http://www.thomasmore.edu/about/news.cfm Thomas More College is a small, liberal arts college with a big reputation among educators and experts alike. Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:49:00 EST en-us http://www.thomasmore.edu/campuslife/orientation10.cfm?group=ORIENTATION%202010 http://www.thomasmore.edu/campuslife/orientation10.cfm?group=ORIENTATION%202010 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST Click here to view the article. http://www.thomasmore.edu/campuslife/microfridge.cfm http://www.thomasmore.edu/campuslife/microfridge.cfm Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST Click here to view the article. http://www.thomasmore.edu/about/news.cfm?news_id=2740 http://www.thomasmore.edu/about/news.cfm?news_id=2740 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST <p align="center" style="font-size:18px">Emerging Contaminants</p><P><p align="center" style="font-size:16px"><i>&#8220;Using Biological End Points to Detect Exposures to Contaminants of Emerging Concern"</i></p><P><div align="center">Dr. James M. Lazorchak<BR>Aquatic Ecologist/Toxicologist<BR>Manager, Aquatic Research Facility<BR>United States Environmental Protection Agency<P><BR>Tuesday, August 03 at 7:00pm<BR>Thomas More Biology Field Station<P>(For directions, visit: <a href="http://www.thomasmore.edu/fieldstation">www.thomasmore.edu/fieldstation</a>)<P>From the decline of amphibians, the feminization of male fish to other adverse effects,<BR>including those affecting human health, emerging contaminants are on the rise.<BR>This seminar will explain what Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs)<BR>are and some of the biological approaches to assess their exposure and<BR>effects to aquatic life. The term CECs has been used since the 1990s to<BR>identify chemical compounds that have no regulatory standard, have been<BR>recently &#8220;discovered&#8221; in natural streams because of improved analytical<BR>chemistry detection levels, and potentially cause deleterious effects in<BR>aquatic life at environmentally relevant concentrations. Several case<BR>studies will be presented that assess estrogenic exposure and effects<BR>found in laboratory, field deployments, experimental streams and one<BR>worldwide-recognized, whole-lake dosing experiment.</div><P><hr width="75%" align="center"><BR><p>Dr. Lazorchak is the Acting Chief of the Molecular Indicator Research Branch and Manager of the Aquatic Facilities at the USEPA Office of Research & Development. He has authored nearly 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications and recently received the U.S. Office of Water&#8217;s &#8220;Science Achievement Award&#8221; for exceptional efforts in developing a scientifically defensible framework for water quality criteria development for compounds of emerging concern.</p> http://www.thomasmore.edu/financial_aid/yellow_ribbon.cfm?group=Yellow%20Ribbon%20Program http://www.thomasmore.edu/financial_aid/yellow_ribbon.cfm?group=Yellow%20Ribbon%20Program Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST Click here to view the article. http://www.thomasmore.edu/PDFs/Moreover_Summer2010.pdf http://www.thomasmore.edu/PDFs/Moreover_Summer2010.pdf Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST Click here to view the article.