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Esparza JL, Gómez M, Domingo JL. Role of Melatonin in Aluminum-Related Neurodegenerative Disorders: a Review. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2019 Mar;188(1):60-67.

María Ángeles Martínez, PhD student of the Health Risk Assessment and Food Toxicology area, attended to the 8th Young Environmental Scientist (YES) Meeting of SETAC. It was celebrated in Ghent (Belgium) from 5th to 10th February 2019.

Schuhmacher M, Mari M, Nadal M, Domingo JL. Concentrations of dioxins and furans in breast milk of women living near a hazardous waste incinerator in Catalonia, Spain. Environ Int. 2019 Apr; 125: 334-341. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.01.074.

Ferre-Rey G, Sánchez-Rodríguez J, Llorca-Linares M, Vicens P, Camps M, Torrente M, Morales-Vives F. A systematic review of instruments for early detection of autism spectrum disorders. Int J of Psychol Psychol Ther. 2019 Jan; 19, 29-38.

González N, Marquès M, Nadal M, Domingo JL. Levels of PCDD/Fs in foodstuffs in Tarragona County (Catalonia, Spain): Spectacular decrease in the dietary intake of PCDD/Fs in the last 20 years. Food Chem Toxicol. 2018 Aug 23. pii: S0278-6915(18)30592-1. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.08.035.

Prof. Josep Lluís Domingo, Dr. Vikas Kumar, Neus González, María Ángeles Martínez, Elga Schreiberand Raju P. Sharma are currently to the 54th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX 2018), which is held in Brussels (Belgium) from September 2 to 5. They have the following poster presentations:

Roser Esplugas, PhD candiate in the Radiobiology area, will attend to the 44th European Radiation Research Congress (ERR 2018). It will be held in Pécs (Hungary) from August 21 to 25, 2018. She will be presenting the following posters:

Mari M, Rovira J, Sánchez-Soberón F, Nadal M, Schuhmacher M, Domingo JL. Partial replacement of fossil fuels in a cement plant: Assessment of human health risks by metals, metalloids and PCDD/Fs.Environ Res. 2018 Jul 19;167:191-197. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.07.014.

Prof. Josep Lluís Domingo has recently been interviewed in betevé. He talked about the high concentrations of dioxins reported in the surroundings of the municipal waste incinerator located in Sant Adrià del Besos (Barcelona). He asks for immediate measures to reduce the emissions of dioxins in the aforementioned facility, which were found up to 2.3 times the acceptable threshold.

Marquès M, Nadal M, Díaz-Ferrero J, Schuhmacher M, Domingo JL. Concentrations of PCDD/Fs in the neighborhood of a hazardous waste incinerator: human health risks. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2018) doi: 10.1007/s11356-018-2685-8