Toxicologist Pioneers New Research Method

Robert Tanguay, in Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, has pioneered the use of zebrafish to test the effects of commerical chemicals on biological development, on account of the minnows’ rapid growth rate. He is part of one of the largest toxicology studies ever conducted on living organisms, screening 1,060 different compounds for 22 possible effects, using zebrafish.

Toxicologist Designs Wristband Sampling Device

OSU toxicologist Kim Anderson has designed a wristband sensor that passively abosrbs chemicals in air and water, which can late be analyzed in a lab for over 1200 chemicals. Her team of researchers has also been working in Ohio with larger-scale environmental monitors to measure the impact fracking  might have on air quality. Anderson has used these passive samplers with farmers in Africa and in the Gulf of Mexico where the effects of the 2010 oil spill continue to percolate through the environment.