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In 2017, Cynthia McNeil began noticing random rashes on her arms.
Concerned, she made an appointment with her family doctor in Fort McMurray, Alta., who sent her off for tests.
Her bloodwork showed chronically high white blood cell counts, so she was referred to a hematologist for more tests.
Exposure to environmental pollutants affects all of us in many ways — some that are well understood, and some that researchers are just beginning to explore. One understudied area is the impact of pollutants like micro and nanoplastics.
Thanks to co-PI Dr. Lindsay Cahill, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, and cross appointed to the Discipline of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, will explore sex-specific vulnerability to these pollutants in depth.
Seafarers help keep the world moving, but the conditions of those working at sea are changing quickly.
Dr. Sepideh Rajeziesfahani has received an International Post-doctoral Fellowship from the Ocean Frontier Institute to investigate how changing ocean conditions may affect seafarers' health, mental health and access to care.