Recent News 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…
Special Topics Structure and activity 15 Aug 2018October 7, 2020 There is a reason why toxicologists love chemical structures. Because structures tell stories. And there is this cool model with a not-so-cool name that helps translate chemical goop into interesting…
Basics of Toxicology Exposure to pollutants 19 Apr 2018December 29, 2021 Featured image: The three ways humans can get exposed to environmental pollutants. Image source: Damalas and Koutroubas et al., 2016 The concept of exposure is well-grained in our psyche. We…
Basics of Toxicology Tracking pollutants indirectly 2 Mar 2018December 29, 2021 Featured image: Sherlock Holmes - It is elementary, my dear scientist. Image source: Employee(s) of Universal Studios [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Imagine you are Sherlock Holmes. You have a…
Basics of Toxicology How pollutants move through us 3 Feb 2018November 11, 2021 Feature image: Movement of xenobiotics in our body First, let's learn a new term -- xenobiotic. A xenobiotic is a compound that is foreign to an organism, i.e., it does…
Basics of Toxicology How pollutants move through the environment 28 Jan 2018October 29, 2021 Feature image: Structure of DDT. Chemical structures help determine how a chemical would move in the environment Toxicologists love chemical structures because structures tell a lot about a chemical, just…
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