Environmental toxicology is a rapidly expanding area of environmental science concerned with understanding the adverse effects of chemical, physical, and biological agents on living organisms.

We already know how to stop many cancers before they start, scientists say. But there's a lot more work to be done. "Around half of cancers could be prevented," said Christopher Wild in the opening ...

When oil began gushing into the Gulf of Mexico after BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in April 2010, politicians and the public were braced for the worst. Oil lapped up on hundreds of ...

Chemotherapeutic drugs, also known as antineoplastic agents, that are prescribed to treat a range of cancer types, enter the aquatic environment via human excretion and wastewater treatment facilities ...

The Pharmacology and Toxicology Graduate Group is an interdisciplinary program that combines coursework and experimental training in modern approaches to pharmacological and toxicological problems.

ANIMAL TESTING has long been considered the gold standard for environmental toxicology, the determination of the toxicity of chemicals found in the environment. But animal testing takes a long time ...

The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to environmental quality through science. More than 2,500 environmental science professionals ...

Wildlife toxicology involves the investigation of how various environmental contaminants can alter the physiology and anatomy of wildlife. Such effects can determine the overall fitness and survival ...

Areas of Expertise: Chemical exposures and toxicology (e.g., EDCs, phthalates, flame retardants), Dose-response modeling/biomarkers/biomonitoring, Exposure assessment ...

In their lifetime, humans are exposed to hundreds of thousands of chemical contaminants in the environment. Usually, they are not hazardous to one’s health, but, for example, exposure at a sensitive ...

Researchers pinpoint a protein that can metabolize at least one of the insecticides, highlighting a route to identifying compounds that are friendlier to the critical pollinators. A series of rodent ...