A Scoping Review of Maternal and Child Health Clinicians Attitudes, Beliefs, Practice, Training and Perceived Self-Competence in Environmental Health.

Clinicians regularly assess, diagnose and manage illnesses which are directly or indirectly linked to environmental exposures. Yet, various studies have identified gaps in environmental assessment in routine clinical practice. This review assessed clinicians' environmental health practices, attitudes and beliefs, and competencies and training.

Heavy metal accumulation in soils, plants, and hair samples: an assessment of heavy metal exposure risks from the consumption of vegetables grown on soils previously irrigated with wastewater.

It is common knowledge that soils irrigated with wastewater accumulate heavy metals more than those irrigated with cleaner water sources. However, little is known on metal concentrations in soils and cultivars after the cessation of wastewater use. This study assessed the accumulation and health risk of heavy metals 3 years post-wastewater irrigation in soils, vegetables, and farmers' hair.

Mortality analysis on wastewater exposure in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China, from 2007 to 2011.

The study investigated the age-adjusted mortality rate and disease odds among deceased residents living in areas exposed to wastewater and cleanwater from 2007 to 2011, in Shijiazhuang, China. Mortality data for eight villages exposed to wastewater and 16 villages not exposed to wastewater were collected and crosschecked from multiple sources. Overall mean age-adjusted mortality rate for wastewater areas was 798/105 (95% Confidence Interval (CI) = ± 68), insignificantly higher than the mean mortality rate for cleanwater area, 726/105 (95% CI = ± 46), p > 0.