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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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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.
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...
Posted on February 8, 2008 9:56 AM • 2 Comments •
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,...
Posted on November 9, 2007 7:23 AM • 20 Comments •
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....
Posted on October 31, 2007 11:35 AM • 7 Comments •
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...
Posted on October 15, 2007 7:24 AM • 44 Comments •
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 on August 29, 2007 7:24 AM • 7 Comments •
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...
Posted on August 13, 2007 6:53 AM • 31 Comments •
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...
Posted on August 2, 2007 7:56 AM • 9 Comments •
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...
Posted on July 25, 2007 7:47 AM • 23 Comments •
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,...
Posted on July 18, 2007 6:12 PM • 29 Comments •
Do you ever get the feeling that we're not really living in the first world but in the third? I was thinking so when I read this LA Times article (excellent piece for its short size). Illegal dumps are spread across the...
Posted on June 5, 2007 5:57 AM • 2 Comments •
