Insights into Improving Risk and Safety Communication through Environmental Health Literacy.

Messages and materials developed to communicate risk to the public are often misunderstood because the public misperceives risk, science information is too complex, leading to audience misunderstandings, and an overarching focus on the details of the problem without supplying solutions or actions to keep the public safe. This article describes the creation of a communication model to improve risk communication that includes safety information. The authors describe essential components of Risk and Safety Communication based on features of Environmental Health Literacy (EHL), which informed the creation of a protocol for developing risk communication messages and materials.

Potential indicators of virus transport and removal during soil aquifer treatment of treated wastewater effluent.

Increased water demands have led to a notable interest in the use of treated wastewater for reuse. Typically, this results from the implementation of advanced treatment of final effluent from wastewater treatment plants prior to reuse for potable or non-potable purposes. Soil aquifer treatment (SAT) is a natural treatment process in which water from sources of varying quality is infiltrated into the soil to further improve its quality.

Effect of two glycyrrhizinic acid nanoparticle carriers on MARC-145 cells actin filaments.

The development of technologies that combine the advantages of nanomedicine with natural medicine represents a versatile approach to improve the safety and efficacy of drugs. Glycyrrhizinic acid (GA) is a natural compound that has a wide range of biological activities for the treatment of diseases. To establish a safe nanotransport system for this drug, two different nanoparticles with glycyrrhizinic acid, solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN-GA) and polymeric nanoparticles (PNP-GA) were elaborated to obtain nanostructure sizes between 200 and 300 nm.

Drug Release from Inert Spherical Matrix Systems Using Monte Carlo Simulations.

Background: Computational approaches for predicting release properties from matrix devices have recently been purposed as an approach to better understand and predict such systems. The objective of this research is to study the behavior of drug delivery from inert spherical matrix systems of different size by means of computer simulation.

Methods: To simulate the matrix medium, a simple cubic lattice was used, which was sectioned to make a spherical macroscopic system.

Florfenicol feed supplemented decrease the clinical effects of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae experimental infection in swine in México.

The therapeutic value of Florfenicol feed supplemented was evaluated in conventional pigs to eliminate consequences of chronic infection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. The experimental animals were pigs with an average of 16 kg, after intratracheally inoculation with M. hyopneumoniae they were divided in two experimental groups: (a) the non-medicated; and (b) the feed supplemented group (20 g Florfenicol/ton of feed) during the ensuing 35 days.

Formulation and in Vitro, ex Vivo and in Vivo Evaluation of Elastic Liposomes for Transdermal Delivery of Ketorolac Tromethamine.

The objective of the current study was to formulate ketorolac tromethamine-loaded elastic liposomes and evaluate their in vitro drug release and their ex vivo and in vivo transdermal delivery. Ketorolac tromethamine (KT), which is a potent analgesic, was formulated in elastic liposomes using Tween 80 as an edge activator. The elastic vesicles were prepared by film hydration after optimizing the sonication time and number of extrusions.

Tracking the concentration of heterotrophic plate count bacteria from the source to the consumer's tap.

The goal of this project was to quantify the concentration of heterotrophic plate count (HPC) bacteria within water reaching consumer's taps, and from the sources used by a major utility serving the City of Tucson, AZ. With this information, the amounts and sources of HPC bacteria consumed at the tap could be determined. Samples of water were collected on a monthly basis from two well fields, the CAVSARP recovery well field and Southern Avra Valley well field which serves as one of the groundwater sources for Tucson, AZ, and the distribution system which serves the same homes from which tap water was also tested.