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Communicating about Chemical Body Burden, with Tracey Woodruff and Rachel Morello-Frosch

Communicating about Chemical Body Burden, with Tracey Woodruff and Rachel Morello-Frosch

FromEHP: The Researcher's Perspective


Communicating about Chemical Body Burden, with Tracey Woodruff and Rachel Morello-Frosch

FromEHP: The Researcher's Perspective

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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
May 1, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Biomonitoring studies reveal what we've been exposed to, but the significance of these exposures is not always clear—and when the participants in such studies are children or pregnant women, this lack of certainty can be especially unnerving. Reporting body burden findings back to study participants and to the general public therefore poses major ethical and logistical dilemmas, as Tracey Woodruff and Rachel Morello-Frosch discuss with host Ashley Ahearn. Visit the podcast webpage to download a full transcript of this podcast.
Released:
May 1, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (59)

In this original podcast series, researchers from across the environmental health sciences offer insights into the motivation and vision driving their work. They also explore the implications of their findings for human health.