AngryToxicologist is a scientist in the public health sector, knows plenty about toxicology, and is occasionally angry about it all. Drop me a line at tox@angrytoxicologist.com.
Any money I would have gotten from writing this blog is donated to the National Capital Poison Control Center. They rely on grants, save lives, and decrease health care costs. So read this blog every day!
What I'm reading, watching, and rating:
Saw
ReadMiddlesex**** out of 5
SawThe Lives of Others***** out of 5. Best movie I've seen in a long time.
July 31, 2007
Category: Toxics
A study in Neurology came out today ($ required) that found that those with better reading skills had 2.5 times less cognitive brain damage due to lead! Reading ability is one of the best ways to measure cognitive reserve (CR),...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:35 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 27, 2007
Category: Non-Science Fridays
Meatheads of the Week (or so) Michael Vick, Tim Donaghy, Michael Rasmussen, and Barry Bonds for good measure. For Dogs, Gambling, Lying, and Doping. The Wonderful World of Sports! Genius of the Week Kyle Smith. For his brilliant review of...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:13 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 26, 2007
Category: Toxics
Seems appropriate since controversial topics like vaccines are on the agenda this week. A study published in EHP finds that high fluoride (mean of 8.3 mg/L) or arsenic in water decreases IQ (it's very rare to have a fluoride level...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:05 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 25, 2007
Category: Depressing/Infuriating
I'm angry so today you get what you came for... I wrote a post on Autism and Vaccines a while back that went through why there are people still arguing about this and took the position that I don't think...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:47 AM • 23 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 24, 2007
Category: Food
A study done at the University of Michigan found that organic crops produced yields no different than conventional farming in developed countries and may actually increase the yields in developing countries. This could be for a couple of reasons including...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:08 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 23, 2007
Category: Toxics
The NYTimes reports today that the Charles River is clean enough to swim in. Well, sort of. Caveats: No diving...lest that stir up the toxic sediment at the bottom of the river. Do not expect to see the river bottom....
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 8:01 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 20, 2007
Category: Non-Science Fridays
For the un-initiated, I believe Fridays are good for coffee (I only drink caffeine once a week), doughnuts, and random stuff, not science (does this get me kicked off Science Blogs?). Meathead of the Week: Ken Ziman, partner at Simpson...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:08 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 19, 2007
Category: Consumer Tox
A study this month ($) in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety (just rolls off the tongue doesn't it?), looked at poison control data during 2001 for two herbal supplements: St. John's wort and Echinacea. There were 356 contacts for SJW and...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:11 AM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The NYTimes reports that some genetic links to restless leg syndrome have been found and this might reduce the ridicule that the drugs that treat the condiditon are getting. Not from this quarter, though. Almost all of our traits have...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:01 AM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 18, 2007
Category: Depressing/Infuriating
Gee, ya think? At Al Gore's daughter's wedding he, gasp, ate some Chilean Sea Bass, which is endangered. A lot of people are getting in a huff about this. Hmm...Possibly, possibly it could be because Mr Gore didn't look over,...
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