In the Spotlight
SOT Releases Paper on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill—The SOT Council is pleased to announce the release of an issue statement on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, which was the largest accidental release of crude oil in modern history. Read more…
Effects of Environment on Human Health—Television Pioneer Walter Cronkite Airs Program on Effects of Environment on Human Health. Watch the video online.
Study Shows Accidental Medication Poisonings On the Rise—The American Association of Poison control Centers recently released a study that shows that between 2001 and 2008 accidental medication poisonings by children aged five and under has increased by 22 percent. Read more…
NIEHS to Explore Potential Harmful Effects of Gulf Oil Spill on Reproduction and Birth Outcomes—The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced recently that funded network of research institutes will begin a research project to study the potential harmful effects of the Deepwater Horizon (Gulf Oil Spill) disaster on reproduction and birth outcomes. Read more…
Dr. Robert Kehoe, Cars, Lead and Smoke—Just as the mass production of cars got underway in the United States, Thomas Midgley Jr. and Charles F. Kettering made a very lucrative discovery. They found that adding ethyl fluid to gasoline improved the antiknock properties of fuel, improved gas mileage, and made cars run more smoothly. Their company, General Motors, knew this improved fuel would be in high demand, and estimated that profits would be over $60 million per year, in 1923 dollars. When several workers who handled the material became ill and died, GM faced the possibility of losing enormous potential profits. With the hopes of saving their product, the GM research team went to the University of Cincinnati for help. Dr. Marin H. Fischer, chairman of the Department of Physiology, wasn’t interested in the project, but referred them to a young investigator in his department, Dr. Robert A. Kehoe…Read More
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Meet SOT’s Leaders
SOT is led by a group of full-time board members, called Councilors, who are elected by ballot by the full membership and who manage the affairs of SOT. Learn more about SOT’s leaders.
Calendar of Events
SOT’s Calendar of Events is a comprehensive listing of all the scientific meetings that are happening over the next several months domestically and abroad.
What Toxicologists Say
Several of SOT’s past presidents talked recently about toxicology and their experiences as members of SOT.
View what these Toxicologists had to say.
Toxicology Topics
The following series of articles are written by toxicologists who are members of the Society of Toxicology but do not necessarily represent the views of the Society. SOT has made every effort to provide the public with balanced, informational pieces to share our expert knowledge more broadly.
View the list of topics.
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