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Hell on Wheels: Port Authority’s Broken Promise Is Choking Newark’s Kids

By Max Rivlin-Nadler It had been a rough couple of years for Tanisha Garner. In 2010 she left an abusive marriage and moved out of Newark’s West Ward, the neighborhood where she was born and raised; around the same time, she lost her job as a Verizon technician. To make ends meet, she eventually turned…
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May 5, 2016 0

Big Data in Modern Computational Toxicology

Leader: The big data approaches developed in this project are expected to directly evaluate the chemical animal toxicity for new compounds from existing public toxicity data. Additionally, the chemical-in vitro-in vivo relationships developed in the modeling process can be used to explain and predict potential toxicity mechanisms. Figure 1. The chemical in vitro-in vivo relationships…
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March 22, 2016 0

Neurobehavioral Effects of Exposure to Organophosphates and Pyrethroid Pesticides Among Thai Children

The use of pesticides for crop production has grown rapidly in the developing world and specifically in Thailand during the last decade. As a result, children living on rice farms in Thailand are exposed to higher concentrations of organophosphate (OP) and pyrethroid (PYR) pesticides than Thai children living on shrimp farms or US children from…
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February 15, 2016 0

Dr. Joanna Burger’s Biographical Profile Featured in December 2015 Issue of Risk Analysis

Dr. Joanna Burger, member of CEED and Co-Director of CEED Community Outreach and Engagement Center, has been featured in the December 2015 issue of Risk Analysis. Click the link below to read the complete article. Joanna Burger: Respect for All Living Things By Michael Greenberg and Karen Lowrie


February 5, 2016 0