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Coating Nanotubes With Aluminum Oxide Lowers Risk of Lung Injury
A new study from North Carolina State University and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) finds that coating multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with aluminum oxide reduces...
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A Decade of Genes, Chemicals and Human Health: The Comparative Toxicogenomics...
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Allan Peter Davis, project manager of the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database in NC State’s Department of Biological Sciences. The post regards an October 17...
View ArticleWorth Their Salts – Scientists Call For Freshwater Protections From Salinization
We’ve come a long way in promoting the health of our freshwater sources by regulating chemical waste and other pollutants. Now, some scientists are calling for similar standards for dissolved inorganic...
View ArticleDatabase Helps Researchers Connect Exposures to Health Effects, Compare...
For Immediate ReleaseTracey Peaketracey_peake@ncsu.edu919.515.6142 Two new studies from a group at North Carolina State University give researchers new strategies for connecting environmental exposures...
View ArticleWhy Endocrine Disruptors Are Scary – And What You Can Do About It
You may have read stories about concerns that the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) used in baby bottles may pose developmental problems for youngsters. Those concerns were based on the fact that BPA is an...
View ArticleRecommending a New Approach for the EPA on Low-Dose Endocrine Effects: Q&A...
David Dorman is a professor of veterinary toxicology at NC State. He recently served on a committee for the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) assigned to provide strategies to the Environmental...
View ArticleTechnique Expedites Chemical Screening to Prioritize Toxicity Testing
For Immediate ReleaseGerald LeBlancgerald_leblanc@ncsu.edu919.515.7404Matt Shipmanmatt_shipman@ncsu.edu919.515.6386 Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a high-throughput...
View ArticleResearchers Find Vitamin D Receptor Is Target for Disruption by Environmental...
For Immediate ReleaseSeth Kullmanswkullma@ncsu.edu919-515-4378Tracey Peaketracey_peake@ncsu.edu919-515-6142 New research from North Carolina State University sheds light on the ways in which...
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Ensuring Cleaner Air and Water
For many people, summertime means outdoor time enjoying beaches, lakes, mountains and parks. Whether you’re swimming, hiking, fishing or just drinking water, researchers from across NC State are...
View ArticleCell-Killing Proteins Suppress Listeria Without Killing Cells
For Immediate Release Kazuhito Saiksai@ncsu.edu Jun Ninomiya-Tsujijtsuji@ncsu.edu Mick Kulikowskimick_kulikowski@ncsu.edu919.515.8387 New North Carolina State University research shows that key...
View ArticleBeing Certain About Uncertainty
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Gerald LeBlanc, a toxicologist and professor of biological sciences at NC State. This post is part of a series by NC State researchers that addresses uncertainty...
View ArticleWhen Science is Sidelined, Uncertainty Reigns
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Heather Patisaul, a neuroendocrine toxicologist and professor of biological sciences at NC State. This post is part of a series by NC State researchers that...
View ArticleDisrupting Key Protein Alters Biological Rhythms in Water Flea
Researchers from North Carolina State University have shown that the E75 protein is a key regulator of some biological rhythms through interactions with nitric oxide. Suppression of E75 results in...
View ArticleNC State Researchers Invite Wilmington, Brunswick County Residents to...
For Immediate Release Tracey Peaketracey_peake@ncsu.edu Researchers from North Carolina State University are recruiting new participants from Wilmington and Brunswick County for the GenX Exposure...
View ArticleIn Mice, Cadmium Exposure During Pregnancy Linked to Obesity, Metabolic...
For Immediate Release Tracey Peaketracey_peake@ncsu.edu Scott Belchersmbelch2@ncsu.edu In a mouse study aimed at modeling human exposure to the toxic metal cadmium, researchers from North Carolina...
View ArticleQ&A: Phthalates and Child Brain Development
A consortium of scientists, health professionals, and children’s and environmental advocates recently published an article in the American Journal of Public Health identifying ortho-phthalates as...
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Researchers Receive $17M Grant to Explore Links Between Contaminants and...
Researchers at NC State have been awarded a $17 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore a potential link between environmental contaminants and liver cancer. Led by...
View Article‘Safer’ Chemicals Still Linked to Neurotoxicity, Developmental Effects
A class of chemicals commonly found in everything from children’s toys to home furnishings may pose more of a risk to brain development in children than previously thought. The chemicals in question...
View ArticleIn Mice, Mothers with Metabolic Syndrome Can ‘Turn On’ Offspring’s Liver Disease
For Immediate Release Tracey Peaketracey_peake@ncsu.edu New research from North Carolina State University has found that an imprinted gene associated with development of non-alcoholic fatty liver...
View ArticleAlligators Exposed to PFAS Show Autoimmune Effects
For Immediate Release Tracey Peaketracey_peake@ncsu.edu Scott Belcherscott_belcher@ncsu.edu A recent study of alligators in the Cape Fear River found the animals had elevated levels of 14 different...
View ArticleGestational Exposure to Flame Retardant Alters Brain Development in Rats
For Immediate Release Tracey Peaketracey_peake@ncsu.edu Heather Patisaulhbpatisa@ncsu.edu A new study from North Carolina State University shows that exposure in utero to the flame retardant...
View ArticleWastewater, Syndromic COVID-19 Surveillance Are Important Pieces of...
For Immediate Release Tracey Peaketracey_peake@ncsu.edu Nadine Kotlarznkotlar@ncsu.edu A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University compared wastewater monitoring and two other...
View ArticlePFAS Found in Blood of Dogs, Horses Living Near Fayetteville, N.C.
For Immediate Release Tracey Peaketracey_peake@ncsu.edu Scott Belchersmbelch2@ncsu.edu Kylie Rockkdrock@ncsu.edu In a new study, researchers from North Carolina State University detected elevated PFAS...
View ArticleConsistent Metabolism May Prove Costly for Insects in Saltier Water
For Immediate Release Tracey Peaketracey_peake@ncsu.edu David Buchwalterdbbuchwa@ncsu.edu Increased salinity usually spells trouble for freshwater insects like mayflies. A new study from North...
View ArticleNafion byproduct 2 Found in Blood of Well Users Near Fayetteville, N.C.
For Immediate Release Tracey Peaketracey_peake@ncsu.edu Nadine Kotlarz nkotlar@ncsu.edu Jane Hoppinjahoppin@ncsu.edu Researchers from the GenX Exposure Study detected PFAS originating from a...
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