The Neighborhood Toxicologist

“Ask for a cone, save the environment!” proclaimed the sign at the local Creamee. The girls asked for cups anyway, to catch the drippings o...

In light of all the recent activity surrounding ocean plastics including voyages by both Captain Charlie Moore and Scripps , I thought it m...

Roughly a year ago one of the first studies showing that BPA, the known estrognic plastic used to make polycarbonate bottles, leached into ...

It took some digging, but the “Disney World Envirodisaster” article is now being replaced by a more circumspect, “They May be Behind the ...

Melamine is yet another cool ‘50s invention that failed to enter my mother’s kitchen. While friends and neighbors stocked up on the nifty ne...

First Printed in the Montague Reporter Nov 2008 I pull a gallon sized Ziploc bag from its sunny yellow box, one of several boxes my mother, ...

Though I am not in the habit of citing newspaper articles – after receiving the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s weekly Integrity...

My neighbor, the “real” doctor, called the other day, asking for “The Neighborhood Toxicologist.” “So, what are you doing about your bicycle...

First published in the Montague Reporter, May 2008 I t was a simple enough design. Pink and white tampon applicators separated by blue mi...

I am listening to NPR’s All Things Considered – it’s a story about bisphenol A , a common chemical that many of us have heard about by now. ...

For those interested in reading more about the estrogenic plasticizer bisphenol A (BPA), the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel just published its o...