Now on ScienceBlogs: Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Ricky Gervais on The Book of Genesis
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:
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.
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
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 • 33 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Toxics
Read some background on PFOA and Teflon here. A couple of years ago DuPont and other perfluorochemical industries were dismissing evidence of PFOA-caused cancer in rats, saying it was due to peroxisome proliferation in rats, which some argue isn't relevant...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 8:28 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Toxics
Oops! In case you didn't know, the Boulder, CO site of the National Institute of Sandards and Technology (NIST) had an accidental spill of plutonium-239 on June 9 and the initial actions taken would have an industrial hygenist pulling her...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 8:14 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Toxics
Do you ever wonder how some people can simply dismiss the risks of toxic products that they keep around them? This is a constant source of wonderment in the public health community. The reflexive answer is usually that people in...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 8:38 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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 • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Toxics
Good reading for today: Ken Sepkowitz on why we should eat more excrement. Truly, he makes an excellent point. One other thing that he doesn't mention is that as we get safer the outbreaks that exist look worse and worse....
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 9:25 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Media
Perhaps I should call this entry Mr Kawamura, CA secretary of the state department of Food and Agriculture, is a moron. Background The Monterey area has a problem with the light brown apple moth. Apparently it's been there for a...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:25 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Toxics
So I if walked over to your house and dumped something over your fence, that's probably trespassing, unless that something happened to be a box of Krispy Kreme, then it's just tasty. If it's grass clippings, you'd be pissed off;...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 8:00 AM • 20 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Toxics
Scientists took lettuce, corn, and potatoes and grew them using soil treated with hog manure that had the commonly used livestock antibiotic Sulfamethazine in it. All three plants uptook the Sulfamethazine. You know what that means: mmmmm... Wait, no, I...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:13 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Neurophilosophy 11.19.2009
The Island of Doubt 11.20.2009
Greg Laden's Blog 11.20.2009
The World's Fair 11.19.2009
Laelaps 11.20.2009
