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Joel Pedersen

Thus Spake Paracelsus*

Posted on August 4, 2016

by Joel Pedersen The Swiss Renaissance physician, alchemist and founder of toxicology Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus (!) von Hohenheim, better known as Paracelsus (Figure 1), said it well: “All substances are poisons; there is none …

Posted in Sustainable NanoTagged dose-response curve, environment, hazard, Joel Pedersen, nanoparticles, Paracelsus, poison, risk, toxicity, toxicology1 Comment

What Makes Sea Foam Foamy?

Posted on December 24, 2015

by Joel Pedersen Last week, a handful of scientists from the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology had the chance to visit Hawai’i for a once-every-five-years chemistry conference called Pacifichem. A few of us had a chance to …

Posted in Sustainable NanoTagged Joel Pedersen2 Comments

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