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.
January 31, 2008
Category: Media
Everyone knows by now that the show Eli Stone misrepresents the facts about thimerosal and autism in it's fictional story of a lawyer going after a pharmaceutical after they put "mercuritol" in vaccines. It's clear that the story is supposed...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:43 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 29, 2008
Category: The way things are
Two things got me thinking about the upcoming topic. 1) I saw "Into the Woods" recently and there's a part where the old hermit asks the baker how much $ a son would be worth (he's trying to have a...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:26 AM • 66 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 28, 2008
Category: Media
In an Slate article critiquing Marian Burros' story about mercury levels in fish, Jack Shafer takes issue with the omission of any discussion of a review published in 2000 in Environmental Research entitled "Twenty-seven Years Studying the Human Neurotoxicity of...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 10:51 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 25, 2008
Category: Non-Science Fridays
Warning: Rambling screed approaching. More mean? Maybe, but only if you can empower and inspire people to make a change. Let me give you a three good examples: 1) Breastfeeding is best. By miles. Still, not everyone really knows about...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:22 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 18, 2008
Category: Non-Science Fridays
Okay so it's a sort of sciency Friday. I had a bit of fun reading the Washington Post this morning. EPA or EWTIFUBARTFSA? First up, this article on the largest mining fine in EPA history: 20 million dollars! Now, $20...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 9:25 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 16, 2008
Category: Consumer Tox
So the FDA says that cloned meat is safe and this is making big news. Well, this isn't much of a surprise, it's unlikely that a clone would be unsafe (it's a clone of a naturally healthy animal!). What sucks...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:33 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 10, 2008
Category: Consumer Tox
A reader asked me for some help choosing a water bottle because of concerns about antimony, bisphenol A, and phthalates (BPA is really the only risk worth thinking about in this trifecta). She read this NYTimes article about plastic bottles...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 8:07 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 8, 2008
Category: Media
A reader sent an article from The Pink Sheet (an industry rag focused on Pharma). If you've never read industry-specific news publications, you're really missing out. They're really facinating and instructive. Sometimes you get early knowledge about industry trends and...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:46 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 7, 2008
Category: China
Okay first: Where have I been? It's too complicated to answer and retain anonymity, so suffice it to say: "away". Thanks for all the e-mails over the past month asking for posts again. An item in Science caught my eye...
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