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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,…
Recent News

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…
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Genetic resistance

24 Mar 2018December 29, 2021
Featured image: A monarch butterfly caterpillar eating milkweed plant. Milkweeds contain a toxin that only a few species, like monarchs, can consume safely. (Photo taken by me at Iowa State…
Basics of Toxicology

Major environmental pollutants

21 Jan 2018December 11, 2021
Feature image: Smogs due to air pollutants were more common in the U.S. prior to passage of environmental laws (Photo source: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration) I use the…
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Environmental toxicology laws in the U.S.

13 Jan 2018December 5, 2022
Feature image: EPA is responsible for implementing most of the environmental protection laws in the United States (Image source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)  Many environmental toxicology laws (and laws pertaining…
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Rachel Carson’s legacy

8 Jan 2018October 29, 2021
Feature image: Rachel Carson (Photo source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) If there is one name you should know if you want to learn more about environmental toxicology, it is…
Winner of the  General science posts and graphics category in the ScienceSeeker Awards 2019

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