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Blog / Ask a Toxicologist: Is it safe to microwave food in plastic containers?

May 5, 2016July 20, 2016 / Mimi / 1

When was the last time you microwaved food in a plastic container? At some point in my life, I switched many of my plastic food storage containers to glass containers.…

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Blog / ToxCast and ToxPI: Emerging Tools for Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century

August 28, 2015February 16, 2016 / Mimi /

Hindsight is always 20/20, especially in the field of science. Given what we know now, it seems crazy that people used to think the world was flat. The realm of…

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Blog / Ask a Toxicologist: Is it safe to use Teflon pans?

July 6, 2015February 16, 2016 / Mimi / 6

As a young adult living in Carolina, I have come to associate summer with intolerable heat, delicious watermelon, and…the start of wedding season. Two friends of mine got married recently…

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