Italian researchers have shown that mice with retinitis pigmentosa raised in an enriched environment for one year had slower retinal degeneration than mice reared in a typical laboratory setting.

The Cadmium Biological Monitoring Advisor, a new online tool from OSHA, analyzes biological monitoring results provided by the user. These data, along with a series of answers to questions generated by the cadmium advisor, are used to determine the biological monitoring and medical surveillance requirements that must be met under the general industry cadmium standard (29 CFR 1910.1027).