Hygiena, 2021 (vol. 66), issue 1

COVID has issued a bill to primary prevention and disparities in health

Marie Nejedlá

Hygiena 2021, 66(1):3-4 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1778  

Contribution to understanding copper and zinc concentrations in the hair of children from the foothills of the Krušné hory mountains

Eva Rychlíková, Ivan Beneš, David Šubrt, Hana Smolíková, Eva Hrdličková, Milan Tuček, Vladimír Bencko

Hygiena 2021, 66(1):5-9 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1741  

Objectives: The objective of the project was to investigate if and how much copper and zinc enter the environment during coal mining and incineration exposing the child population from foothills of Krušné Hory mountains. Methodology: After informed consent of parents 258 children's hair were sampled and analysed for Cu and Zn. Children visited the third class of elementary schools in Sokolov, Královské Poříčí, Litvínov, Horní Jiřetín, Lom u Mostu, Osek u Duchcova and Duchcov in two coal mining areas. Sampling was accompanied with a questionaire completing exposure information. The results of questionaires and analyses were evaluated with descriptive...

Urolithiasis prevention

Erik Drabiščák, Erik Dorko

Hygiena 2021, 66(1):10-15 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1772  

Urolithiasis is a multifactorial disease with a problematic character and with a high tendency to recurrence. Primary (prophylaxis) and secondary (metaphylaxis) prevention are important against the disease outbreak or its recurrence. Composition and amount of food and water taken daily, together with a healthy lifestyle play an important role in urolithiasis prevention. Identification and control of risk factors before the first manifestation are tasks of prophylaxis. Metaphylaxis seeks to prevent the recurrence of kidney stones formation by suppressing risk factors that play a crucial role in pathological processes. Improvement of eating habits with...

Testing newly developed technologies for sanitisation of surfaces and air inside buildings

Bohumil Kotlík, Věra Melicherčíková, Jan Urban, Jiří Matějka

Hygiena 2021, 66(1):16-23 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1776  

The paper relates the results of efficiency tests of specific application methods of surface and air remediation in the indoor environment of buildings, the scope and supply of which have significantly expanded in connection with the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 epidemic. The tests were focused on the most frequently offered procedures, i.e. on the use of open and closed (air purifiers) sources of UV-C radiation, fumigation (use of biocides) and ozonation. Special attention is paid to fulfilling the wording of related EU laws and regulations and compliance with safety principles in the application of these procedures in the work and municipal environments. We...

Electronic cigarettes: approach of Australia and Great Britain

Eva Králíková

Hygiena 2021, 66(1):24-26 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1775  

Electronic cigarettes (EC) are a controversial topic and the approaches of different countries also differ. We can compare Great Britain (GB), where ECs are recommended as a smoking cessation aid and available over-the-counter, and Australia, part of the Commonwealth, where only ECs without nicotine are free available, while ECs with nicotine are currently tied to the prescription of a physician.

Changes in Czech legislation for drinking water will follow new EU directive

František Kožíšek

Hygiena 2021, 66(1):27-29 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1777  

The text introduces the new Directive (EU) 2020/2184 on the quality of water intended for human consumption, which entered into force in January 2021 and must be transposed into Member States' law within a period of two years. The main changes against the previous directive are shown and a way of transposing the new directive into Czech Republic legislation is indicated.

Legal actualities during 16.11.2020–20.2.2021

Eva Nekvindová

Hygiena 2021, 66(1):30-31  

Doubts on the validity of reports about the effect of e-cigarettes

Eva Králíková

Hygiena 2021, 66(1):32 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1769  

5G radiocommunication networks and health risks

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2021, 66(1):9  

Pavla Svrčinová, the new chief public health officer of the Czech Republic

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2021, 66(1):34  

Centenary of the birth of professor Wolf

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2021, 66(1):34  

Inequalities in COVID-19 incidence and mortality

Redakce

Hygiena 2021, 66(1):34-35  

New Eurobarometer on tobacco and electronic cigarettes in the EU

Eva Králíková

Hygiena 2021, 66(1):35  

WHO urges increased efforts in combating cancer

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2021, 66(1):36  

Editions of Hygiena journal in 2020

Jaroslav Kříž, Alena Váňová, Jana Veselá

Hygiena 2021, 66(1):36  

What exacerbates the health consequences of COVID-19

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2021, 66(1):15  

Pesticides in drinking water in the Czech Republic

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2021, 66(1):23  

The benefits and costs of political intervention against COVID-19

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2021, 66(1):33  

Increasing are not only the numbers of e-cigarette users but also of those who wish to quit

Drahoslava Hrubá

Hygiena 2021, 66(1):33