April 13, 2013
The water and sediments in Athens’ little Trail Creek no longer seems fatal to life nearly three years after a massive chemical fire at the J&J Chemical Co. caused a spill that killed everything in the creek and flushed a toxic tide of acid-blue pollution into the Oconee River, according to a University of Georgia scientist.
But life has been slow to return to the little stream, which...
December 6, 2012
For more than 40 years, Bisphenol A, more commonly known as BPA, was used in everything from plastic baby bottles and the lining of metal food containers to dental sealants. When scientists began seeing a connection between BPA and abnormal sperm and egg development, it set off worldwide public health concerns.
The types of abnormal development researchers detected could lead to increased...
May 30, 2012
The University of Georgia College of Public Health will soon offer the University System of Georgia’s first PhD in environmental health. The College of Public Health’s department of environmental health science is currently accepting applications and anticipates launching the program for the fall 2012 semester. The department of environmental health already supports an undergraduate program...
May 14, 2012
The Environmental Protection Agency will test for toxic lead residue in Morningside and other Atlanta neighborhoods surrounding a former lead-smelting factory, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned.
At 740 Lambert Drive N.E., near Cheshire Bridge and Piedmont, the Metalico Evans factory processed 5,000 tons of lead a year from 1935 until the mid-1990s. Until 1977, it operated...
April 5, 2012
The University of Georgia’s Outstanding Advisor/Mentor Awards will be presented this year to Anne Marie Zimeri, a faculty member in the College of Public Health, and Misha Boyd, an academic advisor in the Odum School of Ecology.
The award is presented each spring to faculty and staff members for excellence in advising undergraduate students on class selection and course of study, assisting...
March 26, 2012
On April 3, experts from the University of Georgia, Emory University and the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom will spend the afternoon sharing their One Healthperspectives on how a changing climate might impact the incidence of infectious diseases in both people and animals around the globe.
The concept “One World, One Health”describes the interconnectedness of human, animal...
March 8, 2012
Dr. Jia Sheng Wang, department head for environmental health science, pulls tea from every nook in his office as he explains the protective effects of green tea polyphenols (GTP) against cancer. He pulls bags from his dorm-sized freezer, canisters from his desk drawers, boxes between books on the shelves, and, of course, he has tea in his cup.
Green tea has no toxic side effects, yet his...
January 11, 2012
The rod-shaped bacteria that killed a Missouri infant this month have infected at least 120 infants worldwide since 1958 and have been linked to the use of baby formula in the past, public-health researchers say.
The potential for the bacteria, called Cronobacter, to infect infants through powdered baby formula has only been known since the 1980s, said Kieran Jordan, a microbiologist at...
December 22, 2011
A group of first-year honors students at the University of Georgia is gaining investigative knowledge and experience in mentor-guided projects asCURO Honors Scholars with UGA’s Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities.
“The CURO Honors Scholarship, formerly the CURO Apprenticeship, allows students to participate in original research from their earliest days on campus,” said David S...
