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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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Cancer
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...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
NOV 13, 2023
Health & Medicine
Diabetes the Disease Diabetes is a chronic health condition that affects the metabolism of individuals. Diabetes is caus
...
Sponsored By:
Thermo Fisher Scientific
NOV 07, 2023
Microbiology
Many people are familiar with a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii because it is carried by cats. It is also found in und
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are a kind of mobile genetic material; in nature, they can change places in within the ge
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment examines the human impact of salt on the environment,
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 31, 2023
Microbiology
Some types of mosquitoes transmit malaria, which is caused by a parasite. About half of the people in the world are thre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2023
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 18, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study being presented today at the Geological Society of America’s GSA Connects 2023 meeting examines var
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 09, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Clinicians are recommending more screening for celiac relatives after these findings reveal how many of these individual
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
It may be possible to gain insight into our health by continuously monitoring wrist temperature, suggested a new study r
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Tef (Eragrostis tef) is a grain that has long been grown in East Africa, and particularly in Ethiopia as an important cr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 27, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Our immune systems can respond swiftly to an infection. But when the immune response is excessive or uncontrolled, it ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A collaborative team of researchers led by the Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) recently examined long-term tr
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 06, 2023
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 30, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Millions of people around the world are affected by allergies, which can be life-threatening. The prevalence of allergie
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
Scientists from the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and North Dakota State University (NDSU) investigated
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
AUG 12, 2023
Microbiology
Even as the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 has begun to subside, and now causes fewer infections and deaths compared to the h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a new study, scientists have used a mouse model to show that the consumption of wheat gluten is linked to brain infla
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
A recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine examines the rise in both cannabis use and the c
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 01, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetic testing can be a very beneficial technology; it can diagnose unusual or rare disorders, and can improve the trea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2023
Neuroscience
Children born to mothers who consume less fiber during maternity are more likely to experience neurodevelopment
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 27, 2023
Technology
What if individuals with prosthetic limbs were able to feel sensations like heat and cold? This is what a recent study p
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 27, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Humans have a distinctive skeleton, and are the only bipedal great apes. While the evolution of the human skeleton enabl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2023
Cardiology
Around a third of people in the normal BMI range may have "obesity with normal weight" and increased cardiometabolic ris
...
Written By:
Savannah Logan