PDS AP Environmental Science 8th Period 2010-11

Yep, you gotta check this research out (brief ad shows before the news clip)… A Taste for Booze: Monkeys Share a Human Vice ?!

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]