Skeptophilia
Fighting Gullibility with Sarcasm, 6 days a week
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toxicity
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Tuesday, December 27, 2016
The dose makes the poison
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One of the most fundamental concepts in pharmacology and/or toxicology is the dose-response curve , which gives a graphic representation of ...
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Yes, we have no bananas
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Yesterday a student asked me, "Is it true that you can die from eating too many bananas?" I responded, "You can die from ea...
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Smoke screen
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When evaluating a claim, it's often as important to recognize which questions to ask as it is to understand the science behind the claim...
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Thursday, July 9, 2015
Crayons, asbestos, and risk
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Let's have a little chat about the topic of risk. It's something that a lot of people don't understand, but in principle, it...
Monday, April 8, 2013
Don't drink the water
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So, in our last installment of Learning About Chemistry From People Whose Last Science Class Was In The Seventh Grade, we found out that bre...
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