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View article: Assessing environmental health aspects of environmental justice in communities living in industrially contaminated areas: An international network to share approaches and experiences
Assessing environmental health aspects of environmental justice in communities living in industrially contaminated areas: An international network to share approaches and experiences Open
Background: Industrially contaminated areas (ICA) are areas hosting or that have hosted industrial human activities (including industrial agriculture and mining) that have produced or might produce, directly or indirectly, chemical contami…
View article: Engaging Social Stakeholders in National Asbestos Research for Public Health: An Italian Experience
Engaging Social Stakeholders in National Asbestos Research for Public Health: An Italian Experience Open
Background: Asbestos and its impacts on the population worldwide are threats to the environment and public health, striking both countries that have banned asbestos, such as Italy in 1992, and those that continue its use. In Italy, …
View article: Assessing environmental justice for communities living in industrially contaminated areas: sharing approaches and experiences
Assessing environmental justice for communities living in industrially contaminated areas: sharing approaches and experiences Open
View article: Research-Community Partnerships for promoting procedural environmental justice in industrially contaminated areas.
Research-Community Partnerships for promoting procedural environmental justice in industrially contaminated areas. Open
View article: Promoting environmental justice in industrially contaminated areas: from national assessments of environmental health inequalities to approaches focused on single communities
Promoting environmental justice in industrially contaminated areas: from national assessments of environmental health inequalities to approaches focused on single communities Open
View article: Promotion of environmental public health and environmental justice in communities affected by large and long lasting industrial contamination: methods applied and lessons learned from the case study of Porto Torres (Italy)
Promotion of environmental public health and environmental justice in communities affected by large and long lasting industrial contamination: methods applied and lessons learned from the case study of Porto Torres (Italy) Open
Introduction Communities affected by large scale and long lasting industrial contamination are often keen to understand whether their health has been impaired by such contamination. This requires answers that integrate environmental public…
View article: Environmental public health communication to engage stakeholders and foster social capacity in poorly involved communities living in industrial contaminated sites: the case study of Porto Torres (Italy)
Environmental public health communication to engage stakeholders and foster social capacity in poorly involved communities living in industrial contaminated sites: the case study of Porto Torres (Italy) Open
This work aims to discuss the implementation of a communication plan as a key element of the epidemiological study to foster social capacity in the scarcely involved community of the industrial contaminated site of Porto Torres (Sardinia r…
View article: The Italian Experience in the Development of Mesothelioma Registries: A Pathway for Other Countries to Address the Negative Legacy of Asbestos
The Italian Experience in the Development of Mesothelioma Registries: A Pathway for Other Countries to Address the Negative Legacy of Asbestos Open
Asbestos (all forms, including chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite, tremolite, actinolite, and anthophyllite) is carcinogenic to humans and causally associated with mesothelioma and cancer of the lung, larynx, and ovary. It is one of the carc…
View article: An Approach to Overcome the Limitations of Surveillance of Asbestos Related Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What We Learned from the Sibaté Study in Colombia
An Approach to Overcome the Limitations of Surveillance of Asbestos Related Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What We Learned from the Sibaté Study in Colombia Open
The findings of this study emphasize the urgent need for Colombia to establish a reliable epidemiological surveillance system for asbestos-related diseases (ARDs). Active surveillance strategies can play a crucial role in identifying mesot…
View article: Comments on: Further studies of Bolivian crocidolite-Part IV: Fibre width, fibre drift and their relation to mesothelioma induction: Preliminary findings, by Ilgren EB, van Orden DR, Lee RJ, Kamiya YM, Hoskins JA
Comments on: Further studies of Bolivian crocidolite-Part IV: Fibre width, fibre drift and their relation to mesothelioma induction: Preliminary findings, by Ilgren EB, van Orden DR, Lee RJ, Kamiya YM, Hoskins JA Open
Comments on: Further studies of Bolivian crocidolite-Part IV: Fibre width, fibre drift and their relation to mesothelioma induction: Preliminary findings, by Ilgren EB, van Orden DR, Lee RJ, Kamiya YM, Hoskins JA.
View article: Fostering Environmental Health Literacy in Contaminated Sites: National and Local Experience in Italy From a Public Health and Equity Perspective
Fostering Environmental Health Literacy in Contaminated Sites: National and Local Experience in Italy From a Public Health and Equity Perspective Open
The present article deals with environmental health literacy (EHL) in contaminated sites. The Italian national epidemiological surveillance system of population resident in contaminated sites, including vulnerable subgroups, and the local …
View article: Epidemiological research as a driver of prevention: the Sibaté study. Commentary.
Epidemiological research as a driver of prevention: the Sibaté study. Commentary. Open
Although asbestos exposure and risks can be prevented, only five countries in Latin America have banned asbestos, including Colombia. Beginning in 2011, a collaboration between the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy and Universidad de l…
View article: SARS-CoV-2 and Asbestos Exposure: Can Our Experience With Mesothelioma Patients Help Us Understand the Psychological Consequences of COVID-19 and Develop Interventions?
SARS-CoV-2 and Asbestos Exposure: Can Our Experience With Mesothelioma Patients Help Us Understand the Psychological Consequences of COVID-19 and Develop Interventions? Open
Since its emergence, the novel coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has had enormous physical, social, and psychological impacts worldwide. The aim of this article was to identify elements of our knowledge on asbestos exposure and malign…
View article: Where are the landfilled zones? Use of historical geographic information and local spatial knowledge to determine the location of underground asbestos contamination in Sibaté (Colombia)
Where are the landfilled zones? Use of historical geographic information and local spatial knowledge to determine the location of underground asbestos contamination in Sibaté (Colombia) Open
View article: An asbestos contaminated town in the vicinity of an asbestos-cement facility: The case study of Sibaté, Colombia
An asbestos contaminated town in the vicinity of an asbestos-cement facility: The case study of Sibaté, Colombia Open
View article: Environmental Justice in Industrially Contaminated Sites. A Review of Scientific Evidence in the WHO European Region
Environmental Justice in Industrially Contaminated Sites. A Review of Scientific Evidence in the WHO European Region Open
In the WHO European Region the topic of contaminated sites is considered a priority among environment and health themes. Communities living in or close to contaminated sites tend to be characterized by a high prevalence of ethnic minoritie…
View article: Environmental Health Education for Asbestos-Contaminated Communities in Italy: The Casale Monferrato Case Study
Environmental Health Education for Asbestos-Contaminated Communities in Italy: The Casale Monferrato Case Study Open
BACKGROUND: Environmental health education contributes towards increasing awareness of communities to prevent exposure to hazardous substances. Casale Monferrato, the operating site for the Eternit asbestos-cement factory from 1907 to 1986…
View article: Prevention of Asbestos Exposure in Latin America within a Global Public Health Perspective
Prevention of Asbestos Exposure in Latin America within a Global Public Health Perspective Open
Recent data on chrysotile strengthened the evidence of its carcinogenicity and showed an excessive risk of lung cancer at cumulative exposure levels as low as 1.5 fibre-years/ml. Technology for substitution is available for all asbestos-co…
View article: 1722e Asbestos in latin america: present trends in production, consumption and policies
1722e Asbestos in latin america: present trends in production, consumption and policies Open
Situation Since asbestos has been banned in most industrialised countries, production and consumption have shifted to low and middle-income countries. At present, asbestos consumption in Latin America (LA) amounts to 10% of yearly global p…
View article: Asbestos Ban in Italy: A Major Milestone, Not the Final Cut
Asbestos Ban in Italy: A Major Milestone, Not the Final Cut Open
Background and history: Italy was the main asbestos producer and one of the greatest consumers in 20th century Europe until the asbestos ban was introduced in 1992. Asbestos exposure affected the population in a wide range of working envir…
View article: Prevention of Asbestos-Related Disease in Countries Currently Using Asbestos
Prevention of Asbestos-Related Disease in Countries Currently Using Asbestos Open
More than 40 years of evaluation have consistently confirmed the carcinogenicity of asbestos in all of its forms. This notwithstanding, according to recent figures, the annual world production of asbestos is approximatively 2,000,000 tons.…
View article: Environmental health literacy within the Italian Asbestos Project: experience in Italy and Latin American contexts. Commentary.
Environmental health literacy within the Italian Asbestos Project: experience in Italy and Latin American contexts. Commentary. Open
The adoption of multidisciplinary approaches to foster scientific research in public health and strengthen its impact on society is nowadays unavoidable. Environmental health literacy (EHL) may be defined as the ability to search for, unde…