J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2012;34(6):511–513 I is customary in obituaries to eulogize the deceased— to fondly remember their accomplishments, even if these were few and fleeting. Were I to write an obituary for Assisted Human Reproduction Canada (AHRC)1— the federal agency established “to protect and promote the health and safety, and the human dignity and human rights, of Canadians and to foster t...


 Obituary: Josef van Ess (1934–2021)

Obituary for Bohdan Medwidsky (14 September 1936 - 28 March 2021)

Alex Schier looks back at the life and research of his graduate mentor and friend Walter Gehring.

Considerable recent findings have revealed that the linear dose response for cancer risk assessment has not only outlived its utility in predicting risk but is based on a flawed scientific foundation. The present article characterizes this demise of a key concept of environmental risk assessment, in the framework of a figurative obituary of a long-lived concept that has poorly served society. T...