Recent content by PeachJam

Close! Environmental toxicology (via molecular biology).

This is bizarre - I used to type exclusively INTJ, but recently I'm all over the place- although when I answer carefully I come up INFJ/INTJ. Going now to look into these types. edit: looked, ISTJ is my husband's type (duty fulfiller) - we irritate the hell out of each other. Can't stand his...

I am A+. Interesting idea (the blood type diet). I wonder how related the genes that determine blood type and those that predispose to cancer, diabetes, etc. are. I read my type and it mentions predisposition to these plus heart disease. These are definitely inherited predispositions and so is...

Interesting. My daughter was sitting next to me during the test, I really enjoyed asking her opinion and why she liked what she liked. I got equally expressionism and impressionism. Pretty accurate. I just discovered Hieronymus Bosch today - fascinating. I was disappointed that I didn't know...

Actually, I work in environmental toxicology and study the adverse effects of pharmaceuticals on endangered species. I will continue this work following graduation at the end of the year and have zero interest in working for a pharmaceutical company. Your opinion of me is clearly biased: I do...

Yes, I read the abstract (and the rest of the paper) when I looked it up. What I get from this is that in vitro studies show similar toxicity profiles between methyl mercury and ethyl mercury, however as they mention the toxicokinetic profiles are much different. Ethyl mercury may be toxic to...

Thimerosal is ethyl mercury, not methyl mercury. I have a hard time believing anyone that would get that basic point wrong is an "expert". They behave much differently in mammals, and have completely different toxicities. You can make almost any compound sound terrifying by presenting it in a...

A friend of mine did this research: http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2012/dog-toys Very interesting stuff. I think plastics should be examined in more detail as a cancer causing agent - also keep in mind that dog toys are not regulated at all like toys for children.

On mercury (thiomersal): http://internettheories.blogspot.com/2012/11/flu-vaccines-and-mercury.html I graduate with my PhD in toxicology in a few months. I made sure my child received the recommended vaccinations. I try to make unbiased, informed decisions, and based on the evidence I've seen...

That was supposed to say 12 hours, at 13.5 now. Graduating is kind of terrifying! I've been in some form of college for 12 years now. I'm looking for a postdoc, the problem is finding a good one that pays well enough to support us. I have a promising lead, but I don't want to count on it...

So effing tired of working all the time. Almost at 8 hours for the day now. :/ I just want to graduate, and get to spend some time with my kid.

You crave a romantic adventure Life has gotten a bit uninspired for you lately, and you're looking to fall in love with someone - either for the first time or all over again. You want to share an adventure with someone special. There's nothing like lingering over the perfect dessert or perfect...

Evolution and creationism are not mutually exclusive IMHO. I come from an extremely religious family and attended Christian schools growing up where we were taught that evolution was evil and that we should get up and leave if it is taught in class. This made it extremely stressful for me in...

I agree, human cognition makes it a whole different game. I do view it as a continuum, with apes, dolphins etc. below but probably closer than a lot of people realize in the effects of reasoning skills on behavior. I love the dog example - I enjoyed the "dogs have emotions" work that came out...

Congrats! That's not long from now. Ah, I work with animals so nothing like that- we do have animal care restrictions, etc. I work with endangered species so everything has to be approved and permitted. Yes, crazy to think of getting out! I'm in year 4, but I have a MS so 6 total.