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Personal and Ambient Exposures to Air Toxics in Camden, New Jersey (HEI Research Report 160) by Dr. Paul Lioy and colleagues of EOHSI tested whether an air toxics “hot spot” existed in Camden, NJ. The research team evaluated ambient and personal exposures of nonsmoking residents to PM2.5, VOCs, aldehydes, and PAHs in two Camden neighborhoods, […]

EOHSI faculty member Stuart Shalat and NJ DEP scientist Alan Stern reported on the results of their joint study entitled “An Evaluation of Potential Exposures to Lead and Other Metals as the Result of Aerosolized Particulate Matter from Artificial Turf Playing Fields.” Abstract: In response to numerous community concerns starting in 2008 regarding the safety […]

Essentially all organisms on the planet have a circadian rhythm, or biological clock, that controls a wide variety of basic physiological and cellular functions that vary in a cyclical pattern throughout the day. Biological processes under circadian control include everything from sleep/wake cycles to DNA repair. At the cellular level, circadian rhythm is controlled by […]

Individuals are exposed to a multitude of environmental factors that, together with genetic inheritance, determine risk of disease. These factors include not only environmental chemical, physical, and biological agents, but also psychosocial stressors that are associated with poverty, race, ethnicity, and other social conditions. Some combination of these factors appears to determine risk for many […]