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Human health risk assessment
Human health risk assessments are used to minimize potential hazards that impact the health of a person or group. There is no standardized human health risk assessment as each unique situation and population would warrant personalized assessment procedures. General guidance dictates four phases to include in a human health risk assessment: 1) identifying the potential hazard, 2) assessing the overall exposure, 3) determining the impact of increasing degrees of exposure to the hazard, and 4) characterizing the risk.
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JUN 19, 2024Space & Astronomy
What physiological effects can extended periods of microgravity have on the human eye? This is what a recent study publi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 11, 2024Space & Astronomy
How can long-term space flight influence astronaut health, and specifically their organs? This is what a recent study pu ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 28, 2024Microbiology
How can the microscopic creatures, tardigrades, also called water bearers, help contribute to developing new medical tre ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 26, 2024Technology
What non-invasive methods can be developed to kill viruses on site? This is what a recent study published in ACS Nano ho ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 25, 2024Earth & The Environment
How can paint be used to combat climate change? This is what a recent study published in Sustainable Cities and Society ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 21, 2024Cannabis Sciences
Do vapes pose health risks on par with the very tobacco and cannabis products it’s using to safeguard against? Thi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 21, 2024Space & Astronomy
As astronauts lose muscle mass due to the microgravity environment in space, could there be a way to monitor it so they ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
Plastics are ubiquitous in our society. Made from petroleum products, this highly durable material has what seems like a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2024Earth & The Environment
Do the impacts of deforestation go beyond the environment? What about human health, specifically the health of children? ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 27, 2024Earth & The Environment
PFAS seemed like an incredibly useful invention in the 1930s but we have since learned how dangerous these chemicals can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 26, 2024Chemistry & Physics
Do the ingredients in tattoo inks match the labels on their respective bottles? This is what a recent study published in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 21, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
A wealth of research has linked fasting or calorie-restricted diets to health benefits and aging improvements. New work ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 14, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the World Health Organization, over 55 million people around the world have dementia, and 10 million more a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 08, 2024Microbiology
Climate change is raising temperatures around the world, and mosquitoes are on the move. As their territories expand, th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 01, 2024Earth & The Environment
Radon is a natural gas that is odorless, invisible, and radioactive. It's generated by the breakdown of metals like uran ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2024Genetics & Genomics
A single, small mutation can have an impact on other genes that one researcher likens to a "butterfly effect."Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Introduction Clinical medicine aims to develop novel treatments to fight disease and as a result, must constantly ...JAN 08, 2024Microbiology
About one percent of the US population is thought to have celiac disease. People with celiac disease cannot consume glut ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2023Microbiology
Over one billion people in the world can be classified as obese, putting them at increased risk for a variety of disease ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Our genes play a huge role in everything about us, and it's thought that they don't change much over time. But m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Morning sickness during pregnancy is very common; as many as seven in ten pregnancies women go through the nausea and vo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
New research that used data from over 5,500 people to show that our organs age at different rates, and that when one org ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2023Technology
Is phone and digital media addiction real? If so, what steps can be taken to mitigate it? This is something that a recen ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 19, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) happen when a person is subjected to a blow or jolt to the head, or when a penetrating i ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What physiological effects can extended periods of microgravity have on the human eye? This is what a recent study publi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 11, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How can long-term space flight influence astronaut health, and specifically their organs? This is what a recent study pu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 28, 2024
Microbiology
How can the microscopic creatures, tardigrades, also called water bearers, help contribute to developing new medical tre
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 26, 2024
Technology
What non-invasive methods can be developed to kill viruses on site? This is what a recent study published in ACS Nano ho
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 25, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can paint be used to combat climate change? This is what a recent study published in Sustainable Cities and Society
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 21, 2024
Cannabis Sciences
Do vapes pose health risks on par with the very tobacco and cannabis products it’s using to safeguard against? Thi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 21, 2024
Space & Astronomy
As astronauts lose muscle mass due to the microgravity environment in space, could there be a way to monitor it so they
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Plastics are ubiquitous in our society. Made from petroleum products, this highly durable material has what seems like a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Do the impacts of deforestation go beyond the environment? What about human health, specifically the health of children?
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 27, 2024
Earth & The Environment
PFAS seemed like an incredibly useful invention in the 1930s but we have since learned how dangerous these chemicals can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 26, 2024
Chemistry & Physics
Do the ingredients in tattoo inks match the labels on their respective bottles? This is what a recent study published in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 21, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
A wealth of research has linked fasting or calorie-restricted diets to health benefits and aging improvements. New work
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 14, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the World Health Organization, over 55 million people around the world have dementia, and 10 million more a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2024
Microbiology
Climate change is raising temperatures around the world, and mosquitoes are on the move. As their territories expand, th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Radon is a natural gas that is odorless, invisible, and radioactive. It's generated by the breakdown of metals like uran
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
A single, small mutation can have an impact on other genes that one researcher likens to a "butterfly effect."
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Introduction Clinical medicine aims to develop novel treatments to fight disease and as a result, must constantly
...
JAN 08, 2024
Microbiology
About one percent of the US population is thought to have celiac disease. People with celiac disease cannot consume glut
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2023
Microbiology
Over one billion people in the world can be classified as obese, putting them at increased risk for a variety of disease
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Our genes play a huge role in everything about us, and it's thought that they don't change much over time. But m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Morning sickness during pregnancy is very common; as many as seven in ten pregnancies women go through the nausea and vo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
New research that used data from over 5,500 people to show that our organs age at different rates, and that when one org
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2023
Technology
Is phone and digital media addiction real? If so, what steps can be taken to mitigate it? This is something that a recen
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 19, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) happen when a person is subjected to a blow or jolt to the head, or when a penetrating i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch