Toxicology Content

DDT Exposure in Grandmothers Linked to Obesity, Earlier Periods in Granddaughters

Katherine E Kerlin — April 14, 2021 - 7:00am

Young women today may face increased health risks linked to breast cancer due to effects from a banned toxic pesticide lasting over three generations, according to a new study from the Public Health Institute’s Child Health and Development Studies, or CHDS, and the University of California, Davis.

DDT Linked to Higher Risk of Diabetes Among Asian Indian Immigrants to U.S.

Katherine E Kerlin — November 20, 2019 - 1:14pm

Previous exposure to the pollutant DDT may contribute to the risk of Type 2 diabetes among Asian Indian immigrants to the United States, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.

The study, published today in the American Chemical Society’s journal Environmental Science & Technology, linked high levels of DDT, or dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, in Indian immigrants with risk factors for metabolic disease.

An Evolutionary Rescue in Polluted Waters

Katherine E Kerlin — May 02, 2019 - 2:16pm

The combination of a big population, good genes and luck helps explain how a species of fish in Texas’ Houston Ship Channel was able to adapt to what normally would be lethal levels of toxins for most other species, according to a study to be published May 3 in the journal Science.

Testing Sonoma Ash and Air for Fire-Formed Pollutants

Andy Fell — January 23, 2018 - 11:18am

When fires ripped through suburban subdivisions in Santa Rosa last October, they may have done more than reduce homes to ashes. By incinerating all kinds of materials — insulation, electronics, furniture, cleaning products, pesticides — at very high temperatures, they could have created unknown or previously unrecognized health hazards in the smoke and ash. Researchers from 51�ԹϺ�� Davis, are trying to figure out just what is in that ash and air.

Against the Tide: A Fish Adapts Quickly to Lethal Levels of Pollution

Katherine E Kerlin — December 08, 2016 - 9:46am

Evolution is working hard to rescue some urban fish from a lethal, human-altered environment, according to a study led by the University of California, Davis, and published Dec. 9 in the journal Science. Atlantic killifish living in four polluted East Coast estuaries have adapted to levels of highly toxic industrial pollutants that would normally kill them.

Toxicologist Wins Early Career Award

Andy Fell — March 03, 2016 - 11:38am

Michele La Merrill, assistant professor in the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Department of Environmental Toxicology, is among five exceptional early career scientists receiving “Outstanding New Environmental Scientist” grants from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for research on how substances in the environment could harm human health.

Veterinary food-safety lab gets $1.89 million boost for toxicology testing

IET WebDev — December 23, 2015 - 12:00am

The California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, based at the University of California, Davis, has received a $1.89 million, five-year grant from the federal Food Emergency Response Network to support its food-safety efforts.

The new grant will increase the capacity of the lab’s toxicology services to respond to contamination threats to the American food supply involving food animals and to carry out day-to-day diagnostic and early detection activities.