AGC and Environmental Health Science at GC&E 2011
How do we approach toxicology? What guidelines can we establish to limit toxicity? What are our tools to assess toxicity? How are toxic chemicals already affecting our bodies? AGC and Environmental Health Sciences hosted a special series of sessions to explore these issues and more at the Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference June 22, 2011 in Wash, DC.
Toxicology Today and Tomorrow– What Every Chemist Should Know:
See the PPT Presentations:
Environmental Health Science Session I
- Toxicology Today and Tomorrow – Dr. Lynn Goldman, George Washington University
- The US Tox21 Initiative: Developing New Approaches for Toxicology – Dr. Raymond Tice, NIEHS
- Green toxicology: Towards Molecular Design Guidelines for Reduced Acute Aquatic Toxicity – Dr. Adelina Voutchkova, Yale University
- Designing Endocrine Disruption Out of the Next Generation of Materials – Dr. Thaddeus Schug, NIEHS
- Developing Practical Tools for Green Chemists to Identify Potential Endocrine Hazards in New Molecules – Dr. Pete Myers, Environmental Health Sciences
Environmental Health Science Session II
- Taking the Big View on Endocrine Disruption– Dr. Peter DeFur, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Obesogens, Stem Cells, and the Maternal Programming of Obesity– Dr. Bruce Blumberg, University of California Irvine
- Chemical Interference with Thyroid Hormone Actions: Public Health Implications and Strategies to Avoid Synthesizing Such Chemicals– Dr. Thomas Zoeller, University of Massachusetts
- Bisphenol A: Has Anything Changed? – Dr. Kristina Thayer, NIEHS
- How Much BPA is in People and What Does This Mean? – Dr. Laura Vandenburg, Tufts University