toxicology

Expert Reactions | Published: 26 November 201927 November 2019

A report has emerged from an unnamed lab that claims to have detected 1080 in the dead rats collected on the West […]

Reflections on Science | Published: 27 September 201831 October 2022

Writing for the Hawke’s Bay Today, University of Otago toxicologist Dr Belinda Cridge wonders if she would drink from the […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 09 July 201820 August 2018

Wiltshire woman Dawn Sturgess has died eight days after becoming critically ill following poisoning by Novichok nerve agent. Our friends […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 31 October 201711 April 2018

In a study of 325 couples going through fertility treatment, women who ate fruits and veggies with higher pesticide residues […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 06 September 201611 April 2018

A substance found in many antibacterial consumer products – like handsoaps and toothpaste – has been banned from some products […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 03 July 201528 March 2016

A new study reports that the near-ubiquitous contamination of ‘chow’ used to feed rats in experiments maybe causing spurious results […]

Reflections on Science | Published: 13 March 201528 March 2016

Writing in the Press, Prof Ian Shaw clearly lays out the toxicology of 1080, the pest control poison that is […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 15 January 201515 January 2015

Two Australian men have died after suspected poisoning from a batch of synthetic cannabis. A 33-year old man from Queensland […]

Reflections on Science | Published: 11 November 2014

Writing in the Press, University of Canterbury toxicology Professor Ian Shaw outlines the risk associated with dust thrown up by […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 25 June 201428 March 2016

A controversial retracted study on the toxicology of genetically modified corn and pesticide has been republished in a new journal. […]