Un recente studio pubblicato su Thorax trova una decisa correlazione fra esposizione professionale ai pesticidi e il rischio di ammalarsi di broncopneumopatia cronico ostruttiva (BPCO), fra le prime cause di morte nel mondo. La ricerca, condotta sul data base UK biobank da un consorzio internazionale coordinato dall'Imperial College di Londra, vede come prima firma Sara de Matteis, medico ed epidemiologa del lavoro, ora professore associato presso l'Università di Cagliari. L'abbiamo intervistata per fare il punto sulla ricerca e sul problematico rapporto fra pesticidi e salute.
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We cannot archive Covid-19 yet
Coexistence with Covid-19 cannot yet be said to be stable, especially due to the great variability of SARS-CoV-2. For this reason, as the number of cases in Italy is increasing, it is necessary to limit the impact of infections by acting on two fronts, which are not alternatives to each other: reduce the share of people who have become partially susceptible and limit the likelihood of the emergence of new variants.
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Several attempts have been made to archive Covid-19, trying to leave behind an experience worthy of the worst dystopian novel (about 770 million officially registered cases worldwide and an estimated 18 million deaths), but it seems that the anticipated "coexistence" with the family of viruses has not yet stabilized, and it will take several years to get there.