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About Me

I am a chemist by training, with a Master's degree and varying amounts of experience in the fields of organometallic, environmental, analytical, and medicinal chemistry. I have worked in academia, industry, and in the non-profit world. Among other things, I am interested in pesticides, environmental contaminants, alternative energy, sustainability, and related issues. I am also interested in conservative movement—particularly its influence on public discourse.

I also am a poor speller, and an even poorer proofreader. My apologies in advance if you have to clean up my mistakes.

I am also a firm believer that what happens on wikipedia should stay on wikipedia, and vice versa. A key strength of the project is its transparency, and when editors conduct their wikipedia business off-wiki (via email, IRC, blogs, forums, wikipediareview, etc.) this transparency is compromised. Just as off wiki-canvassing for meat puppets is strongly discouraged because it disrupts the project, off wiki blogging about on-wikidrama is likely to do more harm to the project than good. It's unbecoming of an editor to stoke wikidrama while on wikipedia, and even even less becoming to fan flames off wiki.

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Awesome Application of Boldness Barnstar
I award this Barnstar to User:Yilloslime for boldly making a great 20 word edit[1] that not only improves the article but will hopefully help to end an 8 month, 20,000+ word discussion about a Stephen Colbert quote. Nice work! --guyzero


The E=mc² Barnstar
I just wanted to say thanks for all your high-quality contributions to science-related articles. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:27, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

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Misc. DDT related

DDT and Malaria

  1. ^ SHARP, Brian L; et al (2007). "SEVEN YEARS OF REGIONAL MALARIA CONTROL COLLABORATION—MOZAMBIQUE, SOUTH AFRICA, AND SWAZILAND". Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 76 (1): 42-47, http://www.ajtmh.org/cgi/content/full/76/1/42. 
  2. ^ Bate, Roger (June 12, 2008). "An Invaluable Insecticide", The American. Retrieved on 13 June 2008. 
Malaria deaths under reported, casting doubt on the efficacy of DDT: "The downward trend in malaria deaths reported by the health department since 2000 "may well hold true", he said, but the extent of the gains attributable to the introduction of DDT and drugs "may have been overstated""
DR. ANNE PETERSON I would recommend that if those who want to use [DDT for] indoor spraying, that they can and should. And it is definitely less harmful than dying and being exposed to malaria.
STOSSEL But you won't pay for it?
DR. ANNE PETERSON Currently we don't pay for it.
STOSSEL This is pathetic. Millions of people are dying and you, to be politically correct, are saying, "No, we don't want to pay for DDT."
DR. ANNE PETERSON I believe that the strategies we are using are as effective as spraying with DDT. And we are getting them out as far and as fast as we can. So, politically correct or not, I am very confident that what we are doing is the right strategy.

Bednets

Toxicity: Reviews and Monographs

Roger Bate and Tobacco

2° Sources:

1° Documents:

AFM related

W.H.O. and DDT

E.P.A. and DDT

DDT and Eggshells

In ovo exposure to o,p-DDT causes the resulting hens to have malformed egg gland ducts and lay thinner eggs than controls.
Recent monograph on endocrine disruption which says: Dramatic declines in the populations of numerous bird species occurred during the decades following the wide-scale use of DDT for insect control in the United States and other countries around the world. Upon examination, DDE, the major metabolite of DDT was associated with altering the physiological process of eggshell formation that subsequently led to eggshell thinning and population declines of numerous avian species, particularly raptors and shorebirds [see review by Lundholm (1997)]. These studies indicate that the supply of calcium to the eggshell gland is not impeded by DDE, but rather this organochlorine contaminant disrupts calcium transport within the eggshell gland (Lundholm 1997). In addition, prostaglandins (PGs) have been implicated in eggshell thinning because DDE disrupts PG synthesis, which reduces bicarbonate transport in the duck shell gland lumen, thereby reducing calcium transport.
Lundholm CE. 1997. DDE-Induced eggshell thinning in birds: Effects of p,p´-DDE on calcium and prostaglandin metabolism of the eggshell gland. Comp Biochem Physiol C Pharmacol Toxicol Endocrinol 118:113-128.

Demanddebate.com

  • Tangential related: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review associate editor Bill Steigerwald interviews Milloy.
  • Video from Youtube Tom Borelli "from demanddebate.com" calling in to theyoungturks.com.
  • The Competitive Enterprise Institute confirms it—Milloy operates demanddebate.com:

    DemandDebate’s activities were coordinated by author, columnist and professional debunker of junk science, Steven Milloy. “DemandDebate educates and empowers parents and students about bias in environmental education,” said Milloy.

  • Milloy put the above news item on his website for July 10, 2007.
  • There is no contact info or any other identifying info on DemandDemand's website.
  • The website is registered to Steven Milloy according to whois.net
  • Live Earth rocks New Jersey with a global movement, Mike Kerwick, The Herald (North Jersey Media Group), July 8th, 2007. Plane with banner for demanddebate.com flew over Live Earth concert in NJ. Seven "supporters" in Tshirts in the parking lot, one identified as Mike Seminara of Mount Vernon, N.Y. A 'Mike Seminara' is also the Project Coordinator at MySoldier.com [4], whose address in Purchase, NY, just 13miles from Mt Vernon. Same guy?
  • National Review blog post by CEI's Iain Murray who writes:

    Anyway, the event was also crashed by Bureaucrash and DemandDebate.com, whose boss Steve Milloy writes: DemandDebate debuted at Live Earth (New Jersey) with four aerial banners (each with different messages questioning Gore and global warming), and T-shirts and beach balls bearing the message, "I'm more worried about the intellectual climate." We had two six-man teams distribute T-shirts and beachballs inside and outside the stadium. You can see what the Tees and balls look like at DemandDebate.com. Attached is a photo of one of the aerial banners. Reportedly one of the banners was shown on NBC. One pilot was listening to Al Gore on XM radio and timed a low pass to drown him out. The stunt apparently worked as we got lots of hate e-mail from Gore accolytes who complained that they couldn't hear Al Gore. The beach balls were ubiquitous on TV, and found their way on stage. According to the Bergen Record, Live Earth performer John Mayer spent most of his post-performance press conference lamenting DemandDebate. DemandDebate.com had 7,500 page hits over the weekend. Live Earth bloggers — including The Nation — were livid about DemandDebate.

  • Free Enterprise Action Fund Uses Shareholder Advocacy to Demand Debate on Global Warming, Press Release by Steven Milloy/FEAF, April 19,2007. Milloy seems to be pushing Demand Debate as a catchphrase, but this is circumstantial evidence at best for his involvement with the website.

Bedbugs and DDT

  • National Pesticide Information Center says DDT was used for pest control in buildings, but doesn't mention bedbugs specifically. No mention of DDT and bedbugs in CDC or EPA documents, PubMed search turns up only non-US specific papers. WHO docs mention bedbug control as a side benefit of IRS with DDT for malaria control, but applies only to countries with malaria problems.


Pesticides and asthma

EDCs


  • Connoly RB, Lutz WA (2004). "Nonmonotonic Dose-Response Relationships: Mechanistic Basis, Kinetic Modeling, and Implications for Risk Assessment". Toxicological Sciences 77: 151-157. 

Weinberg group

vanity fair article

PBDEs

  • Special Issue of EHP.
  • Integrity in Science Newsletter April 7th:

Reps Investigate ACC Influence Representatives John Dingell (D-MI) and Bart Stupak (D-MI) of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are investigating the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) relationship to the International Society for Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology (ISRTP), which publishes the journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. In 2002, several scientists noted “apparent conflicts of interests, lack of transparency, and absence of editorial independence” in the journal, and suggested that the ACC’s funding of ISRTP may have led to bias in the journal toward studies that promote the chemical industry. The lawmakers’ letter last week to ACC president Jack Gerard also asks for information related to the trade group’s request that the Environmental Protection Agency remove toxicologist Deborah Rice from an agency panel charged with reviewing the toxicity of flame retardants. The letter asks the ACC to explain its request for Rice’s removal and to explain why the group raised no objections to a series of researchers with financial ties to industry who served on previous EPA panels. “Please explain why [these researchers’] circumstances are distinguishable from that of Dr. Deborah Rice,” the letter asks.

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