Testing the Waters
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From studying polluted waters off the coast of California to explaining the feasibility of a fungal-...
Boom! When Evolutionary Biology and Toxicology Collide
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Noah Whiteman, PhD, a professor at UC Berkeley, shares his unique perspective on toxins, stemming fr...
Cardiovascular Risks from Low-Level Metal Mixtures
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes negative results can be just as interesting as positive ones. Nivetha Subramaniam, a stude...
Tox in Your Backyard
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From Superfund remediation sites near neighborhoods to wartime combat zones, toxicology is everywher...
Toxicology Is a Team Sport: The Science of Working Together
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that there are scientists who study teamwork? Co-hosts Anne Chappelle, PhD, and David F...
Pipping the Scales with Zebrafish
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fish on treadmills? Lisa Truong, PhD, MBA, Oregon State University, discusses the unique ways that t...
Snow Big Deal? Similar Exposures, Different Outcomes
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can two people experience the same exposure and have different reactions to both chemical and non-ch...
High Intensity Sweeteners with a Sugar Czar
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Whether its found in nature or composed by chemists a sweetener undergoes the same evaluations, acco...
Little Zombie Parasites
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Co-hosts Anne Chappelle and David Faulkner speak with William J. Sullivan, PhD, Showalter Professor ...
The Intersection of Toxicology, Environmental Health Law, and Justice
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the foremost experts on the effects of chemicals, biological substances, and more, toxicologists ...
Pitfalls in Pharmaceutical Production: Protecting the Actual Drug Makers
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
While pharmaceuticals provide positive benefits for patients, what about workers that may be exposed...
The Big Picture of Small Things: Nanotoxicology
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nanoparticles are manmade fibers, particulates, and other objects that are so small that when inhale...
Tox in the Family: Generational Exposure and DDT
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blood samples and health records for 15,000 pregnancies provides a wealth of scientific data. Add sa...
Bringing Cohorts in Cahoots with Lab Science
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The fields of epidemiology and toxicology sometimes find themselves at odds, but Gradient’s Julie ...
Estradiol Complicates Everything: Toxicology across the Gender Spectrum
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to hormones, everyone has them all, but their levels are where things get interesting....
Up in Smoke: Where Cannabis Meets the Immune System
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Since the discovery of cannabinoid receptors in the mid-1990s, researchers have been trying to deter...
Wildfire Smoke Isn’t Monkey Business
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Because of natural exposure to wildfire smoke, nonhuman primates have provided an increased understa...
Sweating It Out: Exercise versus Toxic Exposures
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With nonalcoholic fatty liver disease affecting nearly a third of the US population, Luma Melo, Univ...
Anthropogenic Ghosts on the Coast
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While no longer national news, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is still impacting the ecological hea...
Lions and Vultures and Tox, Oh My
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How human activity, chemical exposures, and environmental factors combine to contribute to wildlife ...
The Delicious World of Food Safety
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Even chocolate companies and wineries need toxicologists. Alexandria G. Lau, ToxStrategies Inc., has...
Heat Stressed: Biostats and Public Health
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Biostatistics or data science for public health—whatever you choose to call it—informs understan...
The Life-Giving Properties of Liquid Gold
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With limited existing research on the effects of medications and exposures on lactation, Christina D...
Toxicology Is a Wise Choice: One Health, Many Ecosystems
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Studying the effects of metals in whales and alligators, among other species, can offer immense insi...
Space, the Final Risk Assessment Frontier
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you set exposure limits to protect human health in a closed container floating in space? Vale...
To Breathe a Little Easier and Why the Lungs Are the Sexiest Organ
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From vaping to wildfire smoke to pollutants such as diesel exhaust to airborne diseases, the lungs a...
All the Tox That's Fit to Print . . . or Present . . . or Blog
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With pre-print services, data sharing, open access, and the internet rapidly changing the journal pu...
More Than a Color Scheme: The Future of Toxicology in Green Chemistry
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret “Meg” H. Whittaker, Managing Director and Chief Toxicologist of ToxServices LLC, outlin...
Speak Softly and Carry a Big Dataset: The Exposome
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ohio State University’s Darryl B. Hood reveals how a database with about 25,000 environmental fact...
DNA Isn't Destiny, So What Is?
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Epigenetics expert Dana C. Dolinoy of the University of Michigan School of Public Health illuminates...
The United States of Toxicity
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Retired National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Director and lifelong federal sc...
Capturing Adverse Reactions
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meet co-hosts Anne Chappelle and David Faulkner as they explore the origins of Adverse Reactions, ho...