Hormesis: Why drinking in moderation might actually improve your game
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By , on March 27th, 2013 4 comments   Conservation & Environment   , ,  

Even though my first love will always be chemical ecology, I often find myself dabbling in the exotic realm of ecotoxicology. It’s kind of dangerous and sometimes sexy and I think that’s why I am drawn to it. Paracelsus is his name. Toxicology is his game.Source: WikimediaCommons For the most part, experiments in ecotox are . . . → Read More: Hormesis: Why drinking in moderation might actually improve your game

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F U Pacific Sperm Whales
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By , on December 8th, 2010 Leave a comment   Conservation & Environment, Dumping, Industry & Government, Oil Spills, Plastic   , , ,  

Not so smug now are you! Not so big and charismatic now! Your just a free living fat sack of pollutants! Suck on that! A Texas Tech University whale researcher said she and others found evidence of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAHs and persistent organic pollutants, including the pesticide DDT, in Pacific Ocean-dwelling sperm . . . → Read More: F U Pacific Sperm Whales

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Why Oil-Laden Prey is Bad for Sea Birds
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By , on June 15th, 2010 4 comments   Conservation & Environment, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, Oil Spills   , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Oil is bad for wildlife. Period. But we really do not understand how it is bad. What does it do? Can marine organisms respond physiologically to oil in diets? For instance, translocate the toxic components to feathers and molt it off, much like some crabs, or have other physiologically mechanisms to eject the toxin . . . → Read More: Why Oil-Laden Prey is Bad for Sea Birds

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