Environmental Toxicology

Yu, Ming‐Ho; Tsunoda, Humio; Tsunoda, Masashi

doi:10.1201/b11677

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“…Drinking water polluted by chemicals or fecal bacteria causes severe health problems to humans and their livestock. Pathogenic or disease-causing organisms can affect consumers by causing water-borne diseases such as diarrhea, typhoid fever, or even death if not treated (Yu et al 2011 ). The Mutara rangelands largely match the Nyagatare District, which is the largest and second most populated district in Rwanda.…”

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Biological water quality assessment in the degraded Mutara rangelands, northeastern Rwanda

Dusabe

Wronski

Silva

et al. 2019

Environ Monit Assess

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Rwanda is a heavily overpopulated country that also suffers from overstocking with livestock, especially following the return of war refuges after the civil war (1991–1995). At present, approximately 20% of the human population in Nyagatare District in northeastern Rwanda has no access to clean drinking water and sanitation. We used a biotic index based on the presence of selected families of aquatic macroinvertebrates, derived from the “Tanzania River Scoring System” (TARISS), to assess water quality at N = 55 sites in the Mutara grasslands in Nyagatare District. Poor water quality became evident across most sampling sites both in the Muvumba (mean ± SE TARISS score 5.25 ± 0.10) and Karangazi Rivers (4.79 ± 0.12). Using a general linear model, we asked whether direct effects of land use forms and input of anthropogenic wastewater have an impact on water quality. Our results found no immediate effects of both forms of disturbance/pollution, probably because overall water quality was already poor. Our study is intended to serve as a starting point for continuous monitoring of water quality in the Mutara rangelands in NE Rwanda. The method applied here is cost-efficient, requires only basic equipment, and training local students to apply this technique can provide a solid basis for its implementation in future surveys related to public health. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s10661-019-7226-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Biological water quality assessment in the degraded Mutara rangelands, northeastern Rwanda

Dusabe

Wronski

Silva

et al. 2019

Environ Monit Assess

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“…Although it is clear that biodiversity is impacted by human modification of the landscape and climate change, there is another, more elusive, threat to conservation: anthropogenic pollution of the environment. Anthropogenic chemicals are ubiquitous in the environment and are therefore likely leading to the decline of wild populations of animals and creating a public health crisis ( Zala and Penn 2004 ; Yu et al 2011 ). It has been estimated that the chemical industry releases approximately 1,000 novel chemicals each year and that at least 100 million tons of chemicals are released into the environment each year ( Postel 1987 ; Vitousek et al 1997 ).…”

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“…As wildlife species are exposed to multiple chemical stressors at once and many chemicals appear to influence organisms even at low concentrations, there is great potential for anthropogenic chemicals to disrupt phenotypes and influence fitness ( Dell’Omo 2002 ; Yu et al 2011 ). In addition, anthropogenic chemicals have been found in the tissues of wild animals, even in regions apparently devoid of pollution ( Norstrom et al 1998 ).…”

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Integrative behavioral ecotoxicology: bringing together fields to establish new insight to behavioral ecology, toxicology, and conservation

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The fields of behavioral ecology, conservation science, and environmental toxicology individually aim to protect and manage the conservation of wildlife in response to anthropogenic stressors, including widespread anthropogenic pollution. Although great emphasis in the field of toxicology has been placed on understanding how single pollutants affect survival, a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach that includes behavioral ecology is essential to address how anthropogenic compounds are a risk for the survival of species and populations in an increasingly polluted world. We provide an integrative framework for behavioral ecotoxicology using Tinbergen’s four postulates (causation and mechanism, development and ontogeny, function and fitness, and evolutionary history and phylogenetic patterns). The aims of this review are: 1) to promote an integrative view and re-define the field of integrative behavioral ecotoxicology; 2) to demonstrate how studying ecotoxicology can promote behavior research; and 3) to identify areas of behavioral ecotoxicology that require further attention to promote the integration and growth of the field.

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“…The prevalence of respiratory disease is rising amid worsening air pollution. Chemicals in dust, when swallowed, can cause respiratory problems, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic bronchitis and even pneumonia are particularly common 1 , 2 ) .…”

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Effects of pelvic tilt angles and forced vital capacity in healthy individuals

Hwang

Kim

2018

J Phys Ther Sci

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[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of pelvic tilt angles and lung function in participants performing pelvic tilts on a ball. [Subjects and Methods] Eighteen subjects participated in this study. While they performed pelvic tilt on sitting at a ball, the peak expiratory flow (PEF) and forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) were measured at 10 degrees of anterior and posterior pelvic tilt, respectively, and neutral position. The repeated measure ANOVA was performed, and the Bonferroni correction was used for post-hoc analysis. [Results] The PEF of the participants was significantly higher at neutral position, compared with an anterior pelvic tilt at 10 degrees. The FEV1 was also higher in neutral position, compared with anterior and posterior pelvic tilt. [Conclusion] This study underlines the need for the standardization of the FVC testing protocol for positioning the pelvic angle in a neutral position in patients with respiratory disorders to promote reliable interpretation of intervention outcomes.

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Environmental Toxicology

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Biological water quality assessment in the degraded Mutara rangelands, northeastern Rwanda

Biological water quality assessment in the degraded Mutara rangelands, northeastern Rwanda

Integrative behavioral ecotoxicology: bringing together fields to establish new insight to behavioral ecology, toxicology, and conservation

Effects of pelvic tilt angles and forced vital capacity in healthy individuals

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