Jan 27 2011
Animal testing: drunk monkeys?
Yep, you gotta check this research out (brief ad shows before the news clip)… A Taste for Booze: Monkeys Share a Human Vice ?!
Jan 26 2011
Final thoughts on animal testing
Today we spent most of our time discussing the complications of LD50 tests. The notes are in the box if you weren’t there. Then, we spent a little time discussing animal testing, watching a few short videos to stimulate thought/discussion. *If those videos on monkeys and spiders (wink) piqued your interest (or if you were [...]
Jan 25 2011
Great toxicology resource
If you want to know more, more, more, here is a link to a great Environmental Contaminants and Toxicology Reader at The Encyclopedia of the Earth web site. We’ve only scratched the surface, and this will give you a much more complete picture of toxicology studies and principles. Maybe a great review site before the [...]
Jan 20 2011
Kids & Chemicals
So, today we discussed how children are likely to be more vulnerable than adults to the effects of environmental toxins. Three reasons we discussed: 1. Age/developmental stage. Children don’t just pop out of the womb with fully developed detox organs (liver, kidneys, lungs) or immune systems, so they may react differently to a toxin than [...]
Jan 19 2011
“Chemicals cause harm…”
If you missed the last two days, I kicked off our unit on toxicology. First, I laid out the 4 categories of hazards you text states might cause “harm:” biological, cultural, physical, and chemical. You had a good background in the biological (pathogens-infectious disease) hazards to health last year, so I plan to focus more [...]
