Research publications

WHO CC for Environmental Health in Contaminated Sites, ITA-97

• Marsili D, Pasetto R, Iavarone I. (2023). Environmental public health communication to engage stakeholders and foster social capacity in poorly involved communities living in industrial contaminated sites: the case study of Porto Torres (Italy).Front.Commun.8:1217427. doi:10.3389/fcomm.2023.1217427  link https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1217427/full

• Fabri A, Pasetto R, Marsili D, Zona A, De Santis M & Iavarone I. Sustainability of Italian seaports located near contaminated sites: results of an exploratory analysis. Annali dell’Istituto Superiore di Sanità. 2023; 59(2): 159-169. doi: 10.4415/ANN_23_02_09

• Fazzo L, Manno V, Iavarone I, Minelli G, De Santis M, Beccaloni E, Scaini F, Miotto E, Airoma D, Comba P. The health impact of hazardous waste landfills and illegal dumps contaminated sites: An epidemiological study at ecological level in Italian Region. Frontiers in public health. 2023; 11:996960. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.996960. eCollection 2023 

• Comba P, Pasetto R. Health in contaminated sites: the contribution of epidemiological surveillance to the detection of causal links. Commentary. Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità. 2022 Oct-Dec; 58(4): 223-226. doi: 10.4415/ANN_22_04_01

• Di Fonzo D, Fabri A, Pasetto R. Distributive justice in environmental health hazards from industrial contamination: A systematic review of national and near-national assessments of social inequalities. Social Science & Medicine. 2022 Mar; 297:114834. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114834 

• Pasetto R, Di Fonzo D, De Santis M, Porcu R, Zona A. Environmental health inequalities among municipalities affected by contaminated sites in Italy. Environmental Justice. 2022; 15(4): 228-234. doi:0.11089/env.2021.0068

• Marsili D, Pasetto R, Iavarone I, Fazzo L, Zona A, Comba P. Fostering Environmental Health Literacy in Contaminated Sites: National and Local Experience in Italy From a Public Health and Equity Perspective. Front. Commun. (2021); 6:697547. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2021.697547

• La Serra V, Pasetto R, Manno V, Iavarone I, Lasinio GJ, Minelli G. Exploring methods for the assessment of temporal trends in mortality and hospitalization in Italian industrially contaminated sites. Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità. 2021 Apr-Jun; 57(2): 183-192. doi: 10.4415/ANN_21_02_11
• Benedetti M, Minichilli F, Soggiu ME, Manno V, Fazzo L. Ecological meta-analytic study of kidney disease in Italian contaminated sites. Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità. 2021 Oct-Dec; 57(4):314-323. doi: 10.4415/ANN_21_04_06

• Benedetti M, Zona A, Contiero P, D'Armiento E, Iavarone I, Airtum Working Group. Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in Italian Contaminated Sites. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020 Dec 29;18(1):191. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18010191

• Fazzo L, De Santis M, Beccaloni E, Scaini F, Iavarone I, Comba P, Airoma D. A Geographic Information System-Based Indicator of Waste Risk to Investigate the Health Impact of Landfills and Uncontrolled Dumping Sites. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020 Aug 10;17(16):5789. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165789 

• Pasetto R, Iavarone I. Environmental justice in industrially contaminated sites. From the development of a national surveillance system to the birth of an international network. in Toxic truths Book. 2020 

• Iavarone I, Pasetto R (editors). Review and analysis of research tools, assessment procedures, and sound methodologies applied to face the environmental health challenges from industrial contamination available. Epidemiologia e Prevenzione: journal of the Italian Epidemiological Association. 2018 Sep-Dec; 42(S1-92). Special Issue

• Olmedo PM, Cantalejo CS, Ancona C (et al.). Industrial contaminated sites and health: results of a European survey. Epidemiologia e Prevenzione: rivista dell'Associazione Italiana di Epidemiologia. 2019 Jul-Aug; 43(4): 238-248. doi: 10.19191/EP19.4.A02.069

• Colles A, Ardeleanu ER, Candeias C (et al.). Human biomonitoring as a tool for exposure assessment in industrially contaminated sites (ICSs). Lessons learned within the ICS and Health European Network. Epidemiologia e Prevenzione: rivista dell'Associazione Italiana di Epidemiologia. 2019 Jul-Aug; 43(4): 249-259. doi: 10.19191/EP19.4.A03.070 

• Olmedo PM, Ranzi A, Santoro M (et al.). Methods and data needs to assess health impacts of chemicals in industrial contaminated sites. Epidemiologia e Prevenzione: rivista dell'Associazione Italiana di Epidemiologia. 2019 Jul-Aug; 43(4): 223-237. doi: 10.19191/EP19.4.A01.068

• Pasetto R, Mattioli B, Marsili D. Environmental Justice in Industrially Contaminated Sites. A Review of Scientific Evidence in the WHO European Region. International Journal Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019 Mar 19;16(6):998. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16060998

• Iavarone I, Buzzoni C, Stoppa G, Steliarova-Foucher E; SENTIERI-AIRTUM Working Group. Cancer incidence in children and young adults living in industrially contaminated sites: from the Italian experience to the development of an international surveillance system. Epidemiologia & Prevenzione. 2018 Sep-Dec;42(5-6S1):76-85. doi: 10.19191/EP18.5-6.S1.P076.090

• Marsili D, Fazzo L, Iavarone I, Comba P & World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. Communication plans in contaminated areas as prevention tools for informed policy. Public health panorama. 2017;  03 (‎02)‎: 261-267

• Fazzo L, Bianchi F, Carpenter D, Martuzzi M, Comba P. et al. Hazardous waste: a challenge for public health. Public health panorama. 2017; 03(‎02): 247-252. World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe

• Santoro M, Minichilli F, Pierini A, Astolfi G, Bisceglia L, Carbone P, Conti S, Dardanoni G, Iavarone I, Ricci P, Scarano G, Bianchi F; RiscRipro Sentieri Working Group. Congenital Anomalies in Contaminated Sites: A Multisite Study in Italy. International Journal Environmental Research and Public Health. 2017 Mar 10; 14(3): 292. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14030292

• Fazzo L, Minichilli F, Santoro M, Ceccarini A, Della Seta M, Bianchi F, Comba P, Martuzzi M. Hazardous waste and health impact: a systematic review of the scientific literature. Environmental Health. 2017 Oct 11; 16(1): 107. doi: 10.1186/s12940-017-0311-8