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.
August 31, 2007
Category: Non-Science Fridays
Meathead of the Week: Sen Criag. He grabbed instant meathead status when he tried to use the excuse that he's got a "wide stance". Hehehe; it's the new "the dog ate my homework". Where is South Carolina? We need more...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:06 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 30, 2007
Category: The way things are
That's the hed for the Washington Post story on the study that found that doctors ignored or dismissed patients concerns about side effects and didn't report them to MedWatch (the FDA system for collecting side effects). The Post goes through...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 8:05 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 29, 2007
Category: Depressing/Infuriating
I saw a good documentary on Libby MT (the town that got pummled with asbestos from the surrounding vermeculite mines) last night on PBS's P.O.V. program. You should check it out, there are rebroadcasts in most areas for taping it....
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:24 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 28, 2007
Category: Consumer Tox
Yesterday FDA proposed a new sunscreen rule that did two things. 1) It set out rules for measuring UVA protection (currently SPF only measures UVB protection. UVB causes burns but UVA is a greater risk for skin cancer). Finally! The...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 11:04 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 27, 2007
Category: China
I'm traveling right now but wanted to post a link to NYTimes' "Choking on Growth" series. It's well worth a read (it's not the best written article I've seen - it repeats itself a lot, but the facts make a...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 12:52 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 23, 2007
Category: Consumer Tox
Question from LindaW: What's up with bioidentical hormones? Is it okay to take them? Bioidentical progesterone is a joke. Don't even think about buying it. Then, consult your doctor with your health concerns. Bioidentical progesterone is sold on numerous web...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:15 AM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 22, 2007
Category: Consumer Tox
From Rueters: Healthy subjects who received daily caffeine-free green tea extract capsules had an increased production of detoxification enzymes, which may provide some cancer-fighting benefits, study findings show. "Concentrated green tea extract could be beneficial to those who are deficient...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 8:27 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 21, 2007
Category: Toxics
So I if walked over to your house and dumped something over your fence, that's probably trespassing, unless that something happened to be a box of Krispy Kreme, then it's just tasty. If it's grass clippings, you'd be pissed off;...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 8:00 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 17, 2007
Meatheads of the week: The passport office. A must read about One Man's Journey Into the Greatest Bureaucracy Ever Assembled over at Slate. It's been a busy week here on AngryToxicologist with sunscreens and STATS and all. I appreciate the...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 8:16 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 16, 2007
Category: Consumer Tox
It's cheap, durable, and beautiful. I was going to post on this next week, but Slate beat me to the punch. So instead of reinventing the wheel I'll send you over there. One thing that most people don't think about...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:53 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
