Category: research highlights

NJTV News Interview with Emily Barrett, Ph.D.: Asbestos in Baby Talc Powder Linked to a Variety of Cancers

NJTV News Interview with Emily Barrett, Ph.D.: Asbestos in Baby Talc Powder Linked to a Variety of Cancers “Both the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services have named asbestos as a carcinogen, so that’s a chemical that causes cancer in the body. So it’s been linked to a variety of…
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Robert Laumbach’s Elizabeth Truck Count Study Inspires Oakland, CA Truck Management Plan

Helmut Zarbl Discusses the Impact of Daylight Saving Time on the Body

Helmut Zarbl, director of the Rutgers Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute and chair of the Environmental and Occupational Health Department at Rutgers School of Public Health, is an expert in circadian rhythm and its influence on sleep-wake cycles, hormone release, eating habits and more. We asked him to explain how daylight savings time affects us.…
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The 33rd Annual Samuel Kuna/Robert Snyder Distinguished Lectureship in Toxicology – November 8, 2018 – Speaker: Gary Miller, Ph.D.