2025
Gaps in U.S. livestock data are a barrier to effective environmental and disease management
Muenich R, Aryal S, Ashworth A, Bell M, Boudreau M, Cunningham S, Flynn K, Hamilton K, Liu T, Mashtare M, Nelson N, Rashid B, Saha A, Schaffer-Smith D, Showalter C, Tchamdja A, Thompson J. Gaps in U.S. livestock data are a barrier to effective environmental and disease management. Environmental Research Letters 2025, 20: 031001. PMID: 39944271, PMCID: PMC11811603, DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/adb050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCoarse spatiotemporal scalesHuman health concernsSignificant data gapsGreenhouse gas emissionsLivestock dataPollution mitigationAir pollutionLocal scaleMonitoring disease outbreaksWaste emissionsZoonotic disease outbreaksNational scaleSpatiotemporal scalesData gapsGas emissionsLivestock operationsAquifer depletionDisease outbreaksLivestockPollutionRemote-sensingData availabilityResistance genesNational Agricultural Statistics ServiceFood systems
2024
Mixed contaminant exposure in tapwater and the potential implications for human-health in disadvantaged communities in California
Smalling K, Romanok K, Bradley P, Hladik M, Gray J, Kanagy L, McCleskey R, Stavreva D, Alexander-Ozinskas A, Alonso J, Avila W, Breitmeyer S, Bustillo R, Gordon S, Hager G, Jones R, Kolpin D, Newton S, Reynolds P, Sloop J, Ventura A, Von Behren J, Ward M, Solomon G. Mixed contaminant exposure in tapwater and the potential implications for human-health in disadvantaged communities in California. Water Research 2024, 267: 122485. PMID: 39368187, DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122485.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImprove water qualityHuman health concernsDrinking waterWater quality challengesDrinking-water sourcesHuman health outcomesDrinking water supplyContaminant exposureFrequent exceedancesHazard indexOrganic chemicalsMixture exposurePublic water systemsWater qualityHealth advisoriesMultiple exceedancesHealth risksHuman healthYears of droughtData gapsDrinking-waterContaminationClimate changeCentral ValleyTapwater samples
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