The Neighborhood Toxicologist

The Neighborhood Toxicologist summarizes information on chemical contaminants that impact our daily lives and our environment.

Showing posts with label water. Show all posts
Showing posts with label water. Show all posts
Thursday, August 14, 2008

Silencing Spring: WWRD

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First Pulished September 2008 in the Montague Reporter In her 1962 publication, Silent Spring, Rachel Carson wrote about a spring in the ne...
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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Anti antimicrobials - time to get serious about triclosan and triclocarban

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I thought I was “antibacterial” savvy. For years I’ve read labels on antiperspirants and soaps before tossing them into the shopping cart. I...
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Monday, June 02, 2008

Flush with drugs: a new database for common pharmaceuticals provides insight into surface water contaminantion

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A while back I wrote about the “ drugs down the drain ” program, targeted primarily at those with unused drugs who might decide to tip those...
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

What’s in Your Fav Five? Five top contaminants

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I’d been blabbing away for the past hour or so about chemical contaminants, imparting my imperfect knowledge upon my seven brilliant college...
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Saturday, November 03, 2007

Back to the Tap

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The following article about Nestle's interest in our local water isn't my usual entry, but after noticing that the moderate sized ta...
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Emily Monosson
I am an environmental toxicologist, writer, consultant, and mother of two children aged eleven and thirteen. My focus as a toxicologist is the impact of emerging contaminants on human health and the environment, particularly on aquatic systems. I write for local newspapers and journals, reporting and interpreting current research on environmental contaminants. I am also involved in the development and stewardship of the Encyclopedia of Earth (www.eoearth.org). You can contact me at: emonosson@verizon.net
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