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What is dose response? The basics

What's is dose response, and what's it got to do with hazard and health risk? This is the first of a series of Risk Bites videos on understanding what dose response is, and why it's useful! This is part of a series of Risk Bites videos that tackle dose response and response models. This week's Ri

What do local politicians do?

Laws for Germany are passed in the Bundestag. Local politicians primarily manage the money of their municipality. For example, they can decide whether a new playground should be built in the municipality or how many buses should run. Source: https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/terra-x/kommunalpolitike

Poop and cellphones - leading into dose response

How much is too much when it comes to being exposed to something unpleasant? Using examples of fecal contamination on cellphones and cocaine on bank notes, Risk Bites begins to lay the ground for exploring dose-response. More information on the UK cellphone contamination study: http://www.eurekale

Twin dosing reduces emissions

Twin dosing is the name of the innovative process which Volkswagen is now using to minimise the nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas from diesel engines. The new generation of diesel engines reduces NOX values by some 80%. Click here to see more videos: https://bit.ly/3cFb0gJ --- Further informatio