Australian scientists have developed a new way of testing for pollutants in fish using Coenzyme Q, a chemical also used as an antioxidant in cosmetics and health supplements. Biochemist Dr Walt Dunlap ...

The JRC has released a new strategy on how to replace, reduce and refine the use of fish in testing of chemicals' effect on flora and fauna in water (aquatic toxicity) and chemicals' uptake and ...

For riverside communities along the Amazon, fish is not a menu choice—it is a lifeline. Millions of people in the Brazilian ...

Daniel Krewski (Chair) is professor of medicine and of epidemiology and community medicine and director of the McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment at the University of Ottawa.

Ecotoxicology is the study of how chemicals interact with organisms in the environment. Environments that are potentially at risk vary greatly and include marine and freshwater environments, ...

Eating seafood containing toxic substances can have serious neurological as well as gastrointestinal effects, reveals a review in the April issue of THE LANCET NEUROLOGY. In parts of the Pacific, the ...