Toxicology

[Translate] This blog is not intended as advice. It is for educational and research purposes only. Read this disclaimer first if you want to read this post. The use of protective sneeze screens in shops is interesting because it may actually increase the COVID-19 risk. A few years ago I […]

COVID-19 – Woolworths protective screens – why they will not ...

March 23, 2020 in COVID-19 / Crisis management / Industrial Ventilation / Infection Control / Myths / Respiratory protection / Toxicology tagged cough / protective screens / shop ventilation / sneeze / Woolworths by admin

A Californian case-cotrol study published online November 2012 in the Archives of General Psychiatry suggests a link between traffic pollution and autism in children.

Traffic pollution and childhood autism

December 15, 2012 in Toxicology by admin

National Academies Press is a great, free resource of US Government publications

National Academies Press

June 15, 2012 in Links / Occupational Hygiene / Toxicology tagged NAP / National Academies Press by admin

[Translate] The Scientific American September 2001 has an article by Joan Raymond The Shape of a Nose that has implications for inhalation toxicology. [The original article is Noback, M. L., K. Harvati, et al. (2011). “Climate-related variation of the human nasal cavity.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 145(4): 599-614] “Scientists have long been interested in the relation […]

The Shape of a Nose

August 26, 2011 in Occupational Hygiene / Toxicology tagged dust / nose / Toxicology by admin

Flood mud RPE 2011 — Local newspapers report the silt from from the Queensland Floods is toxic, but fail to recognise a child is wearing inappropriate respiratory protection on a front page story while shovelling dried silt.

Flood silt and respiratory protection

July 17, 2011 in Infection Control / Local / Occupational Hygiene / Toxicology tagged Brisbane Floods / City North News / City South News / QUT / Risk / RPE by admin

Magic Eraser microphorograph — Magic Erasers wear rapidly and would release nanofibres into the air. It does not appear that there are any published toxicity studies on these fine melamine fibres. Being fine, they would not be unpleasant to inhale. How toxic is the dust?

Magic Eraser nanotoxicity?

March 20, 2011 in Naonotechnology / Toxicology tagged dust / Fibres / Magic Eraser / nanotoxicity / skin sensitisation by admin

Calle 2011 rat lung — Tissue engineering at Yale has achieved functioning rat lungs repopulated with cells from another animal. Will this lead to replacement lungs with no tissue rejection for people with damaged lungs?

Lung Engineering

March 12, 2011 in Mesothelioma / Occupational Hygiene / Toxicology tagged Calle / JoVE / lungs / tissue engineering / Yale by admin

[Translate] A recent Medical Journal of Australia article: Risk of brain damage in babies from naphthalene in mothballs: call to consider a national ban William O Tarnow-Mordi, Nick J Evans, Kei Lui, Brian Darlow, on behalf of the Advisory Committee of the Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network — Med […]

Napthalene and haemolytic anaemias

February 7, 2011 in Occupational Hygiene / Toxicology tagged napthalene by admin

[Translate] Low level lead exposure to children is an ongoing issue in the lead mining city of Mt Isa, Queensland, though it appear that airborne lead levels have been controlled for some years. It is interesting to see the US National Toxicology Program (NTP); Center for the Evaluation of Risks […]