Toxics,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
12(7), С. 492 - 492
Опубликована: Июль 4, 2024
The
lockdown
imposed
to
combat
the
COVID-19
pandemic
produced
a
historic
fall
in
air
pollution
cities
like
Barcelona.
This
exceptional
situation
offered
unique
context
which
examine
effects
of
pollutants
on
human
health.
present
study
aims
determine
and
compare
oxidative
stress
biomarkers
Th1/Th2
inflammatory-related
cytokines
healthy
individuals
first
during
then
six
months
after
easing
restrictions
mobility.
A
prospective
representative
sample
58
healthy,
non-smoking
adults
was
carried
out.
During
post-easing
restrictions,
blood
samples
were
drawn
measure
percentage
eosinophils,
levels
assessed
by
multiplex
assay
(BioRad
Laboratories
S.A.,
Marnes-la-Coquette,
France),
8-isoprostane,
glutathione
peroxidase
activity,
myeloperoxidase
(Cayman
Chemical
Co.,
Ann
Arbor,
MI,
USA),
assess
their
value
as
stress.
Six
mobility
increases
8-isoprostane
(p
<
0.0001),
IL-1β
=
0.0013),
IL-1ra
0.0110),
IL-4
IL-13
G-CSF
0.0007),
CCL3
0.0001)
recorded,
along
with
reductions
IFN-γ
0.0145),
TNFα
IP-10
IL-2
IL-7
basic
FGF
CCL4
CCL5
0.0001).
No
significant
differences
observed
rest
analyzed.
reduction
environmental
significantly
lowered
stress,
systemic
inflammation,
Th2-related
people.
Ecologica Montenegrina,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
80, С. 106 - 127
Опубликована: Дек. 5, 2024
Aquatic
insects
may
be
at
risk
due
to
microplastics,
which
are
new
pollutants
in
the
water
that
known
sink
and
accumulate
sediments.
In
this
study,
concentration,
type,
size,
color
of
MPs
surface
water,
sediments,
aquatic
were
investigated
rice
fields.
The
MP
concentrations
85.8
items/L.
sediment
0.43
items/g.
predatory
insects,
microplastics
discovered
0.59±0.50–17.00±17.00
items/individual,
scrapers
2.45±2.66–9.00±9.00
collector-gathering
2.45±2.66–25.00±25.99
items/individual.
Fibers
predominant
type
sediment,
insects.
most
common
sizes
<100
µm
>500
200-250
water.
dominant
colors
detected
blue
white/transparent
sediment.
Polyethylene
terephthalate
(PET),
polyvinyl
acetate
(PVAc),
polypropylene
glycol
(PPG),
polyethylene
(PEG),
poly
(acrylamide-co-acrylic
acid)
(poly
(AM-co-AA),
(vinyl
methyl
ether)
(PVME),
bis(2-ethylhexyl)
phthalate
(DEHP)
major
polymer
types
selected
particles.
results
study
showed
concentration
fields
is
relatively
high
insect
samples,
although
it
lower
samples.
This
data
assist
extending
our
knowledge
regarding
pollution
freshwater
systems
provides
a
baseline
for
future
monitoring
assessment
Toxics,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
12(7), С. 492 - 492
Опубликована: Июль 4, 2024
The
lockdown
imposed
to
combat
the
COVID-19
pandemic
produced
a
historic
fall
in
air
pollution
cities
like
Barcelona.
This
exceptional
situation
offered
unique
context
which
examine
effects
of
pollutants
on
human
health.
present
study
aims
determine
and
compare
oxidative
stress
biomarkers
Th1/Th2
inflammatory-related
cytokines
healthy
individuals
first
during
then
six
months
after
easing
restrictions
mobility.
A
prospective
representative
sample
58
healthy,
non-smoking
adults
was
carried
out.
During
post-easing
restrictions,
blood
samples
were
drawn
measure
percentage
eosinophils,
levels
assessed
by
multiplex
assay
(BioRad
Laboratories
S.A.,
Marnes-la-Coquette,
France),
8-isoprostane,
glutathione
peroxidase
activity,
myeloperoxidase
(Cayman
Chemical
Co.,
Ann
Arbor,
MI,
USA),
assess
their
value
as
stress.
Six
mobility
increases
8-isoprostane
(p
<
0.0001),
IL-1β
=
0.0013),
IL-1ra
0.0110),
IL-4
IL-13
G-CSF
0.0007),
CCL3
0.0001)
recorded,
along
with
reductions
IFN-γ
0.0145),
TNFα
IP-10
IL-2
IL-7
basic
FGF
CCL4
CCL5
0.0001).
No
significant
differences
observed
rest
analyzed.
reduction
environmental
significantly
lowered
stress,
systemic
inflammation,
Th2-related
people.
