Accumulation and Ecological Risk of Heavy Metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Surface Sediments from Typical Estuaries in Hainan Island by YANG Jianzhou, MA Shengming, WANG Zhenliang, BIAN Yuan, GONG Jingjing, GAO Jianweng, ZHAO Jinhua, HU Shuqi, TANG Shixin

“…BACKGROUND Heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are the ecological research focus because of their teratogenicity, carcinogenicity, and mutagenicity. Hainan Island is China's first ecological civilization pilot area, and the continuous acceleration of urbanization will increase the pressure on environmental protection in the estuary area. …”
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PSEUROTIN A FROM Aspergillus fumigatus Fr. AUMC 8002 EXHIBITS ANTICANCER ACTIVITY AGAINST HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA IN VITRO AND IN VIVO by Gamal A Helal, Fatma A Ahmed, Ahmed Askora, Taghred M Saber, Shimaa M Rady

“…After administration of these carcinogens, 1/10 and 1/20 LD50 doses of nBE-AF were administered intraperitoneally daily. …”
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Pollution characteristics, sources, and risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in atmosphere of two districts of Lanzhou City from 2019 to 2020 by Sheng LI, Jinyu WANG, Qing GAO, Haixia YANG, Qiaozhen WEI, Yali FENG, Shouyu LI, Pu LI, Qiong LIU, Xiaowei REN, Cheng WANG

“…ConclusionPAHs pollution exists in the atmosphere of the two urban areas of Lanzhou City, mainly comes from mixed sources of fossil fuels, coal, and biomass burning, and may pose potential carcinogenic risks to the population.…”
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Genetic Interaction of Global Regulators AflatfA and AflatfB Mediating Development, Stress Response and Aflatoxins B1 Production in <i>Aspergillus flavus</i> by Xiuna Wang, Wenjie Zha, Bin Yao, Lan Yang, Shihua Wang

“…<i>Aspergillus flavus</i> produces carcinogenic and mutagenic aflatoxins, which cause economic losses and risk of food safety by contaminating grains, food and feed. …”
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Association between PM2.5-bound metals and pediatric respiratory health in Guangzhou: An ecological study investigating source, health risk, and effect by Yi Zheng, Sili Chen, Yuyang Chen, Jingye Li, Binhe Xu, Tongxing Shi, Tongxing Shi, Qiaoyuan Yang, Qiaoyuan Yang

“…PM2.5-bound arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr)(VI), nickel (Ni), and lead (Pb) were found to pose a carcinogenic risk (CR). A quasi-Poisson GAM was constructed that showed there were significant associations between PM2.5 concentrations and pediatric outpatient visits for respiratory diseases. …”
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CONCENTRATIONS AND SOURCES OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN WATER AND SEDIMENTS OF RIVERS OF NORTHERN OIL AND GAS PRODUCING TERRITORIES OF WESTERN SIBERIA by Natalia A. Volkova, Irina S. Ivanova, Denis A. Sokolov, Yuliya V. Kolubaeva, Daria I. Chuikina

“…Among the components of oil, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons stand out, which have carcinogenic and mutagenic properties and have a negative impact on natural ecosystems. …”
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Practice of two methods in occupational health risk grading and classification management in petroleum refining enterprises by Qifan HUANG, Jiawei ZHU, Xi ZHONG, Rongzong LI, Zhiheng PENG, Shibiao SU

“…Its principle was to calculate the risk level of each workstation in an employer based on published carcinogenicity classification or LD50/LC50 of chemical toxicants, level of noise, exposure parameters such as exposure level and exposure frequency, estimate the comprehensive risk Ro of the target employer by the Romanian comprehensive risk calculation method, and then calculate a comprehensive risk Ro' weighted by the occupational health management index of the target employer and classify it into class A, class B, and class C. …”
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Evaluation of Antioxidant Effect of Ethanolic Extract of Aloe Vera Gel on the Stability of Soybean Oil by M. Karami, L. Nateghi, S. Asadollahi

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the type and amount of phenolic compounds in ethanolic extract of aloe vera gel as a source of natural antioxidant and its effect on the oxidative stability of soybean oil.Using synthetic antioxidant due to the possibility of toxic and carcinogenic effects is limited. Thus, it is important to find an alternative to synthetic antioxidants by natural antioxidant. …”
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Functional characterization of the chlorzoxazone 6-hydroxylation activity of human cytochrome P450 2E1 allelic variants in Han Chinese by Ting Wang, Huihui Du, Jingsong Ma, Lu Shen, Muyun Wei, Xianglong Zhao, Luan Chen, Mo Li, Guorong Li, Qinghe Xing, Lin He, Shengying Qin

“…Backgrounds Cytochrome P450 (P450) 2E1 is one of the primary enzymes responsible for the metabolism of xenobiotics, such as drugs and environmental carcinogens. The genetic polymorphisms of the CYP2E1 gene in promoter and coding regions have been identified previously in the Han Chinese population from four different geographic areas of Mainland China. …”
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Levels and Sources of Atmospheric Particle-Bound Mercury in Atmospheric Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) at Several Sites of an Atlantic Coastal European Region by Jorge Moreda-Piñeiro, Adrián Rodríguez-Cabo, María Fernández-Amado, María Piñeiro-Iglesias, Soledad Muniategui-Lorenzo, Purificación López-Mahía

“…Toxicity prediction of PHg, by using hazard quotient, suggested no non-carcinogenic risk for adults.…”
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Synthesis of Ce and Sm Co-Doped TiO₂ Nanoparticles with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity for Rhodamine B Dye Degradation by Yassine Slimani, Munirah A. Almessiere, Mohamed J. S. Mohamed, Essia Hannachi, Serkan Caliskan, Sultan Akhtar, Abdulhadi Baykal, Mohammed A. Gondal

“…It is highly persistent, toxic, and carcinogenic to organisms and humans when directly released into the water supply. …”
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Biophysical studies on enzymes related to antibiotics by Kamps, JJAG

“…Formaldehyde is toxic and considered carcinogenic above threshold levels, however its reactivity with biomolecules is not well defined.…”

Synthesis, Modification And Characterization Of Layered Hydroxides And Magnetite And Their Nanohybrids With D-Gluconate And Gallate Anions by Ghotbi, Mohammad Yeganeh

“…A new organo-mineral nanohybrid material, in which the organic moiety was hybridized into the inorganic interlamellae, was prepared using gallate anion (GA), an anti-carcinogenic, anti-mutagenic, and anti-microbial agent as a guest, and Zn-Al-layered double hydroxide, as an inorganic layered host using the ion-exchange technique. …”
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Distribution and source of hydrocarbons in the sediments of the Selangor River, Malaysia by Masood, Najat Abdullah Ebrahim

“…Hydrocarbons contamination is a great global concern due to their negative effects on human health and environmental consequences, such as toxic, mutagenic, carcinogenic, teratogenic and hepatotoxic effects. …”
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Evaluation of local spices and herbs as marinating ingredients for the reduction of heterocyclic amines in grilled beef by Sepahpour, Shabnam

“…Heterocyclic aromatic amines (HCAs) are an important group of food mutagens and potential carcinogens which are formed during heat processing. …”
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Stakeholders’ knowledge, attitude, and practices in relation to minimizing aflatoxins contamination in peanut-based products by Mohd Azaman, Nur Nazurah

“…Aflatoxins are carcinogens produced by Aspergillus flavus and A. …”
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Quantification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH4) in roasted cocoa beans using QuEChERS and dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction coupled with HPLC-FLD by Agus, Baizura Aya Puteri

“…Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are carcinogenic contaminants found in cocoa beans and cocoa products during primary cocoa bean processing such as drying, storage, transportation and roasting. …”
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons biodegradation using isolated strains under indigenous condition by Othman, Norzila

“…These pollutants are toxic, mutagenic or carcinogenic and may threaten human health. Iiilproper disposal and handling of sludge may pose serious impact to the environment especially on soil and water cycles. …”
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Heavy Metal Contamination of Sediments from an Exoreic African Great Lakes’ Shores (Port Bell, Lake Victoria), Uganda by Gabson Baguma, Andrew Musasizi, Hannington Twinomuhwezi, Allan Gonzaga, Caroline K. Nakiguli, Patrick Onen, Christopher Angiro, Augastine Okwir, Boniface Opio, Thomas Otema, Daniel Ocira, Ivan Byaruhanga, Eric Nirigiyimana, Timothy Omara

“…Health risk assessments indicated that there are no discernible non-carcinogenic health risks that could arise from the dredging works that are conducted in the study area as the indices were all below one. …”
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The Influence of the Exposome in the Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma, a Multicenter Case–Control Study by Alba Navarro-Bielsa, Tamara Gracia-Cazaña, Manuel Almagro, Sonia De la Fuente-Meira, Ángeles Flórez, Oriol Yélamos, Trinidad Montero-Vilchez, Carlos González-Cruz, Adrián Diago, Isabel Abadías-Granado, Victoria Fuentelsaz, María Colmenero, José Bañuls, Salvador Arias-Santiago, Agustín Buendía-Eisman, Manuel Almenara-Blasco, Pedro Gil-Pallares, Yolanda Gilaberte

“…The SCC group had experienced more outside work than the controls (75% vs. 22.4%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), less recreational exposure (sunbathing, <i>p</i> = 0.05, and outdoor sports, <i>p</i> = 0.01), and a lower annual income (<i>p</i> = 0.01), with an increase in tobacco exposure (<i>p</i> < 0.001), without differences in other carcinogens, such as ionizing radiation or chemical exposure. …”
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