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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.
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December 18, 2008
Category: Food
Maybe, but you should certainly avoid deli meats for the listeria (If you follow through that link and read you'll know why). This isn't an abstract risk, Listeria out breaks are happening all the time (just ask a Canuck how...
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December 16, 2008
it seems that the simple reason that BPA is still being used is that you would have to use different coating for different applications (gasp!) as opposed to the one-toxic-chemical-fits-all approach.
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 9:25 AM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 12, 2008
Category: Non-Science Fridays
Don't go to the ER. So yesterday I was excersizing relatively strenously and after about 40 minutes I started to have some chest pain on the left side along with tightness in my neck and shoulder. Hmmm...good time to stop....
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 8:28 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 10, 2008
Category: Animal Testing
Back in March in Toxicological Sciences there was a great LTE from Dr David Basketter regarding an in vitro sensitization assay. The part I thought most on the money was this: Overall, a prediction accuracy of about 82% was achieved,...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 8:57 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 9, 2008
Category: Toxics
You've probably heard that a F/A-18D jet crashed in San Diego on approach to Miramar, killing 3 on the ground (the pilot ejected and is fine). A lot of the news reports noted that ~20 homes were evacuated due to 'toxic chemicals'. What sort of chemicals would you be worried about.
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 8:26 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 8, 2008
Category: Regulations
The EPA held a "Public Workshop to Discuss Management of Underground Injection of Carbon Dioxide for Geologic Sequestration Under the Safe Drinking Water Act" last week. I've talked about this issue before here. This process continues to not get the...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 8:57 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 5, 2008
Category: Non-Science Fridays
Give us our Daylight! I was discussing with some friends last night what I think is the most important item on Obama's adgena. Getting working on the Daylight bailout. We were saving daylight hours all summer long. I presume all...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 8:31 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 4, 2008
Category: Regulations
NRC (part of the NAS) released a report saying that EPA's risk assessment is bogged down with all the details they don't know and burdened with assumptions that aren't helpful. Since they were piling on the agency, they threw in...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 11:13 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 3, 2008
Category: Toxics
EHP has published a study showing that BPA can cause cells to suppress adiponectin. That would cause insensitivity to insulin and may be behind "metabolic syndrome". Great, plastics make you fat too?
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 9:41 AM • 32 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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