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Environmental Economics
Environmental economics is a term developed in the 1960s that encompasses the economic impacts of environmental changes such as air pollution and global warming. Among the concepts covered in environmental economics is market failure, or the scenario where markets do not allocate scarce resources strategically to generate the greatest social welfare impact.
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OCT 24, 2019 | 7:30 AM
Mycotoxins are secondary fungal metabolites produced by mold that may be found in food or feed. They can cause severe health problems in humans and animals, and can result in significant econ...
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Vaginal microbial communities play an important role in women’s heath. It is now clear that the vaginal microbiome is linked to pregnancy complications such as preterm birth and risk f...
MAR 28, 2019 | 12:00 PM
Whole food plant-based diets and medical cannabis have shared and continues to share similar levels of scrutiny, doubt, and stigma by the traditional medical community. One reason for the med...
FEB 26, 2019 | 9:00 AM
DATE: February 26, 2019TIME: 9:00am PST, 12:00pm EST In an era of increasingly high-throughput, large-scale biology, with companies, government and non-prof...
FEB 13, 2019 | 10:30 AM
Xenobiotic-induced cardiotoxicity is a major concern for both pharmaceuticals and chemicals in the marketplace. For drugs, "Thorough QT/corrected QT (QTc)" (TQT) studies are corners...
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer among Americans, and the second deadliest. Its pathogenesis results from an interplay between environmental factors that influence biol...
