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Category: Basics of Toxicology

Basics of Toxicology

Estimating risk to non-humans

28 Dec 2018November 3, 2019
To get a basic understanding of risk, I recommend reading Estimating risks to humans first There has been much talk about bees and pesticides recently. Especially, how a class of…
Basics of Toxicology

Estimating risk to humans

25 Dec 2018December 18, 2019
We all know sharks can be dangerous. But most of us don't spend our waking hours worrying about sharks because we rarely encounter them. This might change if you had…
Basics of Toxicology

Testing for toxicity

21 Dec 2018February 2, 2020
Before I explain why and how scientists test the toxicity of a chemical, it is important to reiterate a concept: the dose makes the poison. For the most, there is…
Basics of Toxicology

How pollutants harm us

3 Dec 2018February 9, 2020
If you read the news regularly, you will know that journalists love talking about how x, y and z chemicals are bad for humans and/or the environment. These articles talk…
Basics of Toxicology

Exposure to pollutants

19 Apr 2018February 2, 2020
The concept of exposure is well-grained in our psyche. We wash our hands after using the loo and cover our mouths while sneezing when sick. We regularly avoid falling sick…
Basics of Toxicology

Tracking pollutants indirectly

2 Mar 2018February 9, 2020
Imagine you are Sherlock Holmes. You have a case to solve. You need to find out if a population of species is exposed to a pollutant without directly looking for…
Basics of Toxicology

How pollutants move through us

3 Feb 2018February 9, 2020
First, let's learn a new term -- xenobiotic. A xenobiotic is a compound that is foreign to an organism, i.e., it does not play a role in the organism's normal…
Basics of Toxicology

How pollutants move through the environment

28 Jan 2018November 3, 2019
Toxicologists love chemical structures because structures tell a lot about a chemical, just like genes tell a lot about a person. And chemicals, like people, are also shaped by the…
Basics of Toxicology

Major environmental pollutants

21 Jan 2018November 3, 2019
I am using the term pollutant here rather than chemical because many chemicals, like water and oxygen, are considered quite safe. Pollutants, on the other hand, are substances that are…
Basics of Toxicology

What’s environmental toxicology?

2 Jan 2018November 3, 2019
It is the study of the harmful effects of substances on humans and other organisms in the environment. To understand this properly, let us ponder over the following. Continue reading…
Basics of Toxicology

What this section (basics of toxicology) hopes to achieve

1 Jan 2018March 24, 2020
As a student researcher in environmental toxicology, I have come to respect and realize the importance of this field. Environmental toxicology laws have removed many harmful chemicals from the environment…
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