Author: jscott
Potential sources of phthalate exposure in a Vancouver, BC birth cohort at three months of age
T Takaro, R Allen, R Rouseau, M Brauer, JA Scott, J Brook, S Turvey. Epidemiology 20 (6), S72 [Abstracts: ISEE 21st Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, August 25–29, 2009: Poster Presentations]. doi: 10.1097/01.ede.0000362924.70819.3f
Microbes in public washrooms
Flush before you sit? Paper the seat? Modern microbiology can shed light on these and other age-old advisories on the use and misuse of public washrooms. In an interview just released in Best Health Magazine, Dr. Scott provides answers to these long disputed questions. Click here to read the interview >
Hand sanitizers – do they really work?
Everywhere you turn of late, it seems you’re confronted with a bottle of hand sanitizer. Most sanitizers are alcohol-based, and destroy microorganisms by disrupting their cell membranes or protein coats. Although these materials have been available for some years, only recently have they enjoyed such widespread use and stirred so much discussion. U of T […]
Reusable grocery bags
The use of reusable food containers and carry devices for groceries is an important, to date overlooked piece in the study of the safety of the food supply in Canada. There has been little to no testing to investigate the public health implications of reusable bags, yet increasingly reusables are being advanced as a viable […]
MICROBE magazine features Baudoinia
The March 2009 issue of MICROBE magazine, the news publication of the prestigious American Society for Microbiology, included a feature article by noted international science writer and former editor of Nature Biotechnology, Dr. Bernard Dixon, summarizing our recent work on the newly described, ethanol-loving fungal genus Baudoinia. View the full PDF article >