Browsing by Subject "Environmental toxicology"
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April 16, 2013 – Five-Year Achievement Seminar
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Examining Heavy Metal Concentrations in Hair of South African Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) to Access Anthropogenic Impact
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)High concentrations of heavy metals are known to have deleterious effects on the nervous, endocrine, hepatic, and immune systems of mammals. Environmental toxicology has traditionally been used to understand impacts of ... -
How do modified nanoclays adversely affect aquatic species relative to natural nanoclay?
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-17)Nanoclays represent a large class of modified nanomaterials (NMs) (i.e. nanoscale particles from 1 to 100 nm) that has received great attention from the scientific and industrial communities. This material has been widely ... -
Prisons and Pollutant Plumes: A Spatial Analysis of LULU Coexistence
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-20)Prison facilities and other locally unwanted land uses (LULUs) lead to a number of health, environmental, and socio-economic impacts on the local community. Prison facilities and other LULUs tend to be sited in locations ... -
Reproductive Toxicity of Crude oil-Dispersant Mixture in Caenorhabditis elegans
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-05)As crude oil remains a vital natural resource for the energy need of the world, environmental crude oil spills continue to be a health risk to human beings and ecological systems. During clean-up efforts, surfactant-like ... -
SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZED ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MEMBRANE (ECM) FOR 1,4-DIOXANE REMOVAL FROM DRINKING WATER
(East Carolina University, 2021-07-19)1,4-Dioxane is an emerging water contaminant linked with liver and kidney damage and increased cancer risk. We developed several nano-modified electrically conductive membranes (Nano-ECMs) and assessed their 1,4-Dioxane ...