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ToxStrategies will be attending and exhibiting at the 33rd Annual Ohio Environment, Energy and Resources Law Seminar on April 12th and 13th at the Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center in Lewis Center, Ohio. Please stop by our exhibit table to learn more about ToxStrategies and meet Dr. Bill Rish, from our office in Dublin, Ohio. Dr. Rish is well-known in Ohio for his risk assessment capabilities, and now is a member of the ToxStrategies’ team read more…

Dr. Bill Rish spoke at the Ohio Shale Policy and Technology Symposium, sponsored by Ohio University, on April 4, 2018. As an invited member of the panel at the Plenary Session (Managing Risk in Shale Development), Dr. Rish presented “The Role of Risk Communication in Shale Development.” [View presentation here.]  The panel provided four different perspectives on the risks of shale oil and gas development in Ohio: geotechnical, economic, legal, and communication of risks. Dr. Rish read more…

ToxStrategies scientist, Dr. Bill Rish, testified in front of the Ohio House and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committees on the environmental impacts and human health risks associated with beneficial reuse of brine from vertical oil and gas wells for roadway deicing.  Dr. Rish performed an evaluation of the chemical and radiological risks of applying the product to roads in Ohio for deicing and compared its impacts to the use of road salt.  He testified read more…

ToxStrategies’ scientists continue to develop innovative solutions to address some of the most challenging scientific issues that face our clients.  Several recent examples of such projects will be presented at the Society of Toxicology 57th Annual Meeting. The SOT 2018 conference will be in San Antonio, TX the week of March 11-15, 2018. To see a schedule of our presentations, click here.  If you will be present in San Antonio, come by and visit with us at our presentations.  If you will not be in read more…

ToxStrategies scientists, Dr. Wikoff, Dr. Urban, Ms. Harvey, and Dr. Haws, published a case study on the role of risk of bias in systematic review for chemical risk assessment. Using the relationship between congenital heart defects and exposures to trichloroethylene (TCE) as an example, the case study highlights the utility of risk of bias as part of a robust risk assessment process and demonstrates the role of evaluating study quality in objectively selecting data sets read more…

In April 2017, ToxStrategies scientists, along with a team of multidisciplinary experts, published a novel systematic review on the potential adverse health effects associated with caffeine consumption in healthy adults, pregnant women, adolescents, and children. This comprehensive assessment included evaluation of cardiovascular, behavioral, reproductive & developmental, bone & calcium, and acute effects. When the total body of evidence was evaluated, and when study quality, consistency, level of adversity, and magnitude of response were considered, the read more…

ToxStrategies scientists, Dr. Susan Borghoff, Dr. William (Bill) Rish, and Ms. Alea Goodmanson, will be attending the annual Product Stewardship Conference, held November 2-4, 2017, in Tampa, FL. The Product Stewardship Conference helps professionals address new scientific developments, government policies and regulations, and public accountability issues by bringing together prominent professionals to present and discuss global emerging issues, case studies, and practical experiences. ToxStrategies is a Silver Sponsor of this meeting, so please come check out read more…

ToxStrategies participates in the Joint European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and Evidence Based Toxicology Collaboration (EBTC) Colloquium – Evidence integration in risk assessment: the science of combining apples and oranges. Held in Lisbon, Portugal from October 25-26, 2017, leading scientists from across the world will explore future directions for evidence integration in human risk assessment of chemicals. It is the 23rd in the EFSA scientific colloquium series and is jointly organized with EBTC at Johns read more…