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The Impact of Environmental Pollutants on Children's Health
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The Impact of Environmental Pollutants on Children's Health

A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Pediatric Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2026 | Viewed by 784

Editor

Prof. Dr. Vaidotas Urbonas

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Clinic of Children’s Diseases, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, LT-03101 Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: paediatric gastroenterologists; diseases and nutrition in children; coeliac disease; Crohn’s disease

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues, 

Healthy longevity is often dependent on one’s genetics, environment and lifestyle. A person’s life greatly depends on how they were conceived, how they developed as a fetus, how they were born, and how they grew up as children, especially during their first years of life.

Currently, we cannot alter genetics, but we can change our environment. Hence, this Special Issue of Children aims to address environmental factors and their effects on children, which would be very useful information for physicians and caregivers. This topic is well known and has tremendous importance. Nutrition is vital for health, but other factors, such as how food is prepared, what utensils are used, and the quality of air, are no less important for children’s health. Additionally, this Special Issue will also address the effect of electromagnetic radiation on children.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Vaidotas Urbonas
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • environmental pollutants
  • air pollution
  • food pollutants
  • children’s health
  • quality of life

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Allergic Diseases and Impaired Lung Function in Children Exposed and Unexposed to Artisanal Brick Production
by Benigno Linares Segovia, Rocío Stephanie Bermúdez Pérez, Rebeca Monroy-Torres, Octavio Alejandro Jiménez Garza, Norma Amador Licona, Juan M. Guízar-Mendoza, Rodrigo Francisco del Río Hidalgo, Juan Antonio Ortega García and Luz Claudio
Children 2026, 13(6), 734; https://doi.org/10.3390/children13060734 - 25 May 2026
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Background: During the firing stage of artisanal brick production, particulate matter and other pollutants are released into the air, to which children are particularly vulnerable. Objective: To compare the frequency of allergic diseases and impaired lung function among children exposed and unexposed to [...] Read more.
Background: During the firing stage of artisanal brick production, particulate matter and other pollutants are released into the air, to which children are particularly vulnerable. Objective: To compare the frequency of allergic diseases and impaired lung function among children exposed and unexposed to artisanal brick production. Methods: A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted among 386 children aged 6 to 14 years, recruited from a primary and a secondary school in Guanajuato, Mexico. Participants were classified as exposed (n = 193) or unexposed (n = 193) to artisanal brick production. Once parents and children voluntarily consented to participate, study procedures were initiated. Forced spirometry and anthropometric measurements were performed, and the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire was administered. We assessed the frequency of respiratory symptoms, allergic diseases, and lung function abnormalities. We measured the frequency of respiratory symptoms, allergic diseases, and lung function abnormalities. Results: The mean age of the 386 children was 9.7 ± 1.7 years. Each group consisted of 103 girls and 90 boys. The most important risk factors for impaired lung function were living in the brickyard (OR = 6.9, 95% CI: 4.3–11.1; p = 0.001) and being male (OR = 3.6, 95% CI: 2.3–5.7; p = 0.001). The prevalence of impaired lung function was 13.5% in exposed and 4.1% in unexposed children (OR = 3.6, 95% CI: 1.5–8.1; p = 0.001). Most of the respiratory symptoms observed were obstructive and we found no difference in the frequency of allergic diseases, but respiratory symptoms were more frequent in exposed children. Conclusions: Respiratory symptoms and obstructive abnormalities in pulmonary function are more prevalent among children living in brickyards. Male sex and residence in the brickyard were the principal risk factors for impaired lung function. Full article
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