Monthly Archives: November 2010

Highlights from SETAC 2010: Deepwater Horizon oil spill and Global Climate Change

Posted on by Pierre Goovaerts, Ph.D.

The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) is a non-profit, worldwide professional society comprised of individuals and institutions engaged in: 1) the study, analysis, and solution of environmental problems, 2) the management and regulation of natural resources, 3) environmental … Continue reading

The small numbers problem: What you see is not necessarily what you get.

Posted on by Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D.

The ability to quickly create maps of health outcomes such as cancer incidence and mortality in counties, census areas and even Zip codes is now available through websites and data portals. (See for example Atlasplus, State Cancer Profiles, and Cardiovascular Disease, … Continue reading