisonous it is to others health.
A UCLA Fielding School of Public Health-led team has found that Hispanic, Black, and Native Americans have carried the burden of the pandemic, both in overall mortality and specifically in years of potential life lost, in an analysis of 45 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (D.C.).
“COVID-19 certainly didn’t cause these racial/ethnic disparities in health outcomes, but it did highlight and bring unprecedented national attention to long-standing societal and health inequalities that many communities of color in the U.S. face,” said
Dr. Ron Brookmeyer, dean of the Fielding School and distinguished professor of biostatistics. “It is imperative that we rise to the challenge of addressing the health needs of communities of color, both during the U.S. COVID-19 epidemic and long after its conclusion.”
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