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
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
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
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
In the so-called cytokine storm, larger and larger amounts of cytokines are released uncontrollably. They then also "mark" healthy cells and cause the immune cells to attack the body's own tissue. Authors: 3Sat/Nano/docuVista Filmproduktion/Marilena Schulte, Maike Wurtscheid/Jörg Becker, Sergios Ro
The managing director of the Hengsen waterworks explains the steps involved in extracting drinking water from the river water of the Ruhr. This process takes three to four days. Author: 3sat/nano/Spiegel TV/Christine Voges/R. Engelke/S. Karim/F. Gutsche/J. Heck/B. Asgari/K. Scheef/F. Buscha/Tim Ku
Syria is regarded as one of the greatest humanitarian crises in the world. The regime responded with violence to the peaceful protests in 2011. What role do external powers, fundamentalist forces or “IS” play? Eye witnesses explain the complex situation and what is needed for a democratic future in
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
