Class 2

Class presentations

• Introduction to Toxicology - PowerPoint slides 8 mgb

Class readings

• Book - "A Small Dose of Toxicology" - library reserve - web site http://www.asmalldoseof.org

• Public Health and the Precautionary Principle - pdf - one page paper by S. Gilbert
• LDDI Scientific Consensus Statement Scientific Consensus Statement on Environmental Agents Associated with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
• LDDI Scientific Consensus Statement Policy Consensus Statement on Environmental Agents Associated with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
• A Small Dose Poster - pdf - clickable toxicology poster
• Milestones of Toxicology poster - pdf - History of Toxicology clickable poster
• World Library of Toxicology flag poster - pdf - WLT clickable flag poster

Current events

Behind mass animal die-offs, pesticides lurk as a culprit. In the past dozen years, three new diseases have decimated populations of amphibians, honeybees, and — most recently — bats. Increasingly, scientists suspect that low-level exposure to pesticides could be contributing to this rash of epidemics. Yale Environment 360 http://www.e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2228

Silver nanoparticles used as antimicrobials in fabric can leach out of clothes as they are being washed. One brand lost over half of its silver content from the fabric with just two washings. The discovery raises questions about potential effects of human and environmental exposures More... http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/silver-migrates-from-nanoparticle-treated-fabrics/

The environmental consequences of war. Militaries almost never clean up the messes they leave behind. Why? The easy answer is that there's no legal requirement - international law is spotty at best when it comes to the environmental and public health legacies of military activity. But the real issues are cost and precedent. Washington Monthly http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2010/1001.risen.html

A hard way to die. Though it attracted little attention in a country that had moved on from the Vietnam war, the health news about veterans and Agent Orange kept getting worse. Why have they been made to suffer without VA health care? Washington Monthly http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2010/1001.longman.html

E-waste still being exported, says watchdog. As more people replace their old televisions with flat-panel screens, a toxic-waste watchdog is warning that many e-waste recyclers are still illegally shipping old TVs to developing nations. CBC Canada http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/01/05/consumer-ewaste-recycle.html