Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Exposed-Lawn Soils from 28 Urban Parks in the Megacity Guangzhou: Occurrence, Sources, and Human Health Implications

Ke, Caihuan; Gu, Yang-Guang; Liu, Qi

doi:10.1007/s00244-017-0397-6

Cited by 37 publications

(7 citation statements)

References 43 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Bladder cancer risk Indirect: [34] Breast cancer risk Indirect: [34] Direct: [39] Indirect: [35] Skin cancer risk Direct: [40] Indirect: [37] Lung cancer risk Direct: [41][42][43]61] Indirect: [33,34] Larynx cancer risk Indirect: [34] Non specific Cancer mortality Direct: [44] Non-specific carcinogenic risk Indirect: [45][46][47] Indirect: [48] Indirect: [49][50][51][52][53][55][56][57][58][59][60] Prostate cancer risk Direct: [54]…”

Section: Risk Protection No Associationmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Relationship between Urban Green Spaces and Cancer: A Scoping Review

Porcherie

Linn

Gall

et al. 2021

IJERPH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This scoping study aims to explore the relationships between urban green spaces (UGSs) and the onset, remission and recovery of cancer. We followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) extension for scoping reviews (protocol published in 2018). Eligibility criteria for papers were: (1) to be concerned with UGSs, (2) reporting effects of UGSs on cancer-related outcomes including direct or indirect measures, (3) reporting randomized controlled trials, prospective cohort studies, case studies, observational studies, non-comparative studies, (4) in English or French. The search covered primary studies in the published and unpublished (grey) literatures searching by hand and electronic databases (MEDLINE, Green File, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and ScienceDirect). Among 1703 records screened by two reviewers independently, 29 were included for qualitative synthesis. We classify the cancers concerned and the effects reported i.e., protective effect, risk or without association. The most investigated cancers are bladder, breast and lung cancer. Our study also identified contributing factors and their mediating effects between UGSs and cancer. Even though the strength of the evidence of the associations between UGSs and cancer is still weak due to the low number of studies and their design, results highlight the wide variety of possible mediating factors between the use of green spaces and cancer occurrence, remission and/or prevention. Knowledge gaps and future research perspectives should be oriented to qualitative research on protective factors with an attention to equity in UGS access and use.

show abstract

Section: Risk Protection No Associationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Carcinogenic risk Among 15 studies exploring the relationships between green space and carcinogenic risks, three found an increased risk [45][46][47], one reported a protective effect [48] and 11 studies [49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59] found no statistical association. All the evidence was indirect.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Relationship between Urban Green Spaces and Cancer: A Scoping Review

Porcherie

Linn

Gall

et al. 2021

IJERPH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Among fifteen studies exploring the relationships between green space and carcinogenic risks, three found an increased risk [45]- [47], one reported a protective effect [48] and eleven studies [49]- [58] found no statistical association. All the evidence was indirect.…”

Section: • Carcinogenic Riskmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relationship Between Urban Green Spaces and Cancer: A Scoping Review

Porcherie¹,

Linn²,

Gall³

et al. 2021

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This scoping study aims to explore the relationships between urban green spaces (UGSs) and cancer. We followed the PRISMA extension for scoping reviews (protocol published in 2018). Eligibility criteria for papers were: 1) to be concerned with UGSs, 2) reporting effects of UGSs on cancer-related outcomes including direct or indirect measures, 3) reporting randomized controlled trials, prospective cohort studies, case studies, observational studies, non-comparative studies, 4) in English or French. The search covered primary studies in the published and unpublished (grey) literatures searching by hand and electronic databases (MEDLINE, Green File, CINAHL and ScienceDirect). Among 1703 records screened by two reviewers independently, 29 were included for qualitative synthesis. We classify the cancers concerned and the effects reported i.e. protective effect, risk or without association. The most investigated cancers are bladder, breast and lung cancer. Our study also identified contributing factors and their mediating effects between UGSs and cancer. Results highlight the wide variety of possible mediating factors between the use of green spaces and cancer occurrence, remission and/or prevention. Knowledge gaps and future research perspectives should be oriented to qualitative research on protective factors, the role of mental health in recovering from cancer and health inequalities.

show abstract

“…However, urban green space recreation potentially exposes users to harmful pollutants. For example, Ke et al () demonstrated that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban park soils of Guangzhou, China, predominantly originated from vehicle and coal emissions, while 79% of parks studied had a high cancer risk to users. However, other urban environments were not measured for cancer risk comparison in this study.…”

Section: Testing the Microbiome Rewilding Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban habitat restoration provides a human health benefit through microbiome rewilding: the Microbiome Rewilding Hypothesis

Mills

Weinstein

Gellie

et al. 2017

Restoration Ecology

146

107

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Restoration aims to return ecosystem services, including the human health benefits of exposure to green space. The loss of such exposure with urbanization and industrialization has arguably contributed to an increase in human immune dysregulation. The Biodiversity and Old Friends hypotheses have described the possible mechanisms of this relationship, and suggest that reduced exposure to diverse, beneficial microorganisms can result in negative health consequences. However, it is unclear whether restoration of biodiverse habitat can reverse this effect, and what role the environmental microbiome might have in such recovery. Here, we propose the Microbiome Rewilding Hypothesis, which specifically outlines that restoring biodiverse habitats in urban green spaces can rewild the environmental microbiome to a state that enhances primary prevention of human disease. We support our hypothesis with examples from allied fields, including a case study of active restoration that reversed the degradation of the soil bacterial microbiome of a former pasture. This case study used high‐throughput amplicon sequencing of environmental DNA to assess the quality of a restoration intervention in restoring the soil bacterial microbiome. The method is rapid, scalable, and standardizable, and has great potential as a monitoring tool to assess functional outcomes of green‐space restoration. Evidence for the Microbiome Rewilding Hypothesis will help motivate health professionals, urban planners, and restoration practitioners to collaborate and achieve co‐benefits. Co‐benefits include improved human health outcomes and investment opportunities for biodiversity conservation and restoration.

show abstract

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Exposed-Lawn Soils from 28 Urban Parks in the Megacity Guangzhou: Occurrence, Sources, and Human Health Implications

Cited by 37 publications

References 43 publications

Relationship between Urban Green Spaces and Cancer: A Scoping Review

Relationship between Urban Green Spaces and Cancer: A Scoping Review

Relationship Between Urban Green Spaces and Cancer: A Scoping Review

Urban habitat restoration provides a human health benefit through microbiome rewilding: the Microbiome Rewilding Hypothesis

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About