"The data that has been released indicate that levels of sewage that have been released into the environment in Rio is so high that the likelihood of infection is imminent," Kristina Mena, an associate professor of environmental and occupational sciences at the University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, told VICE.
Peter W. Johnson, an associate professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at the University of Washington, said it was too early to tell whether this kind of stress is damaging.
An estimated 15 to 20 percent of researchers who work with mice and rats, for instance, may eventually become allergic to the animals, said Dr. Karin A. Pacheco, an assistant professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at National Jewish Health in Denver.
"Some of the results may be of concern for potential health effects in exposed individuals, particularly in sensitive subpopulations such as children and elderly," said Serap Erdal, an associate professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
He's a research assistant professor of environmental and occupational health sciences in the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health and the lead author of a new study showing that police officers are more likely to be killed by firearms in states with high gun ownership, regardless of the level of violent crime in that state.
The focus groups were analysed by SRN and CB, academic researchers with a background in psychology and occupational therapy/social sciences.
3 Despite this track record, Elaine Faustman, a professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at the University of Washington School of Public Health and member of the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors, says more weight should be attributed to data showing estrogenic effects in animal studies.
Marilyn C. Roberts, a professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle, commends the review authors for presenting "the big picture," but she says providing specific details about what individuals can do would have been a valuable addition.
But it turns out to be a little-discussed but fairly common occupational hazard of science.
