Invisible Threats: Tools for Detecting Environmental Pollutants in Farm Animals

Everyday, meat, milk, eggs, and fish serve as vital components of our diet. Yet, hidden within these familiar foods may reside chemical contaminants that threaten human health. In their recent review, Mi and Lin [2] explore how cutting-edge science—specifically, physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling—is helping to unravel and manage these hidden risks. PBPK is a computational modeling and simulation tool that integrates physiological and chemicalspecific parameters to predict the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of substances in human and animal bodies using mathematical equations.