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• Invited Perspective: Environmental Health Interventions Are Only as Good as Their Adoption.

  Author:Karen LevyFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 131, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20231,219 words Article 1640L"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that will not work."--Thomas Edison Scientists and engineers often come up with brilliant ideas, but in the end technology is only as good as its adoption and proper use....

• Global Beauty Hazard: Assessing Mercury in Skin-Lightening Products.

  Author:Jori LewisFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 131, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20231,210 words Article 1950LIn 2019, a woman with blurred vision, weak muscles, and motor and speech difficulties was admitted to a hospital in Sacramento, California, where her condition declined to agitated delirium. (1) After tests revealed...

• Exposure to Air Pollution during Pre-Hypertension and Subsequent Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease, and Death: A Trajectory Analysis of the UK Biobank Cohort.

  Authors:Shiyu Zhang, Zhengmin Min Qian, Lan Chen, Xing Zhao, Miao Cai, Chongjian Wang, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 131, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20237,596 words Report 1630LBackground: The associations between air pollution exposure and morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have been widely reported; however, evidence on such associations across different dynamic disease...

• Erratum: "A Permutation Test-Based Approach to Strengthening Inference on the Effects of Environmental Mixtures: Comparison between Single-Index Analytic Methods".

  Authors:Drew B. Day, Sheela Sathyanarayana, Kaja Z. LeWinn, Catherine J. Karr, W. Alex Mason, and Adam A. SzpiroFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 131, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 2023124 words Correction notice, B... 1620LEnviron Health Perspect. 130(8):087010 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP10570 In the Discussion, in the third paragraph of the "Comparing Simulation Results to Prior Evaluations of Mixture Exposure Model Performance"...

• Prenatal Exposure to P[M.sub.2.5] Oxidative Potential and Lung Function in Infants and Preschool-Age Children: A Prospective Study.

  Authors:Anouk Marsal, Remy Slama, Sarah Lyon-Caen, Lucille Joanna S. Borlaza, Jean-Luc Jaffrezo, Anne Boudier, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 131, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 202310,039 words Report 1750LBackground: Fine particulate matter (P[M.sub.2.5]) has been found to be detrimental to respiratory health of children, but few studies have examined the effects of prenatal P[M.sub.2.5] oxidative potential (OP) on lung...

• Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Multiple Measures of Blue and Green Spaces in the United States.

  Authors:Jochem O. Klompmaker, Jaime E. Hart, Christopher R. Bailey, Matthew H.E.M. Browning, Joan A. Casey, Jared R. Hanley, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 131, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20237,225 words Report 1710LBackground: Several studies have evaluated whether the distribution of natural environments differs between marginalized and privileged neighborhoods. However, most studies restricted their analyses to a single or...

• Paradox Lost? The Waning Health Advantage among the U.S. Hispanic Population.

  Author:Wendee NicoleFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 131, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20234,777 words Report 1910LFor decades epidemiologists have puzzled over an intriguing phenomenon: Hispanic Americans are healthier than might be expected, given their having, on average, lower socioeconomic status (SES) than non-Hispanic White...

• Long-Term Exposure to Transportation Noise and Ischemic Heart Disease: A Pooled Analysis of Nine Scandinavian Cohorts.

  Authors:Andrei Pyko, Nina Roswall, Mikael Ogren, Anna Oudin, Annika Rosengren, Charlotta Eriksson, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 131, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20237,506 words Report 1620LBackground: Transportation noise may induce cardiovascular disease, but the public health implications are unclear. Objectives: The study aimed to assess exposure-response relationships for different transportation...

• From Drinking Water to Individual Body Burden: Modeling Toxicokinetics of Four PFAS.

  Author:Nate SeltenrichFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 131, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20231,213 words Article 1630LA steady stream of research and media coverage has raised public awareness of the prevalence and potential harms of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). (1-3) "One of the things that we have heard in countless...

• Invited Perspective: A Multivariate Disease Process Perspective for Environmental Epidemiology.

  Author:Linda ValeriFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 131, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20231,536 words Article 1820LLife course epidemiological studies provide longitudinal information, with varying degrees of frequency, over a long follow-up for a rich set of environmental, social, and biological factors. (1) Life course cohort...

• Long-Term Air Pollution, Genetic Susceptibility, and the Risk of Depression and Anxiety: A Prospective Study in the UK Biobank Cohort.

  Authors:Xu Gao, Meijie Jiang, Ninghao Huang, Xinbiao Guo, and Tao HuangFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 131, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20239,738 words Report 1730LBackground: Depression and anxiety are two mental disorders that are often comorbid. However, the associations of long-term air pollution exposure with depression and anxiety remain inconclusive. Objective: We...

• Response to "Comment on 'A Permutation Test-Based Approach to Strengthening Inference on the Effects of Environmental Mixtures: Comparison between Single-Index Analytic Methods'".

  Authors:Drew B. Day, Sheela Sathyanarayana, Kaja Z. LeWinn, Catherine J. Karr, W. Alex Mason, and Adam A. SzpiroFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 131, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 2023814 words Letter to the editor 1470LWe appreciate the careful consideration by Keil et al. of our paper (1) comparing single-index mixture exposure models in simulations, including a novel permutation test for weighted quantile sum regression (WQSr) and...

• Adoption of Point-of-Use Chlorination for Household Drinking Water Treatment: A Systematic Review.

  Authors:Yoshika S. Crider, Miki Tsuchiya, Magnifique Mukundwa, Isha Ray, and Amy J. PickeringFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 131, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 202310,694 words Report 1810LBackground: Centralized chlorination of urban piped water supplies has historically contributed to major reductions in waterborne illness. In locations without effective centralized water treatment, point-of-use (POU)...

• Comment on "A Permutation Test-Based Approach to Strengthening Inference on the Effects of Environmental Mixtures: Comparison between Single-Index Analytic Methods".

  Authors:Alexander P. Keil, Jessie P. Buckley, Katie M. O'Brien, Kelly K. Ferguson, and Alexandra J. WhiteFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 131, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 2023766 words Letter to the editor 1370LRecently, Day et al. (1) compared weighted quantile sum regression (WQSr) with quantile-based g-computation (QGC) using simulations and a worked example. (2) They wrote that "mixture component-specific coefficients...

• Invited Perspective: Nature Is Unfairly Distributed in the United States--But That's Only Part of the Global Green Equity Story.

  Authors:Lorien Nesbitt and Jessica QuintonFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 131, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20231,503 words Article 1950LAs we experience increased impacts of climate change and urbanization, the many benefits to health and well-being provided by green and blue spaces are becoming more important, (1,2) and research has shown these health...

• Soy-Based Infant Formula Feeding and Uterine Fibroid Development in a Prospective Ultrasound Study of Black/African-American Women.

  Authors:Christine R. Langton, Quaker E. Harmon, Kristen Upson, and Donna D. BairdFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 131, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20236,824 words Report 1750LBackground: Uterine fibroids are highly prevalent, benign tumors. They are the leading indication for hysterectomy, and Black women are disproportionally burdened. Soy-based infant formula contains phytoestrogens, and...

• Estimated Transfer of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) from Maternal Serum to Breast Milk in Women Highly Exposed from Contaminated Drinking Water: A Study in the Ronneby Mother-Child Cohort.

  Authors:Annelise J. Blomberg, Erika Noren, Line S. Haug, Christian Lindh, Azemira Sabaredzovic, Daniela Pineda, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 131, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20237,587 words Report 1600LBackground: Infancy perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure from breastfeeding is partially determined by the transfer efficiencies (TEs) of PFAS from maternal serum into breast milk. However, to our knowledge there...

• Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and the Occurrence of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components in Taiwan.

  Authors:Yi-Chuan Chen, Wei-Shan Chin, Shih-Chun Pan, Chih-Da Wu, and Yue-Liang Leon GuoFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 131, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20238,200 words Report 1830LBackground: Metabolic syndrome (MetS), a major contributor to cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, has been linked with exposure to air pollution. However, the relationship between air pollutants and the five...