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 between […]
Toxicology
There is always a human health dimension to any major incident or disaster. A meeting organised by the US Institute of Medicine in New Orleans on June 22-23 2010 addressed these concerns. It was good to see the broader aspects of OHS covered, including stress and psychological aspects. It must […]
Health Effects from the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
I was looking for something in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s website and found they had just taken over the special chemistry search engine ChemSpider. I tried a seach for luciferin to test it out and found it gave a HUGE amount of information useful to occupational hygienist including:
ChemSpider
The toxicity of crystalline silica is well established and the toxicity of glass fibres is fairly well know. However the toxicity of amorphous glass dust is less investigated. I was given a copy of Karl Kruszelnicki’s book “Science is Golden” for Christmas. The chapter ”A Glass Act” discusses the myth […]