2024
A deployable film method to enable replicable sampling of low-abundance environmental microbiomes
Mankiewicz Ledins P, Lin E, Bhattacharya C, Pollitt K, Dyson A, Hénaff E. A deployable film method to enable replicable sampling of low-abundance environmental microbiomes. Scientific Reports 2024, 14: 23857. PMID: 39394219, PMCID: PMC11470061, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-72341-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman healthPotential human health impactsHuman health impactsNegative long-term impactEnvironmental microbiomesTime indoorsEnvironmental nucleic acidsExposure studiesSequencing-based analysisChronic exposureHealth impactsHigher DNA yieldLong-term impactLow abundanceMicrobiome abundanceIndoor microbiome exposureSamplerMicrobiome samplesAbundanceIndoor microbiomeDNA yieldExtraction kitMicrobiomeSampling strategyGlobal population
2019
Biodiesel fuels: A greener diesel? A review from a health perspective
Godri Pollitt K, Chhan D, Rais K, Pan K, Wallace JS. Biodiesel fuels: A greener diesel? A review from a health perspective. The Science Of The Total Environment 2019, 688: 1036-1055. PMID: 31726536, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth effectsEffective public health policiesHuman exposure studiesPublic health policyEngine exhaustCardiovascular outcomesCardiopulmonary outcomesShort-term exposureExhaust exposureLung cellsHealth policyVivo studiesHealth benefitsHealth perspectiveExposure studiesHuman testingLow engineAftertreatment systemEngine characteristicsOutcomesParticulate emissionsRange of feedstocksExposureDieselAldehyde emissions