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Occupational Health Hazards of E-Wastes: An Awareness Campaign at the Alaba International Market, Lagos, Nigeria Electronic-wastes (E-Wastes) have been a major menace both as an occupational hazard and as source of pollution to landfills in Nigeria. Advanced economies... Read more
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Rachel Cheng This year 2014 was named the “International Year of Family Farming” (IYFF) by the UN highlighting the important role of family-managed small-scale farming in alleviating hunger and poverty, providing food security and nutrition, improving livelihoods,... Read more
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The “access and excess” that lies beneath the epidemic of obesity and non-communicable diseases. Noemi Renzetti Obesity is not anymore centered in a few high-income countries: it is nowadays a global concern. Urban and rural areas in the poorest countries of... Read more
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Ilaria Proietti Street-vended foods (or street foods) are becoming an indispensable component of the food system in many cities of developing countries, increasingly emphasized by the rapid urbanization process, and significantly contribute to the food security of... Read more
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Guy Bertrand Pouokam Bisphenol A (BPA) is a widely used chemical in polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins, also used in food contact materials, leading to potential consumer exposure through food. A very large number of publications on the toxicity and endocrine... Read more
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