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.
April 24, 2008
Category: Regulations
In today's New England Journal of Medicine there are two articles worth reading, especially for us critics of the FDA. Playing 'Kick the FDA' -- Risk Free to Players but Hazardous to Public Health is a good reminder of where...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 11:17 AM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 22, 2008
What's wrong with Earth Day? The name, for one. Earth day. Protecting mother earth. Saving the environment. What's wrong with these? They're all about the earth. No humans mentioned. For a day that's supposed to highlight the damage we are...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 9:16 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 21, 2008
Category: Toxics
A paper just published in Tox Sci shows that PFOS (the chemical that used to be the prime ingredient in Scotchgard) suppresses the immune system at levels, that didn't cause noticeable toxicity that are same as what are found in...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 10:57 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 18, 2008
Category: Regulations
I'm waiting around for a meeting (about animal testing!) and thought I'd share a few things that I've been thinking about. 1) While we're not going to stop using animals for testing in a long time it is a good...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 8:55 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 14, 2008
Category: Media
The Post really screwed this one up, not so much because they took a side on an issue in news piece (this is close to an opinion piece), but because it gets so much wrong and doesn't even address the...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 11:18 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
