Student Case Studies

Case study report: All students will be required to prepare a case study report (maximum total of 20 pages, double spaced; 1 inch margins; 12 pt font; 10 references minimum). Your case study will examine a chemical food toxicology concern. The case study will examine sources, pathways, receptors, and controls for your target chemical in the human food chain and human disease manifestation. Your paper will be submitted according to a required format and will reference major peer reviewed work and reviews. You will review major sources of the chemical, natural or synthetic, fate and transport in the food system, toxicomechanics, toxicodynamics, toxicological endpoints in animals or humans, and the natural, engineered, or regulatory controls that aid in the mitigation of the exposure. The full paper is due 11/21. Additional information is presented in the Resources section of the course web site.

Case Study Details

Potential subjects for this case study can be found by reviewing science Web sites (such as CDC), the ASTDR site as well as many others. Alternately, you may have an interest in a particular chemical or incident and wish to examine this in  more detail.  The UI Library is a Government Documents Repository, hence you can find a large amount of primary documentation from this resource.

Examples:

• PSP clinical case review.
• Arsenic in Bangladeshi food.
• Solanine in potatoes.
• Methyl mercury in the Amazon food chain.
• Alar in apples.

Please use the University of Toronto Engineering Writing Center Web site for style guidance including citation formatting. Your writing should be crisp, clear and to the point.   

Technical Writing Style Guides:

• University of Toronto Engineering Writing Center
• Modern Language Association
• The Columbia Guide to Online Style

Question or Comment? E-mail foodtox@uidaho.edu