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Forever Chemicals: What’s going on

27 Sep 2019December 29, 2021
Featured image: Australian Department of Defence This post was originally published in Envirobites Kirk M, Smurthwaite K, Bräunig J, Trevenar S, D’Este C, Lucas R, Lal A, Korda R,Clements A,…
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What studies should we believe?

9 Sep 2019December 29, 2021
Featured image: Couldn't resist the cuteness. Image taken from Pixabay Have you come across scientific studies that produced opposing conclusions on the same topic? Are carbohydrates responsible for weight gain?…
Special Topics

Why synthetic chemicals seem more toxic than natural ones

24 Aug 2019December 7, 2019
This post was originally published in Aeon Magazine. I wrote this article in the hope that it addresses the disproportionate fear that many people associate with chemicals, and to also…
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How hormones in lakes harm aquatic life

13 May 2019November 3, 2019
This post was originally published in Envirobites Article: Kidd KA, Paterson MJ, Rennie MD, Podemski CL, Findlay DL, Blanchfield PJ, Liber K. 2014 Direct and indirect responses of a freshwater…
Tox21

Understand-omics

15 Apr 2019November 3, 2019
I must confess, when I first heard about omics, I didn't grasp it. It seemed complicated, but I assure you that it is far from it! Omics is an exciting…
Tox21

Pathway-based toxicology

19 Feb 2019November 27, 2022
Featured image: A ripple effect on water. Image source: Sergiu Bacioiu from Romania [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)] Think about the ripple effect. Where one thing causes a series of other…
Tox21

How toxicology needs to change

26 Jan 2019December 29, 2021
Featured image:  A change is coming? Image source: Amman Wahab Nizamani [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons We spoke in some length about why toxicology needs to change. There…
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How climate change can alter the toxicity of chemicals

10 Jan 2019November 3, 2019
This post was originally published in Envirobites Introduction We know climate change can affect our health in a multitude of ways— like by increasing rates of  many diseases and temperature-related…
Tox21

Why toxicology needs to change

7 Jan 2019December 29, 2021
Featured image: Chemicals and drugs are often tested on rats and mice. Photo source: NIH National Cancer Institute Like most people, you may have suffered from a common cold, headache…
Tox21

What this section (Tox21) hopes to achieve

28 Dec 2018December 29, 2021
Featured image: The report which changed toxicology. Image source: National Academy of Sciences  The field of toxicology has been around for centuries. But in our modern world, it is more…
Basics of Toxicology

Estimating risk to non-humans

28 Dec 2018December 29, 2021
Featured image: Due to their pollination services and declining numbers, bees are often tested for their susceptibility to pesticides. Photo source: Maciej A. Czyzewski [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 4.0…
Basics of Toxicology

Estimating risk to humans

25 Dec 2018December 29, 2021
Featured image: The difference between hazard and risk. Image source: European Food Safety Authority, 2016  We all know sharks can be dangerous. But most of us don't spend our waking…

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