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ETRP Information
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The Environmental Toxicology
Research Program conducts research and educational activities that seek to
identify and resolve problems related to environmental health issues. The
program conducts basic and applied research on:
- Environmental estrogens
and reproductive toxicity in fish and invertebrates
- Ecotoxicological evaluation
of chemical mixtures
- Relationship of cytochrome
P450 polymorphisms to disease resulting from exposure to environmental toxicants
in human and wildlife populations
- Role of biotransformation
in the bioactivation and detoxification of natural and anthropogenic chemicals
- Developmental toxicology
and multigenerational fish studies
- Environmental monitoring
and assessment
- Chemical analyses and toxicity
bioassays
- Human and Ecological Risk
assessments
The assessment
of risk factors and identification of health indicators creates the opportunity
to understand the effects of chemical, physical, and social characteristics
of communities on human health and environmental quality. It is recognized
that while underestimating the impact of chemical exposures may result in
contamination and/or adverse health effects, overestimating the potential
hazards could result in an undue economic burden on communities. As costs
associated with compliance to regulations increase, regulators, as well as
the regulated community, must make the most effective use of funds allocated
for reducing deleterious impacts on human health and environmental quality.
Decisions based on a more complete understanding of cause and effect relationships
will be less likely to vary with technological trends and be more defensible,
while allowing economic growth to occur in a climate of quality, cost-effective
health services and ecologically meaningful environmental stewardship.
Facilities
The facilities
of the Environmental Toxicology Research Program are divided into three major
areas: (1) laboratories for basic toxicological research, (2) an aquatic toxicology
laboratory, and (3) an analytical laboratory. Basic laboratories are equipped
with analytical balances, centrifuges, refrigerators, and an ultra cold freezer.
The aquatic toxicology laboratory is equipped for specialized research with
aquatic invertebrate and vertebrate species. Analytical equipment consists
of gas chromatographs, high pressure liquid chromatography systems, atomic
absorption spectrometers, low resolution mass spectrometers, and an ICP-MS
platform.
For more information regarding
the program, please contact:
Marc Slattery, Ph.D
ETRP Coordinator
Associate Professor of Pharmacognosy
Research Associate Professor in RIPS
411 Faser Hall
Telephone: (662) 915-1053
slattery@olemiss.edu
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