Résultats de la recherche - 78 results
EBoD-FL. Guidelines for mapping the environmental burden of disease in Flanders, 2024
risks. Environmental burden of disease (EBD) studies try to estimate the impact of environmental stressors in terms of mortality or morbidity on a population level. Although environmental risks have been ...
Chemical Characterization of Feminine Intimate Products an Extractables & Leachables Investigation
9 fragrances, 5 phthalates, 2 plastic additives, and 3 VOC s, with maximum levels of 28.22 µg/g (heliotropine), 100 ppb (DEHP), and 18 ppm (triethyl citrate). Additionally, menstrual sea sponges exhibited the ...
Overview of air quality measures aiming to reduce emissions from road traffic and mitigate health impact in Belgium
pollution levels in Belgium, a considerable part of the population is still exposed to concentration levels exceeding the WHO Air Quality Guidelines. Therefore, identifying and quantifying the effectiveness ...
Assessment of receptor-mediated activity (AhR and ERα), mutagenicity, and teratogenicity of metal shredder wastes in Wallonia, Belgium.
wastes was further evaluated with zebrafish embryos. Except for the dust sample (site 2), all samples were found to be teratogenic as they returned teratogenic indexes (TI s) > 1. The high levels of ...
The International cookbook for wastewater practitioners- Vol. 1 SARS-CoV-2
guidance; high-level tactical wastewater catchment sampling strategies; wastewater sampling techniques; transport and storage of samples; laboratory analysis; normalisation and standardisation; data analysis ...
Persistent organic pollutants in human milk of Belgian mothers: levels, time trend and exposure assessment for nursing infants
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Mirjana Andjelkovic; Ilse Van Overmeire; Laure Joly; Malarvannan,G.; Christiane Vleminckx; Svetlana V. Malysheva; Vanhouche,M.; Van Loco, Joris; Van Nieuwenhuyse, An; Covaci,A. Source: J. Environ ...
What drives the long-term changes in airborne birch and grass pollen levels in Belgium?
to disentangle the effects of changing meteorology and vegetation dynamics on long-term trends of birch and grass pollen levels near the surface in Belgium. Materials & Methods The pollen ...
Analyzing the airborne birch and grass pollen monitoring network in Belgium
Belgium. The interpolated values were compared to a reference dataset containing spatio-temporal distributions of daily surface airborne birch and grass pollen levels from the SILAM model (System for ...
Estimating the Uncertainty in Airborne Birch Pollen Modelling
model (System for Integrated modeLling of Atmospheric composition). The key question, however, is which uncertainty can be expected when modelling and forecasting airborne pollen levels? Materials & ...
First European pollen reanalysis for allergenic trees
in Europe has been growing during the last several decades. Climate change is directly affecting the main factors driving the airborne pollen levels released by anemophilous plants. A retrospective ...