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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:

SawMichael Clayton*** out of 5

ReadMiddlesex**** out of 5

SawThe Lives of Others***** out of 5. Best movie I've seen in a long time.

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'Cause you're giving your neighbors asthma, you jerk

Category: Depressing/Infuriating

Terry Box wrote an piece in the WP the other day about how despite the melting glaciers and rising gas prices, he's not giving up his muscle cars. Terry, I have to admit that I love cars. I always have...

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Hello CPSC, these are peoples' lives!

Category: Depressing/Infuriating

For those of you in any field that deals with health, you may know this feeling. Fortunately this is rare but in the past two weeks I've been completely exasperated at 3 different meetings and discussions I've been to. Without...

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ACSH is a joke. No really. Like, Ha, ha, ha, ho, ho, ho!

Category: Depressing/Infuriating

Elizabeth "never met a toxic chemical I didn't like" Whelan of ACSH fame posted on HuffPo Wed. an interesting little post that ripped the EPA for funding a study to figure out if/what environmental factors among children, over their childhood,...

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More on Bisphenol A

Category: Consumer Tox

If you haven't seen it yet, USA Today is doing a series called "toxic legacy". First was lead, then mercury, and today, plastics. Well, really it's about BPA. We've dicussed BPA here before and I'm not going to rehash it....

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PUR water, now with added impurities!

Category: Depressing/Infuriating

PUR water wasn't content with removing impurities from your water so they decided that they would put some back in...and then charge you for it! I am talking about PUR Flavor Options. No joke, after they filter your water they...

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Libby, MT, Asbestos Central

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....

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Do STATS lie?

Category: Depressing/Infuriating

To get right to the heart of the matter, Salon did an article about the risks of bisphenol A (BPA) in plastics. From the land where nothing is harmful, a reply came from Trevor Butterworth (real name) who is an...

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ELF, the George Bush of the Environmental movement

Category: Depressing/Infuriating

The last of the ELF (Earth Liberation Front) arsonists was sentenced yesterday for the burning down of a Redmond OR horse slaughterhouse in 1997. Thank goodness. I'm concerned abou the environment and I guess I would classify myself as an...

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Stupidity of lying

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...

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Al Gore: Not Omnipotent

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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