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A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2017) | Viewed by 15722

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Interests: environmental health and diseases; gene-environment interactions; environmental toxicology, mutagenesis and carcinogenesis; environmental epidemiology and disease control; health risk assessment and management; ecological risk assessment and management; environmental chemistry and computational toxicology; environmental genomics and proteomics; environmental medicine; and natural resources damage assessment and management
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This Special Issue will collate selected papers presented at the 13th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research, Jackson, MS, USA, 11–14 September 2016.

Topics:
1.   New Frontiers in Environmental Health Research
2.   Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology
3.   Environmental Toxicology and Health Risk Assessment
4.   Emerging Topics in Computational Biology, and Environmental Modeling
5.   Health Disparities and Environmental Security
6.   Medical Geology and Human Health
7.   Natural Resources Damage Assessment and Management

Paul B. Tchounwou
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Prevalence of Rotavirus Genogroup A and Norovirus Genogroup II in Bassaseachic Falls National Park Surface Waters in Chihuahua, Mexico

Ma. Carmen E. Delgado-Gardea

Patricia Tamez-Guerra

Ricardo Gomez-Flores

Aurora Mendieta-Mendoza

Francisco Javier Zavala-Díaz de la Serna

Juan Francisco Contreras-Cordero

Gilberto Erosa-de la Vega

María Concepción Pérez-Recoder

Blanca Sánchez-Ramírez

Carmen González-Horta

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Rocío Infante-Ramírez

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2017, 14(5), 482; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14050482 - 05 May 2017

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In areas lacking potable water treatment, drinking contaminated water may represent a public health threat. In addition to enteropathogenic bacteria and parasites, fecal contamination in water environments is associated with the transmission of enteric viruses and other causal agents of infectious disease. Rotavirus and norovirus are the main enteric viral agents responsible for diarrheic outbreaks. The aim of the present study was to detect seasonal variation of rotavirus and norovirus in the surface water at Bassaseachic Falls National Park during 2013. Rivers and streams within and nearby this park were sampled once in each season during 2013. Viral concentration was carried out by a handmade filtration equipment, using a commercial electropositive membrane coupled with the virus absortion elution technique (VIRADEL©). Detection of rotavirus and norovirus was performed by SYBR Green reverse transcription-real time polymerase chain reaction (SYBR GREEN© RT-qPCR) analyses. Norovirus genogroup II was detected in samples collected in June and October 2013. In the case of rotavirus, genogroup A was detected in March and June. The presence of rotavirus and norovirus was related to viral acute diarrhea in children less than five years of age, who were inhabiting the sampled areas. This may indicates that the contaminated water was potentially a risk factor for regional diarrheic outbreaks. Full article

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Developing a Water Quality Index (WQI) for an Irrigation Dam

Celia De La Mora-Orozco

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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2017, 14(5), 439; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14050439 - 29 Apr 2017

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Pollution levels have been increasing in water ecosystems worldwide. A water quality index (WQI) is an available tool to approximate the quality of water and facilitate the work of decision-makers by grouping and analyzing numerous parameters with a single numerical classification system. The objective of this study was to develop a WQI for a dam used for irrigation of about 5000 ha of agricultural land. The dam, La Vega, is located in Teuchitlan, Jalisco, Mexico. Seven sites were selected for water sampling and samples were collected in March, June, July, September, and December 2014 in an initial effort to develop a WQI for the dam. The WQI methodology, which was recommended by the Mexican National Water Commission (CNA), was used. The parameters employed to calculate the WQI were pH, electrical conductivity (EC), dissolved oxygen (DO), total dissolved solids (TDS), total hardness (TH), alkalinity (Alk), total phosphorous (TP), Cl⁻, NO₃, SO₄, Ca, Mg, K, B, As, Cu, and Zn. No significant differences in WQI values were found among the seven sampling sites along the dam. However, seasonal differences in WQI were noted. In March and June, water quality was categorized as poor. By July and September, water quality was classified as medium to good. Quality then decreased, and by December water quality was classified as medium to poor. In conclusion, water treatment must be applied before waters from La Vega dam reservoir can be used for irrigation or other purposes. It is recommended that the water quality at La Vega dam is continually monitored for several years in order to confirm the findings of this short-term study. Full article

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Levels and Distribution of Pollutants in the Waters of an Aquatic Ecosystem in Northern Mexico

Jesús Manuel Ochoa-Rivero

Ana Victoria Reyes-Fierro

Ma. Del Rosario Peralta-Pérez

Francisco Javier Zavala-Díaz de la Serna

Lourdes Ballinas-Casarrubias

Ivan Salmerón

Héctor Rubio-Arias

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Beatriz A. Rocha-Gutiérrez

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2017, 14(5), 456; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14050456 - 25 Apr 2017

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The availability of good quality water resources is essential to ensure healthy crops and livestock. The objective of this study was to evaluate the level of pollution in Bustillos Lagoon in northern Mexico. Physical-chemical parameters like sodium, chloride, sulfate, electrical conductivity, nitrates, and the pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) were analyzed to determine the water quality available in the lagoon. Although DDT has been banned in several countries, it is still used for agricultural purposes in Mexico and its presence in this area had not been analyzed previously. Bustillos Lagoon was divided into three zones for the evaluation: (1) industrial; (2) communal lands; and (3) agricultural. The highest concentrations of sodium (2360 mg/L) and SAR (41 meq/L) reported in the industrial zone are values exceeding the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) irrigation water quality guidelines. DDT and its metabolites were detected in all of the 21 sites analyzed, in the agricultural zone ∑DDTs = 2804 ng/mL, this level is much higher than those reported for other water bodies in Mexico and around the world where DDT has been used heavily. The water in the communal zone is the least contaminated, but can only be recommended for irrigation of plants with high stress tolerance and not for crops. Full article

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