Commentary

Occupational cancer burden: the contribution of exposure to process‐generated substances at the workplace

“…Nevertheless, CAREX is still being used more than 35 years after its creation, notably in the Global Burden of Disease Project [13,57]. This may be sufficient if the objective is only to conclude that occupational carcinogens continue contributing to the global cancer burden and to justify the need for ongoing prevention and control initiatives [58]. However, if the objective is to set the departure for controlling hazardous exposures in the workplaces, it is important to conduct workplace exposure studies in more countries than what is currently done.…”

What is next for occupational cancer epidemiology?

“…An exposome-wide association study examined a range of personal and occupational factors in B-cell lymphoma, suggesting that single-factor research approaches maybe suboptimal for new disease insights ( 31 ). There are exposome technologies for personal monitoring of workers ( 28 , 32 ) and other novel research methods including natural language processing and text mining ( 33 , 34 ), automated network assembly approaches to summarizing literature ( 35 ), efforts to combine epidemiological data with those from other evidence streams ( 36 ), and new technologies to facilitate secure decentralized pooled analyses of data ( 37 ).…”

“…Priorities for cancer research in low- and middle-income countries have recently been described as separate to those of high-income countries, and highlighted the need to reduce the burden of patients presenting with advanced-stage disease, primary prevention and early detection, and innovative and affordable technology in cancer control ( 77 ). Documenting and minimizing exposure to established occupational carcinogens is critical to prioritize interventions and prevent future cancer burden ( 11 , 34 , 78 ). Generating country-specific evidence for effective prevention may be helpful in this regard ( 77 ).…”

Integrating Electrochemical and Colorimetric Sensors with a Webcam Readout for Multiple Gas Detection

“…Bipolar electrochemistry, involving two driving electrodes and one conducting bipolar electrode (BPE) in electrolytic solution, has been a well-established technique since the 1960s, 30−33 but it attracted renewed interest and developed new applications 34−36 recently such as sensor development, 37−42 asymmetric synthesis, 43−47 micromotors, 46,48,49 and beyond. Because it has merits of wireless electrode, batching analysis ability, 37,50 exhibiting oxidation and reduction reaction simultaneously on BPE's counter ends, electrochemical gradients along the BPE, and ability of EC visualization, 16 there are lots of reports on developing BPE based sensing platforms using electrochemiluminescence (ECL), 39,40,51 fluorescence, or anodic electrochemical dissolution of metal layer 37,42,50 as reporter.…”