The Neighborhood Toxicologist

For those interested in the LA Times op-ed Back to School with Less Plastic -- a teaching moment, I've posted a slightly longer version ...

Still stuck in the sunscreen limbo? Wondering which to choose - "chemical" filters or "natural" filters like nanotitani...

Updated: February 2010 "Do you have a woodstove," the doctor asks as I sit, barelegged in my too-small hospital gown, and give the...

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 ...

A while back I was invited by American Scientist to write my first ever book review. After having just edited a book that was reviewed (mo...

Our white wall to wall bookcases, blackened from over a decade of “dog” rubbing against the corners, kids whose little shoes marred the wind...

First published in the Montague Reporter, Montague, MA Lately, I’ve been craving peanut butter. Maybe it’s because my husband finished off t...

This morning while walking across town to the Lady Killigrew , a small hipster café located just around the corner from home, I was think...