The Neighborhood Toxicologist

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

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

A while back I wrote about sunscreens here and here . But that was already over a year ago - and as anyone who is confused by he says and s...

Before heading into nanotoxicology over the next few weeks (the bit that there is), I wanted to add the following tidbits both of which I th...

A while back I posted a few items about nanotoxicology. Back then, I must confess I didn’t know much beyond those few articles. Now that I’v...

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...

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

This is, and isn't, a little off topic but as editor of Motherhood the Elephant in the Laboratory: women scientists speak out , I'm ...

A good way to hook students into the wonderful world of toxicology is tetrodotoxin. Sound familiar? It’s what makes fugu, or puffer fish, ...

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. ...

Whenever I have the opportunity to teach, I quickly learn how little I know. Maybe that’s what draws me towards the classroom. Besides th...

I’d like to share a poem written by a student who is no April’s Fool. Last week I'd asked my students to respond to an Earth Forum post...

Guest blogger, Dr. Cal Baier-Anderson, a toxicologist at the University of Maryland, Baltimore ; and Environmental Defense, adds her own th...

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

Throughout my professional life, I have, for the most part buried my head in research. That’s what it’s all about - the science - right? Wro...

Toxicology fascinates me, and I love passing that fascination on to students eager to learn about how chemical contaminants impact their env...