This article reviews interdisciplinary toxicity literature, building from Gerald E. Markowitz and David Rosner’s “deceit denial” Phil Brown’s “contested illnesses” to argue for a third, more critical analytic that I term “empire empirics.” Deceit denial pit corporate actors against antitoxins advocates, while contested illnesses highlight social movements. Empire empirics center the role of imp...

Background & Aims: Nanosilver-based paint is a new technology with antimicrobial and antifungal characteristics. These characteristics were investigated in this study with regard to fungal contamination in hospitals. Method: Regarding hospitalization of transplant patients and their sensitivity to hospital infections, two similar rooms were selected in nephrology ward. One of them was paint...