This webinar is designed for early-career professionals within the EOPH-ECPWG. It will focus on the grant programs offered by the American Lung Association (ALA) that specifically support the next gen...

Microplastics (MPs), defined as plastic particles smaller than 5 mm, are an emerging environmental contaminant of increasing concern due to their pote…

Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of wildfires globally, causing significant woodsmoke (WS) emissions. Vehicles emit sizable amo…

Nature - Wildfire smoke exposure and mortality burden in the US under climate change

Micro/Nano-plastics (MNPs), including microplastics (MPs; <5 mm) and nanoplastics (NPs; <100 nm), have become pervasive environmental pollutants due t…

Long term exposure to traffic related air pollution (TRAP) is associated with respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. In 2005 and 2013…

This study utilized an interpretable machine learning (ML) framework to analyze data from 1693 adults in the 2015–2016 National Health and Nutrition E…

A growing role for the skeleton in human health and longevity emerged recently. However, knowledge regarding the effects of new risk factors, linked to modern life, for bone diseases is not documented satisfactorily. Micro- and nanoplastics (MPs) are environmental and health concerns due to their widespread detection in the human surrounding environment. This narrative review aims to critically summarize current knowledge on the effects of MPs on bone and bone marrow and to explore potential links to human bone diseases, such as osteoporosis. Worryingly, MPs were recently detected in human bone tissue. In the last years, in vitro studies have shown that MPs affect cell viability, induce cell senescence, alter adipogenic cell differentiation, modify gene expression, increase reactive oxygen species production, trigger inflammatory responses, and promote osteoclastogenesis. MPs have also been associated with the impairment of the bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cell differentiation potential. Experimental animal studies indicated that MPs ingestion disturbs gut microbiota and reduces white blood cell counts, suggesting compromised bone marrow function. MPs have been detected in bone tissue following intragastric administration and were shown to affect various blood cells. Additionally, MPs accumulation in bones reduced their growth and impaired trabecular microarchitecture likely due to the osteoblasts’ decreased osteogenic function. Although numerous in vitro and in vivo studies have described the effects of MPs on cells and bone tissue using animal models, the mechanistic impact of MPs accumulation in human bones or bone marrow remains largely unexplored.

A modelling study based on satellite observations, machine learning&nbsp;and a&nbsp;chemical transport model quantifies the global and regional exposure to particulate-matter pollution and the human health impacts related to the 2023 Canadian wildfires.

Forests are vital life-preserving assets, essential for biodiversity, human health, climate change mitigation, and economic stability. Yet, they are i…

npj Parkinson's Disease - Exposure to ambient air pollution and onset of Parkinson’s disease in a large cohort study

Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices showed a tenuous grasp of process and cited flawed research as they revisited covid, hepatitis B and MMRV shots.

A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine study released Wednesday says evidence that GHG emissions harm human health “is beyond scientific dispute”

Staff from the EPA’s Office of Water were summoned to a town hall meeting this week and told to pause the publication of most research, pending a review.

The “pollution gap” could mean EPA is missing areas not meeting air quality standards.

Whooping cough cases rapidly rise in Louisiana, leading to two deaths