Solid urban wastes and toxicity among residents of Ghemme and Cavaglio (Piedmont region, Italy). Results from a historical cohort 1980 to 2013.

Background: There is plenty of evidence for a relation between certain environmental pollutants and ecological damage. Landfills, especially if uncontrolled and located near human settlements, may cause an increase in cancer incidence and in various diseases.

Methods: The area of study is represented by the cities of Ghemme (population 6,139) and Cavaglio (population 2,216), in the province of Novara, northern Italy.

[Mortality in the population surrounding an aluminum foundry in Eastern Piedmont, Italy, 1980-2017].

An aluminum foundry has been present in the area of the district of Carisio (Piedmont region), Italy since 1975. Environmental analyses have shown that toxic emissions (in particular of dioxin) affect the district of Crocicchio and not the remaining municipality of Carisio. A study was therefore conducted to assess mortality in the population of Carisio and in the rest of the municipality, from 1980 to 2017, by using the Piedmont region as standard population.

Former Workers of a Bright Electroplating Factory Located in Vercelli: A Cohort Study From 1974 to 2016: Legal Expertise Results.

Background: The mortality risk among former workers of a factory with an adjoining galvanic activity has been assessed; several environmental analyses found in the site the presence of nickel and organochlorinated substances.

Methods: The cohort followed by 1974 to 2016 is represented by 899 individuals in which there were 191 deaths: 140 males and 51 females. A risks analysis with elaboration of SMR between observed cases and the expected one referring to Piemonte region rates was performed.

[Admission to private psychiatric institutions: reliability of official data for epidemiological purposes].

The authors have collected clinical data regarding patients admitted to a private psychiatric institutions in the Naples hinterland. The aim was that of determining the reliability of official data collected from the central regional statistical office of patients admitted in 1988. The duration of stay and the "revolving door" phenomenon of the cases as well as the nosographic classification at dismissal of the patients is influenced by variables not strictly of clinical nature.