Flavors added to vaping devices can damage the heart
The vape flavorings so popular with kids and young adults are cardiotoxic and disrupt the heart's normal electrical activity, a ...
Tag: Toxicology
Listen to the birds: illegal diet pill DNP might kill you on the long run
Credit: Cédric Sueur Weight loss appears as a holy grail in our modern societies. DNP (2,4-dinitrophenol), a molecule decreasing the ...
New research project on environmental and safety aspects of stationary energy storage
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz The increasing use of battery technologies in the mobility sector and in stationary applications ...
Bleach-alternative COVID-19 surface disinfectants may pollute indoor air: USask research
Credit: Trevor VandenBoer Cleaning surfaces with hydrogen peroxide-based disinfectants has the potential to pollute the air and pose a health ...
Study finds false widow spiders bite can transmit harmful antibiotic-resistant bacteria
NUI Galway study, published in the international journal Scientific Reports, confirms that spiders carry harmful bacteria and that they can ...
UTEP awarded by NIH to advance research on diabetes-related cardiac complications
Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre / UTEP Communications. EL PASO, Texas - November is National Diabetes Month, a time when the ...
Tarantula toxin attacks with molecular stinger
Venom immobilizes prey by interfering with sodium channels that generate electrical signals in the animal's nerve cellsCredit: Alice C. Gray ...
Microbial remedies target chemical threats in the environment
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Across America, hazardous waste sites pose an ongoing threat to human and ...
Metal pollution in British waters may be threatening scallops, study reveals
Metal pollution from historic mining appears to be weakening scallop shells and threatening marine ecosystems in an area off the ...
UMass Amherst research compares sensitivity of all genes to chemical exposure
Using an unbiased approach, scientists for the first time analyzed more than ½-million chemical-gene interactionsCredit: UMass Amherst A University of ...
Water fleas on ‘happy pills’ have more offspring
All those medicines we take? A lot end up in treated wastewater -- with sometimes surprising resultsCredit: Photo: Per Harald ...
Surprising players in acute liver failure point to potential treatment
Gut microbes and host cells jointly contribute to the progression of this mostly incurable diseaseCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science Acute ...
New PETA grant honors EPA administrator
Wheeler Scholarship will help scientists develop non-animal test methodsCredit: PETA Washington -- For preventing countless animals from being used in ...
Study shows proof of concept of BioIVT HEPATOPAC cultures with targeted assay to evaluate bioactivation potential and drug-induced liver injury (DILI) risk
New in vitro Bioactivation Liver Response Assay used HEPATOPAC model to demonstrate utility of in vitro transcriptomic signature-based strategy in ...
Laundry lint can cause significant tissue damage within marine mussels
Credit: University of Plymouth Microscopic fibres created during the laundry cycle can cause damage to the gills, liver and DNA ...
How a toxic chromium species could form in drinking water
Credit: Adapted from Environmental Science & Technology 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c03922 The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, brought much-needed attention to ...
Computer model shows how COVID-19 could lead to runaway inflammation
Credit: Serkan Eldeleklio?lu PITTSBURGH, Sept. 29, 2020 - A study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Cedars-Sinai ...
Tests indicate modern oral nicotine products elicit lower toxicity responses than cigs
Credit: Bat-science.com New research by BAT indicates that modern oral products (MOPs) showed lower toxicity responses in certain assays than ...
Potential drug target for dangerous E. coli infections identified
Credit: UNSW Sydney Escherichia coli, known as E. coli, are bacteria which many people associate with causing mild food poisoning, ...
First evidence that air pollution particles and metals are reaching the placenta
Pollution particles, including metals, have been found in the placentas of fifteen women in London, according to research led by ...