Andrew Maynard receives funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. He directs the University of Michigan Risk Science Center, which is partly supported through the Gelman ...

What's lurking in your candy could be more frightening than just sugar and calories. A new breed of additives found in a range of foods is largely untested, and the potential effects are unclear. Some ...

Scientists have observed toxicity to marine organisms resulting from exposure to a nanoparticle that had not previously been shown to be toxic under similar conditions. The Bren School-based authors ...

SCCS notes that its approach to the risk assessment of titanium dioxide ingredients in orally used cosmetic products is slightly different from that of EFSA because cosmetic products are not meant to ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Concrete is not glamorous. It is the workhorse of building materials: versatile, durable, and almost universally ubiquitous, with 30 billion tons of concrete produced every year ...