Toxicology of climate change

THE TOXICOLOGY OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Dioxin

Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons PAH

Lead

Seasonal Variation Atmospheric Lead and Soil

Seasonal VariationChild Blood Lead

Dry Lake Arsenic

Drought and Water Quality

Nitrate

Microcystin and Trihalomethanes

Fresh Water Algae Toxins

Microcystins

Anatoxins

Nodularins

BMAA (beta-N-methylamino-alanine)

Euglenophycin

Marine Biotoxins

Shellfish Toxins Brevetoxin Neurotoxic Domoic Acid Amnesic

Saxitoxin Paralytic

Plant Mycotoxins

Crop Mycotoxins Aflatoxin Hepatitis, Liver Cancer

Fumonisin Esophageal Cancer, Birth Defects

Vomitoxin Vomiting, Anorexia, Growth Retardation,

Immunotoxic

US Crop Mycotoxins 2012-13

Aflatoxin Biomarkers NHANES

Schleicher, 2013

Liver Cancer by Ethnicity

Storm Runoff

Mercury

Migration of Persistent Organic Pollutants

POP Concentration in SeawaterIncreases in Higher Latitudes

Wania, 1996

Unequal Exposure

Wendy Ring MD, MPH

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