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NAS reports

Assessing risk to endangered species

5 Jan 2020January 28, 2021
The “Assessing Risk to Endangered and Threatened Species from Pesticides” National Academy Sciences (NAS) report was released in 2013. The report can be read or downloaded here for free: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/18344/assessing-risks-to-endangered-and-threatened-species-from-pesticides.…
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…
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

Mapping the sensitivity of multiple species

3 Aug 2018March 13, 2020
Coffee, chocolates and alcohol..how I cherish them. But a dog probably doesn't feel the same -- all these three items are poisonous to them! And this difference is the basis…
Special Topics

Why we need a science-based approach to help the monarch butterflies

5 Jul 2018March 31, 2020
[This post was originally published in Students of SETAC Outreach. The work described in this article has now been published: https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/etc.4672 ] I will start by acknowledging this: I am…
Recent News

The impact of three insecticides on endangered species

15 Jun 2018November 3, 2019
This post was originally published in Envirobites According to the U.S. Endangered Species Act, all federal agencies must ensure that their actions do not harm the existence of endangered or…
Recent News

The environmental impact of the world’s most famous weed killer

11 May 2018November 3, 2019
This post was originally published in Envirobites Weed killers are sprayed (see figures 1 and 2) to control land weeds on agricultural fields, residential lawns and golf courses. They are…
Special Topics

Genetic resistance

24 Mar 2018November 3, 2019
When you hear the term genetic resistance, what enters your mind? Probably antibiotic resistant bacteria which are one of the biggest emerging concerns for health professionals. Or you probably heard…
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

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…
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