Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in young men. Its causes are largely unknown, although prenatal occupational and environmental exposures have been suggested. We investigated paternal occupational exposure to heavy metals and welding fumes and the risk of testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT) in their offspring. A total of 454 cases and 670...
In order to estimate the resuspension of the particles empirically, it is necessary to carry out a homogeneous distribution of the particles on the tested surfaces. Thus, in many studies, seeding or deposition in experimental chambers is performed to quantify initial concentrations for subsequent resuspension experiments. The current study was carr...
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Cet article synthétise les résultats du projet INOGEV sur les concentrations de micropolluants organiques et métalliques dans les eaux pluviales strictes. Ce projet a permis non seulement d'étudier certains polluants jusqu'à lors faiblement documentés dans la littérature mais également d'établir les ordres de grandeurs des concentrations totales, d...
Published in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
PurposeCurrently, there is no meaningful methodology for the estimation of environmental impacts from long-term heavy metal emissions in a life cycle assessment (LCA) context, when an assessment of landfill and mining technologies is performed. In this paper, the aims are to investigate the main issues hindering the standardisation of a methodology...
Atmospheric pollutant dispersion near sources is typically simulated by Gaussian models because of their efficient compromise between reasonable accuracy and manageable com- putational time. However, the standard Gaussian dispersion formula applies downwind of a source under advective conditions with a well-defined wind direction and cannot calcula...
Dans un contexte de gestion à l'amont et de récupération des eaux de pluie, l'utilisation de toitures Îgétalisées pour obtenir une eau de meilleure qualité a fréquemment été envisagée. Ces structures sont en effet munies d'un « sol » et de plantes, dont le potentiel de rétention de polluants est aÎré. Cependant, les résultats mitigés obtenus à ce j...
Published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research
This study aimed at: (a) providing information on the occurrence and concentration ranges in urban stormwater for a wide array of pollutants (n = 77); (b) assessing whether despite the differences between various catchments (land use, climatic conditions, etc.), the trends in terms of contamination level are similar; and (c) analyzing the contribut...
An original bi-enzymatic biosensor was designed by immobilizing Arthrospira platensis cells, called Spirulina, on gold interdigitated transducers. Phosphatase and esterase activities were inhibited, respectively, by heavy metals and by pesticides. Inhibition activities were observed with different mixtures of pesticides + heavy metals. The quantifi...
The region of Larache endures a big problem of pollution of the surface waters. This pollution takes various origins, domestic, agricultural and industrial. The study of the physicochemical characteristics (Water temperature, pH, Salinity, DO, Conductivity, SM, TOC, NO3, COD and BOD) of the effluents exits of the industrial units of the Loukkos riv...
