Publications by authors named "N Brink"
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFClimate Change has severe and wide-ranging health impacts, especially for vulnerable groups. Despite growing evidence of heat-associated adverse maternal and neonatal health outcomes, there remains a lack of synthesis quantifying associations and identifying specific risk periods. We systematically reviewed the literature on heat impacts on maternal, fetal, and neonatal health, and quantified impacts through meta-analyses.
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- Trace metal contamination, especially from mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb), can harm wildlife health, particularly affecting young birds' immune systems.
- This study focused on how these metals influence immune responses in Pekin ducklings following a viral challenge, revealing that Hg (II) increased pro-inflammatory gene expression while Pb (II) resulted in lower natural antibodies and reduced white blood cells.
- Overall, both metals negatively impacted immune competence in ducklings, leading to inflammation and impaired immune function.
Marine and freshwater mammalian predators and fish samples, retrieved from environmental specimen banks (ESBs), natural history museum (NHMs) and other scientific collections, were analysed by LIFE APEX partners for a wide range of legacy and emerging contaminants (2545 in total). Network analysis was used to visualize the chemical occurrence data and reveal the predominant chemical mixtures for the freshwater and marine environments. For this purpose, a web tool was created to explore these chemical mixtures in predator-prey pairs.
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