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'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
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
In the series "Explain your Research" we introduce you to researchers from the BfS and their research areas. Patrizia is the first to do so: she uses so-called anthropomorphic phantoms to determine what radiation dose patients could receive with certain new X-ray and CT technologies. Original: "Fed
How do you make sense of scientific models without falling into common traps? Here are three rules of thumb. This is part of a series of Risk Bites videos that tackle dose response and response models. This week's Risk Bites team: David Faulkner (post-production) Andrew Maynard (all the other stu
What is a Sievert, and why are they used to measure radiation exposure? Although we're exposed to ionizing radiation all the time, high levels can cause illness, disease, and even death. Yet working out how much radiation leads to specific health outcomes is complicated by the fact that different t
What is toxicology, and why might a toxicologist just turn out to be your best friend? Risk Bites takes a look in this brief introduction to the science of toxic chemicals that might harm you, and how it's relevant to risk assessment. Risk Bites was created by Andrew Maynard, and is supported by th
What is a scientific model and what is it good for? As a prelude to talking about dose-response models on Risk Bites, this week's video is a primer on models -- what they are, and why they are useful. This is part of a series of Risk Bites videos that tackle dose response and response models. Ch
Who hasn't experienced this: Different dosages for different water hardness levels are indicated on the detergent package. But what exactly is water hardness? What distinguishes "hard" from "soft" water? How hard is my drinking water? And what do I have to consider when it comes to hard water? Thi
When people talk about "health risk", what do they mean? Here's one perspective on risk and risk assessment that's helpful for thinking about risk in ways that help understand and reduce it. Transcript: alugha Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/RiskBites
How do you work out how safe or dangerous a chemical or some other substance is? This week's Risk Bites takes a look at chemical safety, and estimating health risk from chemical exposure. This week's Risk Bites team: David Faulkner (post-production) Andrew Maynard (all the other stuff) Risk Bite
A high dose of radiation can damage the human organism or even lead to acute illnesses. Even years or decades later, so-called stochastic radiation effects can occur, which can often result in cancer. In the video, Dr. Maria Schnelzer explains how radiation affects humans and explains the health con
