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Birth weight in relation to maternal and neonatal biomarker concentration of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid: a meta-analysis and meta-regression from a systematic review 出生体重与母亲和新生儿全氟辛烷磺酸生物标志物浓度的关系:来自系统评价的荟萃分析和荟萃回归
IF 4.7 3区 医学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-08-22 DOI: 10.1038/s41370-025-00798-8
J. M. Wright, K. M. Rappazzo, H. Ru, A. L. Lee, M. W. Dzierlenga, T. F. Bateson, E. G. Radke
Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) is a legacy chemical, that while banned in some countries, is still found in various environmental media and in nearly all humans given its long half-life. We examined mean birth weight (BW) differences in relation to PFOS exposure biomarkers using systematic review methods. We fit a random effects model to obtain the overall pooled effect and for stratified analyses examining biomarker sample type and timing, study confidence, scaling factors, and country of study origin. We also conducted a meta-regression to assess the impact of gestational age and other factors on the overall pooled effect. We found a 30-gram BW deficit (β = −30.3 g; 95%CI: −41.6, −18.9) with each ln-unit PFOS increase based on 53 studies identified in the systematic literature review. We detected BW deficits across all study confidence levels (β range: −27 to −37 g per ln-unit increase) with the largest deficit in the medium confidence grouping (β = −36.6 g; 95%CI: −56.3, −16.8). We did not see evidence of a gradient of BW deficits across biomarker sample timing (β range: −24 to −39 g per ln-unit increase), but the smallest deficit in our primary analyses was detected for the 18 early sample timing studies (β = −23.6 g; 95%CI: −38.7, −8.6). Robust deficits were also seen across various subgroups including by geographical region of study origin (e.g., Asian studies), more restrictive early biomarker sample collection, and post-partum samples (β range: −16.9 to −30.6 g). For meta-regression analyses, none of the investigated factors explained significant heterogeneity across studies. We detected a statistically significant BW deficit of 30 grams per each ln-unit PFOS increase across all 53 studies in our meta-analysis; results were comparable in magnitude across study confidence, sample timing, and other strata. Unlike previous meta-analyses based on fewer studies, our results suggest that pregnancy hemodynamics do not fully explain the overall association. Characterization of the potential risk of developmental effects related to PFOS and other legacy chemicals will have important risk assessment and risk management ramifications in the future.
背景:全氟辛烷磺酸(PFOS)是一种遗留化学品,虽然在一些国家被禁止,但由于其半衰期长,在各种环境介质和几乎所有人体内仍然存在。目的:我们使用系统评价方法检查了与全氟辛烷磺酸暴露生物标志物相关的平均出生体重(BW)差异。方法:我们拟合了一个随机效应模型,以获得总体合并效应,并对生物标志物样本类型和时间、研究置信度、比例因子和研究原产国进行分层分析。我们还进行了meta回归,以评估胎龄和其他因素对总体合并效应的影响。结果:根据系统文献综述中确定的53项研究,我们发现每增加1个ln单位的PFOS,就会出现30克体重赤字(β = -30.3 g; 95%CI: -41.6, -18.9)。我们在所有研究置信水平(β范围:-27至-37 g / lb单位增加)中检测到体重不足,其中中等置信水平组最大(β = -36.6 g; 95%CI: -56.3, -16.8)。我们没有发现生物标志物样品计时的体重缺陷梯度的证据(β范围:-24至-39 g / ln单位增加),但在我们的主要分析中,在18个早期样品计时研究中检测到最小的缺陷(β = -23.6 g; 95%CI: -38.7, -8.6)。在不同的亚组中也发现了明显的缺陷,包括研究起源的地理区域(例如,亚洲研究),更严格的早期生物标志物样本收集和产后样本(β范围:-16.9至-30.6 g)。对于meta回归分析,没有一个被调查的因素解释了研究之间的显著异质性。影响:在我们的荟萃分析中,我们发现在所有53项研究中,每增加1个ln单位的全氟辛烷磺酸,体重就会出现30克的显著损失;结果在研究置信度、采样时间和其他层次上具有可比性。与以往基于较少研究的荟萃分析不同,我们的研究结果表明,妊娠期血流动力学并不能完全解释两者之间的整体关联。描述与全氟辛烷磺酸和其他遗留化学品有关的发育影响的潜在风险,将对未来的风险评估和风险管理产生重要影响。
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Post-fire soil hazards: recommendations for updated soil testing protocols and clearance thresholds 火灾后土壤危害:更新土壤测试方案和清除阈值的建议。
IF 4.7 3区 医学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-08-08 DOI: 10.1038/s41370-025-00796-w
Joseph G. Allen, Parham Azimi, Gen Pei, Lauren Feguson, Lindsey Burghardt, Kari Nadeau
Urban wildfires in Los Angeles have highlighted the increased risk of soil lead exposure, especially for children. Current post-wildfire soil remediation protocols may not sufficiently protect public health, especially in communities returning after fire events. To evaluate the adequacy of existing soil remediation practices after urban wildfires in Los Angeles and present policy recommendations to reduce lead exposure risk. We reviewed current wildfire debris removal protocols, soil testing practices, and health risk benchmarks for lead exposure in California. We assessed recent data from post-fire soil testing and analyzed the scientific rationale underlying California’s existing Preliminary Remediation Goal (PRG) for lead in residential soil. We recommend two critical reforms: requiring post-clearance confirmatory soil testing after wildfire cleanup, as has been done for every major wildfire in California since 2007, and lowering California’s residential Preliminary Remediation Goal (PRG) for lead in soil from 80 to 55 mg/kg to reflect updated science and health-protective standards. The basis for these recommendations is that repeated testing after purported soil remediation is showing that greater than 20% of properties still have lead levels that exceed existing thresholds, and the 80 mg/kg PRG (1) does not adhere to the health-based toxicity criterion benchmark set by California, (2) is susceptible to high uncertainty based on the values for several exposure factors used, and (3) does not accurately reflect our current understanding of risks to children from lead.
背景:洛杉矶的城市野火突出了土壤铅暴露的风险增加,特别是对儿童。目前的野火后土壤修复方案可能不足以保护公众健康,特别是在火灾事件后返回的社区。目的:评估洛杉矶城市野火后现有土壤修复措施的充分性,并提出降低铅暴露风险的政策建议。方法:我们回顾了加州目前的野火碎片清除协议、土壤测试实践和铅暴露的健康风险基准。我们评估了火灾后土壤测试的最新数据,并分析了加州现有的住宅土壤铅初步修复目标(PRG)的科学依据。结果:我们建议进行两项关键改革:要求在野火清理后进行清理后确认土壤测试,这是自2007年以来加利福尼亚州每次主要野火所做的,并将加利福尼亚州住宅土壤中铅的初步修复目标(PRG)从80 mg/kg降低到55 mg/kg,以反映最新的科学和健康保护标准。这些建议的依据是,在所谓的土壤修复后的反复测试表明,超过20%的房产的铅含量仍然超过现有的阈值,80 mg/kg的PRG(1)不符合加州设定的基于健康的毒性标准基准,(2)根据所使用的几种暴露因素的值,容易受到高度不确定性的影响,(3)不能准确反映我们目前对铅对儿童风险的理解。影响声明:本文指出了目前野火后修复协议中的关键漏洞,这些漏洞使洛杉矶居民,特别是儿童,面临受污染土壤中铅暴露的风险。通过建议政策改革,包括强制性修复后土壤检测和更具保护性的土壤铅标准,我们的工作提供了一个可操作的路线图,以加强对从野火中恢复的社区的环境健康保护。面对不断升级的城市野火威胁,采取这些措施将有助于确保一个更安全、更健康的未来。
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Neighborhood built environment, psychosocial stressors, and telomere length of birth parents and their newborns from San Francisco, California 来自加州旧金山的社区建筑环境、社会心理压力源和生父母及其新生儿的端粒长度。
IF 4.7 3区 医学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-08-08 DOI: 10.1038/s41370-025-00797-9
Lara J. Cushing, Hasibe Caballero-Gomez, Stephanie M. Eick, Ana C. Pelegrini Guimaraes, Nicholas J. Depsky, Erin DeMicco, Jue Lin, Tracey J. Woodruff, Rachel Morello-Frosch
Shorter telomere length is a biomarker of cellular aging influenced in early life. Exposure to environmental hazards and psychosocial stressors disproportionately impact socially marginalized populations and have been linked with shorter telomeres. To estimate joint associations between residential neighborhood greenness, traffic, noise, and perceived neighborhood quality, psychosocial stress and depression on telomere length of birth parents and their newborns. Telomere length (T/S ratio) was measured in leukocytes from 354 2nd trimester parental and 488 umbilical cord blood samples collected at delivery from the Chemicals in Our Bodies cohort in San Francisco, California. Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), traffic volume, and noise were estimated based on residential address. Perceptions of neighborhood quality, psychosocial stress, and depression were collected via questionnaire. We used quantile g-computation to assess joint associations between all exposures and newborn and parental T/S in separate models controlling for parental age, race and ethnicity, education, pre-pregnancy body mass index, and gestational age (cord T/S only). We used interaction terms to assess effect measure modification by nativity, race and ethnicity, and educational attainment. Parental and newborn T/S were not correlated with individual measures of built environment or psychosocial stressors (rho from −0.08 to 0.08). A simultaneous one quartile increase in all adverse exposures was associated with a decrease in newborn T/S (mean difference [95% CI] = −0.03 [−0.08, 0.01]) that was stronger when restricting to paired parental-newborn samples and controlling for parental T/S (−0.08 [−0.15, −0.01]). Interaction analysis revealed stronger associations among immigrant (−0.08 [−0.16, 0.00]) vs. US-born (−0.02 [−0.07, 0.04]) and college-educated (−0.07 [−0.12, −0.02]) vs. non-college educated (0.03 [−0.07, 0.12]) participants. We saw no association with parental telomere length. Results suggest exposure to adverse neighborhood built environments and individual-level psychosocial stressors during pregnancy is associated with reductions in telomere length among newborns. Telomere length at birth predicts relative telomere length in adulthood, suggesting much of the link between telomere length and longevity is established early in life. While neighborhood environments have been linked with shorter telomeres in adulthood, few prior studies have assessed newborn telomere length or joint associations with psychosocial stressors. In a diverse birth cohort, we show that the mixture of neighborhood lack of greenness, traffic, and noise, coupled with individual-level poor perceptions of neighborhood quality, stress, and depression is associated with decreased telomere length among newborns, with slightly stronger effects among immigrants and college-educated birth parents.
背景:较短的端粒长度是早期受细胞衰老影响的生物标志物。暴露于环境危害和社会心理压力因素对社会边缘人群的影响不成比例,并与端粒缩短有关。目的:探讨社区绿化、交通、噪音、感知社区质量、社会心理压力和抑郁对生父母及其新生儿端粒长度的共同影响。方法:端粒长度(T/S比率)测量了354个妊娠晚期亲本和488个脐带血样本的白细胞,这些样本来自于美国加州旧金山的“我们体内的化学物质”队列。基于居住地址估算归一化植被指数(NDVI)、交通量和噪声。通过问卷调查收集邻里关系质量、社会心理压力和抑郁的感知。我们使用分位数g计算来评估所有暴露与新生儿和父母T/S之间的联合关联,在单独的模型中控制父母年龄、种族和民族、教育、孕前体重指数和胎龄(仅脐带T/S)。我们使用交互术语来评估出生、种族和民族以及受教育程度对效果测量的影响。结果:父母和新生儿的T/S与建筑环境或社会心理应激源的个体测量无关(rho从-0.08到0.08)。所有不良暴露同时增加四分之一与新生儿T/S的降低相关(平均差异[95% CI] = -0.03[-0.08, 0.01]),当限制成对父母-新生儿样本并控制父母T/S时(-0.08[-0.15,-0.01]),这种情况更强。相互作用分析显示,移民(-0.08[-0.16,0.00])与美国出生(-0.02[-0.07,0.04])、大学学历(-0.07[-0.12,-0.02])与非大学学历(0.03[-0.07,0.12])之间的相关性更强。我们发现与亲代端粒长度没有关联。意义:结果表明,在怀孕期间暴露于不利的社区建筑环境和个人水平的社会心理压力源与新生儿端粒长度减少有关。影响:出生时的端粒长度可以预测成年后的端粒相对长度,这表明端粒长度和寿命之间的联系在生命早期就已经建立起来了。虽然社区环境与成年后端粒变短有关,但很少有先前的研究评估新生儿端粒长度或与社会心理压力的联合关系。在一个多样化的出生队列中,我们发现,社区缺乏绿化、交通和噪音,加上个人对社区质量、压力和抑郁的不良认知,与新生儿端粒长度减少有关,在移民和受过大学教育的亲生父母中,这种影响略强。
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A computational framework for agent-based assessment of multiple environmental exposures 基于主体的多重环境暴露评估的计算框架。
IF 4.7 3区 医学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-08-02 DOI: 10.1038/s41370-025-00799-7
Oliver Schmitz, Kees de Hoogh, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Ayoung Jeong, Benjamin Flückiger, Meng Lu, Aisha Ndiaye, Danielle Vienneau, Gerard Hoek, Kalliopi Kyriakou, Roel C. H. Vermeulen, Derek Karssenberg
Agent-based assessment of long-term personal exposure to environmental factors accounts for spatio-temporal variation in exposures along daily activity tracks of individuals. Application up to nationwide study populations requires integration of large data sets on environmental factors, personal behavior, and socio-economic status, as well as propagating uncertainties in these inputs to personal exposure values. To develop and illustrate a methodology and software framework for agent-based personal exposure assessment for large cohorts, including uncertainty assessment. We design an agent-based methodology that addresses the sparse information on individual activity patterns available in large cohorts. This methodology was implemented in a Python-based open-source and reusable framework, which was subsequently applied to assess exposure to air pollution and noise for 626,381 residential addresses in the province of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Air pollution exposures were also assessed across all addresses in Switzerland and the EPIC-NL cohort in the Netherlands. The designed framework aggregates time by divisions marked by a particular pattern in individual movement (e.g., weekdays, weekend days). Movement over a division is represented by a sequence of activities, each with a duration and spatial context, i.e., the geographical area where the activity takes place. Several activity types are included, each with a methodology to assess the spatial context, for instance, the route from home to work location. Uncertainty in inputs is defined by probability distributions constrained by observational data, if available, like statistics on origin and destination of trips, and propagated to calculated personal exposures through Monte Carlo simulation. The exposures assessed through our framework result in minor to moderate differences with those calculated using home-based exposure (for Utrecht an r2 of 0.79 for noise and 0.98 for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters of 2.5 microns or smaller (PM2.5), respectively), in particular leading to reduced contrast across the population in exposures. Epidemiological studies on long-term effects of air pollution typically use a residential-based exposure assessment. However, it fails to account for individual mobility and spatial contrasts in environmental concentrations. While there is thus a need to investigate activity-based methods, their implementation is constrained by the lack of conceptual frameworks and software, particularly for large cohorts, which present unique demands regarding data inputs and computation. To address this gap, we introduce general concepts and a reusable, open-source software framework, designed for cluster computing, that can be applied consistently across a wide array of environmental factors and cohort studies.
背景:基于主体的个人长期暴露于环境因素的评估解释了个体在日常活动轨迹上暴露的时空变化。应用到全国范围的研究人群需要整合关于环境因素、个人行为和社会经济地位的大型数据集,并将这些输入的不确定性传播到个人暴露值。目的:开发和说明一种方法和软件框架,用于大型队列中基于agent的个人暴露评估,包括不确定性评估。方法:我们设计了一种基于代理的方法来处理大型队列中可用的个体活动模式的稀疏信息。该方法在基于python的开源和可重用框架中实现,随后应用于评估荷兰乌得勒支省626,381个住宅地址的空气污染和噪音暴露。还评估了瑞士所有地址和荷兰EPIC-NL队列的空气污染暴露情况。结果:设计的框架以个体运动的特定模式(例如,工作日,周末)为标记的分区聚合时间。在分区上的移动由一系列活动表示,每个活动都有持续时间和空间背景,即活动发生的地理区域。其中包括几种活动类型,每种活动类型都有一种评估空间环境的方法,例如,从家到工作地点的路线。输入的不确定性由受观测数据约束的概率分布定义,如果有的话,如旅行的起点和目的地的统计数据,并通过蒙特卡罗模拟传播到计算的个人暴露。通过我们的框架评估的暴露结果与使用家庭暴露计算的结果存在轻微至中度差异(在乌得勒支,噪音的r2分别为0.79,二氧化氮(NO2)和空气动力学直径为2.5微米或更小的颗粒物(PM2.5)的r2分别为0.98),特别是导致暴露人群的对比度降低。影响:关于空气污染长期影响的流行病学研究通常使用基于住宅的暴露评估。然而,它没有考虑到个体流动性和环境浓度的空间差异。因此,虽然有必要调查基于活动的方法,但由于缺乏概念框架和软件,特别是对于大型队列,它们的实施受到限制,这对数据输入和计算提出了独特的要求。为了解决这一差距,我们引入了一般概念和可重用的开源软件框架,为集群计算设计,可以在广泛的环境因素和队列研究中一致应用。
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Systematic measurement and machine learning-based profile characterization of community noise in a medium-large city in the United States 美国一个中大型城市社区噪声的系统测量和基于机器学习的剖面表征。
IF 4.7 3区 医学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-07-19 DOI: 10.1038/s41370-025-00794-y
Carson Mowrer, Andrew Larkin, Charlotte Roscoe, Stephanie T. Grady, Junenette L. Peters, Brendon Haggerty, Perry Hystad, Matthew Bozigar
Community noise pollution can adversely impact health, yet noise has rarely been systematically measured in United States (U.S.) cities for epidemiological research. Collaborating with the Multnomah County Health Department, we developed an exploratory measurement campaign to systematically capture community noise in Portland, Oregon, U.S. to inform environmental health research and practice. We identified short-term measurement locations using weighted probability sampling and developed a protocol for deploying Class 1 sound level meters at identified sites to measure sound levels continuously for at least five days. We calculated daytime, nighttime, and daily-average noise metrics including day-night average sound levels (DNL), day-evening-night levels (Lden), intermittency ratios (IR), and 10th- and 90th-percentile noise levels (L90, L10). We evaluated noise metrics by built environment and sociodemographic characteristics at the census tract level and performed machine learning-based cluster analysis to identify locations with similar exposure profiles. Nine additional locations were sampled continuously for one year to assess agreement between short- and long-term noise measurements. DNL ranged from 49.6 to 86.7 decibels across short-term sites (n = 217). DNL exceeded U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines at 78% of sites, and nighttime noise exceeded World Health Organization guidelines at 90%. Short-term sites in census tracts with higher median income and proportion of white population had lower DNL compared to lower median income and proportion of white population census tracts. Cluster analysis revealed four noise profiles: low LAeq/moderate IR sites usually occurring in residential neighborhoods, high LAeq/moderate IR sites adjacent to major roads, moderate LAeq/high IR sites within 1–2 city blocks of major roads, and high LAeq/low IR and low LAeq/low IR sites near highways or parks, respectively.
背景:社区噪音污染会对健康产生不利影响,但在美国城市中,噪音很少被系统地测量用于流行病学研究。目的:我们与摩特诺玛县卫生局合作,开展了一项探索性测量活动,系统地捕捉美国俄勒冈州波特兰市的社区噪音,为环境卫生研究和实践提供信息。方法:我们使用加权概率抽样确定短期测量地点,并制定了在确定地点部署1级声级计的协议,以连续测量至少5天的声级。我们计算了白天、夜间和每日平均噪声指标,包括昼夜平均声级(DNL)、昼夜水平(Lden)、间歇比(IR)以及第10和第90百分位噪声水平(L90、L10)。我们根据人口普查区水平的建筑环境和社会人口特征评估了噪声指标,并进行了基于机器学习的聚类分析,以确定具有相似暴露概况的地点。另外九个地点连续采样一年,以评估短期和长期噪音测量之间的一致性。结果:短期部位的DNL范围为49.6至86.7分贝(n = 217)。在78%的地点,DNL超过了美国环境保护署(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)的指导标准,而夜间噪音超过世界卫生组织(World Health Organization)指导标准的比例为90%。与收入中位数和白人人口比例较低的人口普查区相比,收入中位数和白人人口比例较高的人口普查区的短期站点的DNL较低。聚类分析结果显示:低LAeq/中IR站点主要分布在居民区;高LAeq/中IR站点主要分布在主要道路附近;中等LAeq/高IR站点分布在主要道路附近1-2个城市街区内;高LAeq/低IR站点分布在高速公路或公园附近;影响:这项研究揭示了在美国的一个中大型城市中,潜在有害的社区噪音暴露水平非常普遍,特别是在低收入和种族多样化的社区。通过识别具有相似噪声暴露概况的站点分组,我们为探索噪声的建筑环境驱动因素和多维噪声暴露的不同健康影响奠定了基础。所收集的噪声测量协议和数据库为研究人员和社区提供了工具(可应要求提供),以调查噪声暴露模式、环境正义问题和相关的健康影响,并进一步应用于预测建模,以估计流行病学研究中的个人水平暴露。
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Correction: Longitudinal association of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) exposure with lipid traits, in a healthy unselected population 修正:在未选择的健康人群中,全氟辛酸(PFOA)和全氟辛烷磺酸(PFOS)暴露与脂质特征的纵向关联。
IF 4.7 3区 医学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-07-18 DOI: 10.1038/s41370-025-00792-0
Yasrab N. Raza, Julia S. El-Sayed Moustafa, Xinyuan Zhang, Dongmeng Wang, Max Tomlinson, Mario Falchi, Cristina Menni, Ruth C. E. Bowyer, Claire J. Steves, Kerrin S. Small
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Changing pattern of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons over time in the Central European population 中欧人群暴露于多环芳烃的模式随时间的变化。
IF 4.7 3区 医学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-07-17 DOI: 10.1038/s41370-025-00793-z
Soňa Smetanová, Akrem Jbebli, Jiří Kohoutek, Vladimíra Puklová, Milena Černá, Andrea Krsková, Martin Zvonař, Zdenko Reguli, Lenka Andrýsková, Pavel Piler, Petra Přibylová, Jana Klánová, Elliott J. Price, Klára Komprdová
Temporal trends of chemicals in the population are key to identifying changing sources of chemicals and determining the effectiveness of various legislative measures. The present study focused on time comparisons to explore a possible decrease in PAH metabolite levels in the Czech population. Legislative measures occurred between sampling periods, including restricting smoking and the Air Protection Act. Ten metabolites of PAHs were measured in urine samples collected in 2011–2012 from mothers and children from DEMOCOPHES-CZ study (N = 235) and in 2019–2020 from children, teenagers, and young adults from CELSPAC studies (N = 809). Multivariate linear regression, Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA, and Mann-Whitney test (MW) were used to investigate differences in OH-PAHs between periods, age categories, and exposure determinants. Median concentrations significantly decreased between 2011-2020 by 30–35% for 1-OH-NAP, 2-and 3-OH-FLUO, 85% for 1-OH-PHE, and 44% for 2/3-OH-PHE, while 2-OH-NAP increased by 29% in non-smoking adults. In children, median concentrations of all metabolites decreased by 10–51%, with 2-OH-NAP rising by 49%. Smokers showed the largest differences, with significant decreases of 46–59% in the median concentrations of 2-OH-NAP, 2/3-OH-PHE, 9-OH-PHE, and 1-OH-PYR, and 76–91% in OH-FLUOs, 1-OH-NAP, and 1-OH-PHE. Fish and offal consumption, season, locality, and type of cooking were significant factors associated with levels of OH-PAHs, explaining 4–9% of the variability. Smoking was the main contributor in 2011, explaining up to 45% variability; no difference was found between smokers and non-smokers in 2019. New reference values of OH-PAHs in urine were calculated for the Czech population.
背景:人口中化学品的时间趋势是确定不断变化的化学品来源和确定各种立法措施有效性的关键。目的:目前的研究集中于时间比较,以探索捷克人群中多环芳烃代谢物水平可能降低的原因。在抽样期间采取了立法措施,包括限制吸烟和《空气保护法》。方法:对2011-2012年DEMOCOPHES-CZ研究中母亲和儿童的尿液样本(N = 235)和2019-2020年CELSPAC研究中儿童、青少年和年轻人的尿液样本(N = 809)中的10种多环环保局代谢物进行检测。采用多元线性回归、Kruskal-Wallis方差分析和Mann-Whitney检验(MW)来研究OH-PAHs在不同时期、年龄类别和暴露决定因素之间的差异。结果:2011-2020年间,1-OH-NAP、2- oh - fluo和3-OH-FLUO的中位浓度显著下降了30-35%,1-OH-PHE下降了85%,2- 3- oh - phe下降了44%,而2-OH-NAP在非吸烟成年人中增加了29%。在儿童中,所有代谢物的中位浓度下降了10-51%,2-OH-NAP上升了49%。吸烟者表现出最大的差异,2-OH-NAP、2- 3- oh - phe、9-OH-PHE和1-OH-PYR的中位浓度显著降低46-59%,OH-FLUOs、1-OH-NAP和1-OH-PHE的中位浓度显著降低76-91%。鱼和内脏的消费、季节、地点和烹饪方式是与OH-PAHs水平相关的重要因素,解释了4-9%的变异。吸烟是2011年的主要因素,解释了高达45%的变异;2019年吸烟者和非吸烟者之间没有发现差异。计算捷克人群尿液中OH-PAHs的新参考值。影响:本研究分析了在引入立法措施的背景下,人群中OH-PAHs的时间趋势。此外,它还研究了儿童、青少年和年轻人接触多环芳烃与生活方式因素的关系,并建立了对公共卫生决策很重要的多环芳烃的新参考值。长期生物监测是制定保护公众健康的新措施的重要工具。在BioRender中创建。Komprdova, K. (2025) https://BioRender.com/u10q831。
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Racial and ethnic inequities to noise pollution from transportation- and work-related sources in the United States 在美国,种族和民族不平等与交通和工作相关的噪音污染有关。
IF 4.7 3区 医学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-07-17 DOI: 10.1038/s41370-025-00795-x
Abas Shkembi, Keshav Patel, Lauren M. Smith, Helen C. S. Meier, Richard L. Neitzel
Racial and ethnic inequities in environmental noise exist in the US, partially attributable to historical structural racism. However, previous studies have not considered the totality of people’s exposures. Since people spend most of their waking time at work, there is a need to consider cumulative exposure to noise both in and out of the workplace to understand who is most at risk of noise pollution-related adverse health outcomes. To (1) investigate whether racial and ethnic minority communities are disproportionately burdened by transportation- and workplace-related noise pollution, and (2) assess whether structural racism through historically redlined neighborhoods with sustained mortgage discrimination partially contribute to the hypothesized inequity. We characterized the prevalence of workplace noise and transportation noise exposure by census tract across the US. We analyzed the census tract-level association between racial and ethnic composition and the population exposed to both transportation- and workplace-related noise pollution in the 2010s using geospatial models. We then assessed census tract-level associations with transportation and workplace noise pollution using historical redlining in the 1930s as the primary covariate, stratified by mortgage discrimination in the 1990s using a similar geospatial model, controlling for census tract-level indicators of low socioeconomic status. Higher percentages of racial and ethnic minority individuals, particularly Hispanic/Latino and non-Hispanic Black Americans, were associated with significantly higher odds of exposure to both transportation and workplace noise (odds ratio = 8.59, 95% CI: 7.38–10.0, when comparing within-metropolitan area, highest to lowest quintile percentages). These disparities are particularly profound in urban areas. Urban tracts which experienced residential segregation in the 1930s, even without sustained mortgage discrimination in the 1990s, have a significantly higher percentage of individuals exposed to both transportation and workplace noise today compared to those without historical segregation (1.55%, 95% CI: 1.37–1.74). This inequity is even higher among historically segregated tracts that experienced sustained mortgage discrimination (1.83%, 95% CI: 1.66–2.01). These findings can advance environmental justice initiatives by informing regulatory action to protect communities of color from noise pollution both environmentally and during work. Our study provides evidence that neighborhoods with a higher proportion of racial and ethnic minority individuals are cumulatively burdened by noise pollution both during work and from transportation sources in their home communities. This suggests that not incorporating workplace exposures when assessing environmental impacts may overlook the most burdened communities. Future environmental justice efforts and policies should consider assessing workplace exposures to reduce environmental health disparities more effectiv
背景:美国存在环境噪音中的种族和民族不平等,部分原因是历史上的结构性种族主义。然而,之前的研究并没有考虑到人们接触的总量。由于人们醒着的大部分时间都在工作,因此有必要考虑工作场所内外的累积噪音暴露情况,以了解哪些人最容易受到与噪音污染有关的不良健康后果的威胁。目的:(1)调查种族和少数民族社区是否受到交通和工作场所相关噪音污染的不成比例的负担;(2)评估通过历史上持续抵押歧视的红线社区的结构性种族主义是否部分促成了假设的不平等。方法:我们通过美国人口普查区对工作场所噪音和交通噪音暴露的流行程度进行了描述。我们使用地理空间模型分析了2010年代以来人口普查区域内种族和民族构成与暴露于交通和工作场所相关噪音污染的人口之间的关联。然后,我们使用20世纪30年代的历史红线作为主要协变量,评估了人口普测带水平与交通和工作场所噪音污染的关联,并使用类似的地理空间模型对20世纪90年代的抵押贷款歧视进行分层,控制了人口普测带水平的低社会经济地位指标。结果:较高百分比的种族和少数民族个体,特别是西班牙裔/拉丁裔和非西班牙裔黑人美国人,暴露于交通和工作场所噪音的几率显著较高(优势比= 8.59,95% CI: 7.38-10.0,当与大都市区域比较时,最高至最低五分位数百分比)。这些差异在城市地区尤其严重。在20世纪30年代经历过居住隔离的城市地区,即使在20世纪90年代没有持续的抵押歧视,与那些没有历史隔离的城市相比,今天暴露于交通和工作场所噪音的个人比例也明显更高(1.55%,95% CI: 1.37-1.74)。这种不平等在历史上隔离的地区甚至更高,经历了持续的抵押贷款歧视(1.83%,95% CI: 1.66-2.01)。意义:这些发现可以通过通知监管行动来促进环境正义倡议,以保护有色人种社区免受环境和工作期间的噪音污染。影响:我们的研究提供了证据,表明种族和少数民族个体比例较高的社区在工作和家庭社区的交通来源中受到噪音污染的累积负担。这表明,在评估环境影响时不考虑工作场所暴露可能会忽视负担最重的社区。未来的环境司法工作和政策应考虑评估工作场所的暴露,以更有效地缩小环境健康差异。
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Long-term exposure to ambient air pollutant mixture and metabolic obesity phenotypes: Results from a nationwide Korean study (2007–2019) 长期暴露于环境空气污染物混合物和代谢性肥胖表型:来自韩国一项全国性研究的结果(2007-2019)。
IF 4.7 3区 医学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1038/s41370-025-00789-9
Seong-Uk Baek, Jin-Ha Yoon
Academic interest in the health impacts of air pollutant mixtures has increased in past years. Studies indicated that air pollutants exposure is linked to obesity and metabolic syndrome. This study aimed to explore the association of air pollutant mixture with metabolic obesity phenotypes. A nationwide sample of 68,675 adults was analyzed in our cross-sectional study. Participants were linked to modeled air pollution data from 2007 to 2019. The concentrations of PM2.5–10, PM2.5, NO2, CO, SO2, and O3 were estimated for 2-year moving averages. Metabolic obesity phenotypes were classified into metabolically healthy obesity (MHO; body mass index [BMI] ≥25 kg/m2; without metabolic abnormality) and metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO; BMI ≥25 kg/m2; with metabolic abnormality). The quantile g-computation was used to determine the association of air pollutant mixture with MHO and MOU. In total, 46,061 individuals were classified as non-obese, 2724 individuals were classified as MHO, and 19,890 individuals were classified as MUO. In the quantile g-computation, one quartile increase in the concentration of air pollutant mixture was positively associated with MUO (OR [odds ratio]: 1.12, 95% CI [confidence interval]: 1.05–1.19) but not with MHO (OR: 1.00, 95% CI: 0.87–1.15). O3, CO, and PM2.5–10 accounted for 37.6%, 21.6%, and 21.3% of the positive association of air pollutant mixture with MUO, respectively. Mounting evidence shows that outdoor air pollution is linked to obesity. We explored the association between long-term exposure to air pollutant mixture and metabolic obesity phenotypes. Obesity phenotypes were classified as metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) and metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO). A mixture analysis showed that quartile increase in the concentration of the air pollutant mixture is associated with 1.12-fold increase in the odds of MUO, but not with MHO. Our novel findings suggest that long-term exposure to air pollutants may affect both metabolic abnormalities and obesity, contributing to a shift towards a metabolically unfavorable obesity profile.
背景:近年来,学术界对空气污染物混合物对健康的影响越来越感兴趣。研究表明,接触空气污染物与肥胖和代谢综合征有关。目的:探讨空气污染物混合物与代谢性肥胖表型的关系。方法:在我们的横断面研究中,分析了全国68,675名成年人的样本。参与者与2007年至2019年的模拟空气污染数据相关联。PM2.5-10、PM2.5、NO2、CO、SO2和O3的浓度以2年移动平均值估算。代谢性肥胖表型分为代谢健康型肥胖(MHO;体重指数(BMI)≥25kg /m2;无代谢异常)和代谢不健康肥胖(MUO;BMI≥25kg /m2;伴有代谢异常)。采用分位数g计算确定了空气污染物混合物与MHO和MOU的关系。结果:非肥胖人群46061例,MHO人群2724例,MUO人群19890例。在分位数g计算中,空气污染物混合物浓度每增加四分位数与MUO呈正相关(OR[比值比]:1.12,95% CI[置信区间]:1.05-1.19),但与MHO无关(OR: 1.00, 95% CI: 0.87-1.15)。O3、CO和PM2.5-10分别占大气污染物混合物与MUO正相关的37.6%、21.6%和21.3%。影响:越来越多的证据表明,室外空气污染与肥胖有关。我们探讨了长期暴露于空气污染物混合物和代谢性肥胖表型之间的关系。肥胖表型分为代谢健康型肥胖(MHO)和代谢不健康型肥胖(MUO)。混合分析表明,空气污染物混合浓度的四分位数增加与MUO的几率增加1.12倍相关,但与MHO无关。我们的新发现表明,长期暴露于空气污染物中可能会影响代谢异常和肥胖,从而导致代谢不利的肥胖特征的转变。
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Designing a set of reference standards for non-targeted analysis of polymer additives extracted from medical devices 设计一套用于医疗器械中提取的聚合物添加剂非靶向分析的参考标准。
IF 4.7 3区 医学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1038/s41370-025-00788-w
Byeong Hwa Yun, Amali Herath, Ying Jin, Jamie Kim, Kerry Belton, Echoleah Rufer, Omar Rivera Betancourt
The accurate analysis of extractables and leachables (E&L) from medical devices is crucial for the reliable safety risk assessment of substances to which patients and users may be exposed. The extractable profile of medical devices is often complex and unpredictable, thus improper selection of reference standards can lead to irreproducible chemical analyses between laboratories. ISO 10993-18, the international consensus standard for chemical characterization of medical devices, does not specify a process for selection of appropriate chemical reference standards for non-targeted analysis of E&L, leading to a variety of approaches being used. This study seeks to set out requirements for building a comprehensive list of chemical reference standards for non-targeted analysis of E&L and propose suggestions for selecting appropriate standards to enhance the consistency of chemical analysis. Criteria for selecting reference standards for non-targeted analysis of E&L in medical devices were developed using relevant polymer additives as a model system. The Relative Response Factor (RRF) values of the selected reference standards were determined using GC-MS and LC-MS analysis across three different concentrations. A system was developed to rank the toxicological hazards of the selected reference standards. A list of 106 reference standards of polymer additives was compiled, encompassing a wide range of physicochemical properties and broad toxicological coverage. Statistical analyses of these chemicals revealed there was no significant correlation between their six physicochemical properties and the corresponding relative response factors measured by GC-MS and LC-MS techniques. Accurate chemical identification and quantification of extractable substances from medical devices is important for chemical characterization of medical devices. The accurate quantitation of extractable chemicals in medical devices through non-targeted analysis is dependent on the proper selection of reference standards. We have proposed a set of reference standards intended to enhance the confidence in quantitation of device extractables, covering a broad range of structural and physicochemical diversity. This set of reference standards may assist chemistry laboratories in developing robust screening methods for extractables in medical devices, supporting the accurate characterization of medical devices.
背景:对医疗器械中可萃取物和可浸出物(E&L)的准确分析对于对患者和使用者可能接触到的物质进行可靠的安全风险评估至关重要。医疗器械的可提取特征通常是复杂和不可预测的,因此,参考标准选择不当可能导致实验室之间的化学分析不可复制。ISO 10993-18是医疗器械化学特性的国际共识标准,它没有规定为E&L的非目标分析选择适当的化学参考标准的过程,导致使用各种方法。目的:提出建立全面的E&L非靶向分析化学参考标准清单的要求,并对选择合适的标准提出建议,以提高化学分析的一致性。方法:以相关聚合物添加剂为模型体系,制定医疗器械中E&L非靶向分析参考标准的选择标准。采用气相色谱-质谱联用和液相色谱-质谱联用方法测定了所选标准品在三种不同浓度下的相对响应因子(RRF)值。建立了一个系统,对选定的参考标准的毒理学危害进行排序。结果:编制了106个聚合物添加剂参考标准,涵盖了广泛的物理化学性质和广泛的毒理学覆盖范围。通过GC-MS和LC-MS技术对这些化学物质进行统计分析,发现它们的6种理化性质与相应的相对响应因子之间没有显著的相关性。影响:从医疗器械中提取物质的准确化学鉴定和定量对医疗器械的化学表征很重要。通过非目标分析对医疗器械中可提取化学物质的准确定量依赖于正确选择参考标准。我们提出了一套参考标准,旨在提高对设备可提取物定量的信心,涵盖广泛的结构和物理化学多样性。这套参考标准可以帮助化学实验室开发医疗器械中萃取物的可靠筛选方法,支持医疗器械的准确表征。
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