Exposure Science - Resources for Researchers

Welcome to ExposureScience.Org

Neil Klepeis — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:58:46 -0800

At ExposureScience.Org, we host research projects in the field of exposure science, providing a forum for scientists and researchers to collaborate and exchange ideas. We also provide public access to a variety of scholarly materials and information resources that are related to the different projects that we host. Visitors to the site can download published articles, reports, software, and data related to a given set of research work. We also maintain private areas of the site where research discussions and posts can be made prior to any formal publication.

Identification of Polar Volatile Organic Compounds in Consumer Products and Common Microenvironments

Neil Klepeis — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:49:01 -0700

Particle Concentrations Inside a Tavern Before and After Prohibition of Smoking: Evaluating the Performance of an Indoor...

Neil Klepeis — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:24:36 -0700

A Brownian Motion Model of Pollutant Concentration Distributions

Neil Klepeis — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:37:22 -0700

The Total Exposure Assessment Methodology (TEAM) Study

Neil Klepeis — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:55:45 -0700

Gulf War Illness Strongly Linked to Chemical Exposure

Neil Klepeis — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:47:36 -0700

As reported by Reuters and other outlets, Dr. Beatrice Golomb of the University of California, San Diego has found that exposure of soldiers to multiple chemicals, including pesticides and nerve-gas pills, was associated with lingering health problems in veterans of the Persian Gulf War. Effects include neuropathic pain and loss of muscle control, chronic fatigue or forgetfulness.

Pharmaceutical Drugs Found in U.S. Drinking Water

Neil Klepeis — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:52:46 -0700

An Associated Press story reports that "a vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans."

The drugs get into the water as people take medications and unabsorbed amounts enter the waste water system. The water treatment protocols do not remove all of the drug residue.

Setting a New Password

Neil Klepeis — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:29:22 -0800

If you have not been able to access the Exposure Science website because you have forgotten your password. There is an easy way to set a new one!

Simply go to the following URL and enter your email address:

http://exposurescience.org/user/password

After clicking on "Email new password", an email will be sent to you that tells you how to gain access to your account and make a new password.

If you are still having problems, please send me an email.

You can use the contact form: http://exposurescience.org/contact

Human Exposure Software Group

Harvard Faculty Make Articles Open-Access

Neil Klepeis — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:15:24 -0800

A new policy at Harvard makes it the first university in the United States to mandate open access to its faculty members’ research publications.

Stuart M. Shieber, a professor of computer science at Harvard who proposed the new policy, said after the vote in a news release that the decision “should be a very powerful message to the academic community that we want and should have more control over how our work is used and disseminated.”

SF Bay Area Study of Residential Wood Smoke Plumes and Particulate PAH Compared With Cigarette PPAH

Mary_J_Rozenberg — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:57:37 -0800

http://BurningIssues.org
For a period of more than 10 years from 1994 to the present, Dr. Wayne Ott of the Statistics Department, Stanford University measured indoor and outdoor particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PPAH) levels in his residential neighborhood in Redwood City, CA.

Wood Smoke Group