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Modelling of priority pollutants releases from urban areas Universiteit Gent
Pollutants bioavailability and toxicological risk from microplastics Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
Microplastics (MPs, <5 mm in size) are considered to be one of today’s major environmental problems. They are a ubiquitous persistent pollutant group that has reached into all parts of the environment – from the highest mountain tops to the lowest depths of the ocean. In their production, plastics have added to them a number of chemical additives in the form of plasticizers, colorants, fillers, and stabilizers, some of which with known ...
Influence of discharge and temperature on the transport of tracer pollutants along an urban river (Zenne, Belgium) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Human activities profoundly modified natural water circulation as well as water quality of rivers, with increased hydrological risks and chemical hazards as consequence. An extreme example of strongly modified river system is the river Zenne crossing the city of Brussels. In and around the city, the river determines a small vertical urbanized area (800 km²) combining extreme land-use landscapes: intensive agricultural activities upstream, a ...
Internal exposure of Flemish teenagers to environmental pollutants : results of the Flemish Environment and Health Study 2016-2020 (FLEHS IV) Universiteit Gent Universiteit Hasselt Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Antwerpen KU Leuven
The Flemish Environment and Health Study (FLEHS) collects information on internal exposure to a broad range of environmental chemicals in the general population in Flanders, the Northern region of Belgium. The aim is to establish biomonitoring exposure distributions for the general population in support of public health and environmental policy, environmental risk assessment and risk management decisions. In 2017-2018, urine and blood samples ...
Internal exposure to pollutants and body size in Flemish adolescents and adults: associations and dose-response relationships Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Coupled chromatographic and mass-spectrometric techniques for the analysis of emerging pollutants in the aquatic environment Universiteit Gent
Development of enhanced photocatalysts for the degradation of pollutants KU Leuven
The use of electromagnetic radiation as environmental friendly energy source to promote relevant chemical reactions is widely investigated but nowadays, there is still lack of materials able to efficiently perform this process. Those reactions that can be initiated or which reaction rate can be increased by radiation are known as photocatalytic. Among the possible reactions, the degradation of pollutants is one of the most studied applications. ...
Early-life exposure to multiple persistent organic pollutants and metals and birth weight: Pooled analysis in four Flemish birth cohorts KU Leuven Universiteit Antwerpen Universiteit Hasselt Vrije Universiteit Brussel
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Prenatal chemical exposure has frequently been associated with reduced fetal growth although results have been inconsistent. Most studies associate single pollutant exposure to this health outcome, even though this does not reflect real life situations as humans are exposed to many pollutants during their life time. The objective of this study is to investigate the association between prenatal exposure to a mixture of ...
Prenatal Exposure to Multiple Air Pollutants, Mediating Molecular Mechanisms, and Shifts in Birthweight KU Leuven Universiteit Hasselt
Mechanisms underlying adverse birth and later in life health effects from exposure to air pollution during the prenatal period have not been not fully elucidated, especially in the context of mixtures. We assessed the effects of prenatal exposure to mixtures of air pollutants of particulate matter (PM), PM2.5, PM10, nitrogen oxides, NO2, NOx, ultrafine particles (UFP), and oxidative potential (OP) of PM2.5 on infant birthweight in four European ...