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Researchers of TecnATox have recently published a collaborative article with a group of investigators of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto (University of São Paulo, Brazil), led by Prof. Fernando Barbosa Jr. In the article, which has been published in Science of the Total Environment, the authors analyzed the levels of bisphenols (BPs) and phthalate esters (PAEs) in toys commercialized in Brazil, estimated the migration rate into children's saliva and evaluated their daily exposure.
Prof. Marta Schuhmacher will be one of the participants in the Roundtable on women's participation in European Research and Innovation Projects, organized by the International Pre-Award Support Unit (USPIR) of Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). The event will take place next March 21 at 11 am. Registrations can be done at https://events.urv.cat/event_detail/80223/detail/taula-rodona-sobre-la-participacio-de-les-dones-en-projectes-europeus-de-recerca-i-innovacio.html
The project PETRO-FERTYL (Impacte del complex petroquímic de Tarragona en l’exposició a metalls i la infertilitat masculina) has received the Xavi Catà Grant, promoted by El Morell City Council. PETRO-FERTYL, which is perfomed in the framework of LED-FERTYL, is led by Dr. Montse Marquès and part of the PhD thesis of Ms. Elena Sánchez.
How does environmental toxicants affect male fertility? This is one of the questions which will be addressed within the LedFertyl (Lifestyle and environmental determinantes of seminogramas and other male fertility related parameters), a collaborative investigation carried out within the "Rovira i Virgili" University by researchers of the Human Nutrition Unit and TecnATox.
The research team is recruiting 200 volunteers, men between 18 and 40 years of reproductive age. Interested people can send an email to ledfertyl.nutricio@urv.cat indicating in the subject 'Ledfertyl Recruitment'.
As a member of the RESCOP Commission, Prof. José L. Domingo has just recently published a new article about the role of outdoor and indoor air quality in the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the scientific journal Environmental Research.
Because the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for maintaining particulate matter concentrations at low levels for multiple health-related reasons, the article emphasizes the importance of adopting preventive measures and applying air purification in indoor environments, such as schools, indoor public places (restaurants, offices, hotels, museums, theatres/cinemas etc.).
RESCOP is the first Thematic Commisson on COVID-19 & Outdoor/Indoor Air Quality (RESCOP Commission), promoted by the Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA) and formed by a large number of international researchers.
From the beginning of the pandemics, Prof. Domingo and other TecnATox researchers have been very active in understanding the links between indoor/outdoor exposure to air pollutants and SARS-CoV-2. This activity has led Prof. Domingo to be the URV (Universitat Rovira i Virgili) investigator with more scientific publications on SARS-CoV-2, according to Scopus database.
