Adam Overberg, PharmD, DABAT
@adamoverberg.bsky.social
Toxicologist, poison center director, pharmacist. Fountain pen enthusiast. Dad of one. #HeForShe 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Ally. Tar Heel. He/him/y’all
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The guy who discovered that tetraethyllead - one of the worst poisons I can think of - reduced engine “knock” would give televised demonstrations of him touching it to “prove” it was safe (bc people knew lead wasn’t safe) then immediately check into medical facilities for treatment of lead poisoning
July 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The guy who discovered that tetraethyllead - one of the worst poisons I can think of - reduced engine “knock” would give televised demonstrations of him touching it to “prove” it was safe (bc people knew lead wasn’t safe) then immediately check into medical facilities for treatment of lead poisoning
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Since people love to bring up the false trope of doctors recommending cigarettes (negative health effects have been public for over a century), it’s interesting nobody seems to know the history of leaded gas & how corporations knew it was toxic even before bringing it to market but got away with it…
People who grew up in U.S. areas with high atmospheric lead levels were about 20% more likely to report memory problems 50 years later, a study of more than 600,000 older adults showed. #AAIC2025 www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...
Memory Problems Today Tied to Leaded Gas Levels Half a Century Earlier
Lead-exposed neurons show persistent vulnerabilities
www.medpagetoday.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Since people love to bring up the false trope of doctors recommending cigarettes (negative health effects have been public for over a century), it’s interesting nobody seems to know the history of leaded gas & how corporations knew it was toxic even before bringing it to market but got away with it…
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It’s much easier to just go with the flow and play nice all the time, but you can’t do that! Sometimes you have to make a stand when you see something that Doesn’t Make Sense.
December 7, 2024 at 3:45 PM
It’s much easier to just go with the flow and play nice all the time, but you can’t do that! Sometimes you have to make a stand when you see something that Doesn’t Make Sense.
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Ok here’s a thread of feeds that aren’t topic themed but utilitarian and do things like show you different versions of your timeline or provide services that should be official Bluesky features. 🧵
Would y’all want a thread of helpful feeds that are basically utilitarian and make the experience of Bluesky better by, for example, showing you different versions of your timeline and things like that?
November 27, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Ok here’s a thread of feeds that aren’t topic themed but utilitarian and do things like show you different versions of your timeline or provide services that should be official Bluesky features. 🧵
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a different angle of the Marta goal that everyone is talking about
November 18, 2024 at 12:09 AM
a different angle of the Marta goal that everyone is talking about
Hello world!
November 12, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Hello world!