A comprehensive update on the distribution of lionfish (Pterois miles) in the Mediterranean Sea was conducted by documenting 16 newly confirmed photographic records from southern Italy, collected through a national alert campaign supported by three Italian ministries. The campaign, titled Attenti a quei 4! (“Beware of those 4!”), also led to the detection of other invasive species, although lionfish were the most frequently re...

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between pesticide exposures and risk of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) using data from the North American Pooled Project (NAPP). Methods Three population-based studies conducted in Kansas, Nebraska, and six Canadian provinces (HL = 507, Controls = 3886) were pooled to estimate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for single (never/ever) and multiple (0, 1, 2–4, ≥ 5)...

In this Collective Article on “New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records”, we present additional records of species found in the Mediterranean Sea. These records refer to eight different countries throughout the northern part of the basin, and include 28 species, belonging to five phyla. The findings per country include the following species: Spain: Callinectes sapidus and Chelidonura fulvipunctata; Monaco: Aplysia dactylomela; I...