Kuhn in 1962 establishes the revolutionary character of science: "new scientific theories are not born by verification or falsification, but by substitution." The objective of this review was to analyze the ideas and paradigms through which studies on obesity and its relationship with environmental ...

This article discusses the environmental and public health impact of 3 industrial contamination scenarios in Greece: (1) hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) contamination of drinking water in the Oinofyta municipality; (2) increased exposure to dioxins and furans ammong residents of the Aspropyrgos area...

The development of the environmental-health risk assessment in Hungary is described through the management of cases of significant environmental pollution that has affected the population. The implementation and goals of the National Environmental Remediation Programme in Hungary are briefly...

This paper reports the environmental change and pollution in Albania, and highlights some key points of progress made in addressing the environmental issues in the country, e.g., management of hazardous waste and industrially contaminated sites, and implementation of environmental policy and...

The Endangered Species Act requires Federal agencies to consult with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to ensure that the activities they authorize, fund, or carry out are not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of endangered or...

This paper presents a long-term experiment aiming to assess the feeding habits of a predatory marine gastropod species, Hexaplex trunculus (Linneaeus, 1758), under a range of pH conditions relevant in the context of ocean acidification (8.1 to 7.4). There was no significant relationship among the...

This paper informs about the indicator established to monitor the progress on the management of contaminated sites in Europe, which is based on the Joint Research Centre (JRC) reference report "Progress in the management of contaminated sites in Europe", and about the development of the Information ...

Hungary's largest ecological disaster took place in 2010 when the dam of a red sludge reservoir ruptured. This article briefly discusses the subsequent environmental monitoring and public health risk surveys carried out to assess the extent of pollution caused, the prevalence of associated...

This study was conducted to evaluate the recommendations of Will-Wolf and others (in press) using data from other studies. The 1994-2005 distribution patterns of all five tested macrolichen bioindicator species with respect to pollution load and nearby forest cover in the NE and MidA regions using...

Forestry best management practices (BMPs) are effective and practical methods used to reduce nonpoint source pollution to a level compatible with water quality goals. Pollution caused by increases in nutrients, chemicals, organics, and temperature are addressed by forestry BMPs, but sediment is the ...