As you can imagine, last week was all about SOT’s 53rd Annual Meeting and ToxExpo. There were tweets, Facebook posts, and ToXchange blogs galore.
This week, we turned our attention beyond Phoenix to see how and where SOT members are making an impact. This is what we found.
SOT Member Research
SOT members Wayne E. Cascio and Andrew J. Ghio had a study on exposure to particles and noise during highway maintenance work published in Environmental Health Perspectives. The research looked at the potential cardiovascular health risk posed by highway workers’ exposure to fine particulate matter, ultrafine particles, and noise. The authors concluded that “exposure to particles and noise during highway maintenance work might pose a cardiovascular health risk.”
Environmental Health Perspectives also recently featured research by member Daniel J. Klein into whether or not commercially available plastic resins and products, including baby bottles and other manufactured merchandise advertised as bisphenol A (BPA) free, release chemicals having estrogenic activity. The authors say that their study shows that many of the tested plastic products leached chemicals having reliably detectable estrogenic activity, including those advertised as BPA free.
SOT Members in the News
An article in Scientific American titled “How Risky, Really, Is That Chemical?” featured quotes from SOT member Tracey J. Woodruff. The article examines how to accurately assess and report scientific research around chemicals and exposure.
Member Aubrey Miller is quoted in a story by Environmental Health Perspectives into newly published research on birth defects and mothers’ proximity to natural gas drilling.
Science Headlines
To stay abreast of these types of items throughout the week, be sure you “like” SOT on Facebook and “follow” SOT on Twitter.
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