The Vireo Advisors blog brings you the latest news and developments in safe, sustainable and bio-based materials and products including novel foods and sustainable nanomaterials.
Metal Exposure from E-cigarettes
Researchers are using studies such as this review of data from 24 studies (which examined the blood and urine samples of e-cigarette users to show that e-cigarettes are a source of exposure to a long list of metals, including lead and arsenic) to estimate metal exposure of e-cigarette users.
Vireo Advisors, LLC and Baylor University Demonstrate Food Safety of Fibrillated Cellulose using Alternative Testing Strategy
Vireo Advisors, in collaboration with Baylor University, recently published an article “Physical, chemical, and toxicological characterization of fibrillated forms of cellulose using an in vitro gastrointestinal digestion and co-culture model” in Toxicology Research.
To mask or not to mask, is that the question? Maybe ask “when, and how”
Here is my view on this, as an Environmental Health Scientist and expert in nanoparticle safety (Yes, viruses are nanoparticles!).
Making PPE? Did you know it may require certification?
These unprecedented times are calling on all of us to be our best selves, and to step away from what we were doing, to the pressing needs of now.
New Publication: The Future in Nanosafety
Jo Anne Shatkin contributed a View Point to Nano Letters at the invitation of new editor Teri Odom of Northwestern.