What's the difference between a threshold dose response model, and a no-threshold model? And what are the limitations of each? This week Risk Bites tackles the basics of dose-response models. This week's Risk Bites team: David Faulkner (Animation concepts, editing, closed captions) Andrew Maynard
What is responsible innovation, and why is it important? Risk Bites takes a quick dive into why socially responsible innovation and ethical entrepreneurship matter, and what you can do to ensure good intentions really do end up making people’s lives better. Of course, we can hardly do the topic ju
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
Start your day right by choosing the perfect morning drink! Whether you prefer a steaming cup of coffee, a soothing tea, or a refreshing glass of juice, your morning beverage sets the tone for the hours ahead. In this video, we explore popular morning drinks, their benefits, and how they can boost y
How worried should you be if 1,4-dioxane gets into your drinking water? 1,4-dioxane is an industrial chemical used as a solvent and a stabilizer -- and in areas where there's environmental contamination, safety is an important question, especially as the substance is a probable human carcinogen. T
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Drinking water is our most important aliment. And as with other foods, packaging, shelf life and temperature play an important role. This explainer video describes what influence the drinking water installation has on the quality of our tap water and what homeowners and consumers should pay attent
Follow us on Twitter!! http://twitter.com/householdhacker Live: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/household-hacker-live Today we'll demonstrate cooling your drinks in 1/4th the time it takes to chill them in a refrigerator, freezer, or on ice, using salt as our special ingredient to a standard ice and
Drinking water in Germany is obtained from groundwater, surface water and spring water. Depending on the region, the composition varies. Author: 3sat/nano, mirror TV, Christine Voges, R. Engelke+S. Karm+F. Gutsche+J. Heck+B. Asgari, K. Scheef+F. Buscha, Tim Kunter Translation and dubbing: alugha
When it's pouring rain in the forest, many trees binge-drink. That sounds easier than it is. How do trees actually transport water from the ground up to their crowns? Author: ZDF/TerraX/Colourfield Tell A Vision/Petra Höfer, Freddie Röckenhaus/Tobias Kaufmann/422 south/Johannes Fritsche/Jochen Schm
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
