Tox Doctor O
@toxdoctoro.bsky.social
Pediatrician / Medical Toxicologist / Clinical Epidemiologist. Wanderer and wonderer.
Two observations from reviewing abstracts submitted to PAS meeting: 1) Please don’t take English humanities out of medical training - amazing how smart people can have so much trouble structuring sentences to support a point, 2) If you’re going to do research take responsibility to do it well.
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Two observations from reviewing abstracts submitted to PAS meeting: 1) Please don’t take English humanities out of medical training - amazing how smart people can have so much trouble structuring sentences to support a point, 2) If you’re going to do research take responsibility to do it well.
Yep. Statistical testing is best when used to support sound clinical observation and reasonable hypotheses.
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Yep. Statistical testing is best when used to support sound clinical observation and reasonable hypotheses.
Always relish the chance to work with Drs. Stephan, Hays, and Fraser Doh. T4CIP Webinar on safe storage of medicines and household chemicals: m.youtube.com/watch?v=mzSd...
T4CIP #StoreMedsSafe webinar 10.22.25
YouTube video by CIRPinjurycenter
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October 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Always relish the chance to work with Drs. Stephan, Hays, and Fraser Doh. T4CIP Webinar on safe storage of medicines and household chemicals: m.youtube.com/watch?v=mzSd...
Friends at Clean Water Action (Philadelphia) have dropped some useful “living with lead” webinar recordings. Thanks! cleanwater.org/philadelphia...
The Philadelphia Lead Hazard Awareness Program
Clean Water Fund is proud to relaunch our Lead Hazard Awareness Program (LHAP) in Philadelphia, whose mission is to empower residents to identify and live safely with lead hazards in their homes and c...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Friends at Clean Water Action (Philadelphia) have dropped some useful “living with lead” webinar recordings. Thanks! cleanwater.org/philadelphia...
Glad to be part of this world-leading phenomenon!
September 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Glad to be part of this world-leading phenomenon!
Curious about all those “delta 8 sold here” and “hemp derived cannabis” signs? Here’s a little information about child injury. injury.research.chop.edu/blog/posts/m...
Major Problems with Minor Cannabinoids
Dr. Kevin Osterhoudt and Anthony Jaworski expose the hidden dangers of unregulated cannabinoids and outlines how families and policymakers can help protect kids.
injury.research.chop.edu
September 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Curious about all those “delta 8 sold here” and “hemp derived cannabis” signs? Here’s a little information about child injury. injury.research.chop.edu/blog/posts/m...
Several people I respect in this author list. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Several people I respect in this author list. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Do I laugh or do I cry?
August 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Do I laugh or do I cry?
A provocative read on lead and heavy metal pollution. I enjoyed it. blanphear.substack.com/p/times-toxi...
The Chronicles of Lead Toxicity
A History Cast in Fire, Frozen in Ice
blanphear.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A provocative read on lead and heavy metal pollution. I enjoyed it. blanphear.substack.com/p/times-toxi...
Dropping some injury prevention pertaining to expanding water toys. injury.research.chop.edu/blog/posts/e...
Expanding Water Toys: A Growing Spectrum of Child Injury
Discover how expanding water toys like water beads pose serious risks to young children—and what families and policymakers can do to prevent injuries.
injury.research.chop.edu
August 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Dropping some injury prevention pertaining to expanding water toys. injury.research.chop.edu/blog/posts/e...
The number of emails in my inbox is the same as the year I was born. Happy Monday!
August 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The number of emails in my inbox is the same as the year I was born. Happy Monday!
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A new study, based on an analysis of thousands of publications and their authors and editors, shows paper mills are just part of a complex, interconnected system that includes publishers, journals, and brokers. scim.ag/3H9kwwQ
Scientific fraud has become an ‘industry,’ alarming analysis finds
Sophisticated global networks are infiltrating journals to publish fake papers
scim.ag
August 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A new study, based on an analysis of thousands of publications and their authors and editors, shows paper mills are just part of a complex, interconnected system that includes publishers, journals, and brokers. scim.ag/3H9kwwQ
Poison Centers inform public health. What do you know about kratom and its synthetic derivatives? www.pa.gov/content/dam/...
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August 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Poison Centers inform public health. What do you know about kratom and its synthetic derivatives? www.pa.gov/content/dam/...
The sale of cannabinoids in PA is a wild frontier. If you’re buying them: a) caveat emptor, b) please protect your kids. www.inquirer.com/news/a/penns...
Pennsylvania’s unregulated weed stores are booming — but tests show products are rife with toxic and illicit chemicals
Almost every sample The Inquirer had tested was over the legal potency or contained mold or pesticides.
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July 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The sale of cannabinoids in PA is a wild frontier. If you’re buying them: a) caveat emptor, b) please protect your kids. www.inquirer.com/news/a/penns...
We need less total “research” and more good research. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6...
Honest yet unacceptable research practices: when research becomes a health risk
Background Examples of poor research practices have received much attention in academic and public arenas. Such practices persist and threaten the health of the public and the reputation and impact of...
bmjopen.bmj.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We need less total “research” and more good research. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6...
Unfortunately, EVALI is not gone. injury.research.chop.edu/blog/posts/l...
Lung Story Short: Teen Vaping is Harmful
Drs. Rachel Rothstein and Kevin Osterhoudt describe the dangers of teen vaping and what clinicians, policymakers, and parents can do to prevent life-threatening lung injuries.
injury.research.chop.edu
June 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Unfortunately, EVALI is not gone. injury.research.chop.edu/blog/posts/l...
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The #HPV vaccine is highly effective.
It can prevent 9 in 10 cases of the most high-risk strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) – the #1 cause of #CervicalCancer. 🔗 bit.ly/41MNKY7
It can prevent 9 in 10 cases of the most high-risk strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) – the #1 cause of #CervicalCancer. 🔗 bit.ly/41MNKY7
June 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The #HPV vaccine is highly effective.
It can prevent 9 in 10 cases of the most high-risk strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) – the #1 cause of #CervicalCancer. 🔗 bit.ly/41MNKY7
It can prevent 9 in 10 cases of the most high-risk strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) – the #1 cause of #CervicalCancer. 🔗 bit.ly/41MNKY7
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Wow 😳
Compression-only CPR is good for VT/VF arrest, b/c the lungs & blood have some O2 in them.
In opioid-induced cardiac arrest, lung/blood O2 is *gone* by the time arrest occurs. So probably need assisted ventilation along w/ compressions. Pushing around deoxygenated blood doesn't work. #EMIMCC
Compression-only CPR is good for VT/VF arrest, b/c the lungs & blood have some O2 in them.
In opioid-induced cardiac arrest, lung/blood O2 is *gone* by the time arrest occurs. So probably need assisted ventilation along w/ compressions. Pushing around deoxygenated blood doesn't work. #EMIMCC
Among patients with opioid-associated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, chest compression and ventilation CPR was associated with a higher odds of favorable neurologic outcomes at hospital discharge.
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June 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Wow 😳
Compression-only CPR is good for VT/VF arrest, b/c the lungs & blood have some O2 in them.
In opioid-induced cardiac arrest, lung/blood O2 is *gone* by the time arrest occurs. So probably need assisted ventilation along w/ compressions. Pushing around deoxygenated blood doesn't work. #EMIMCC
Compression-only CPR is good for VT/VF arrest, b/c the lungs & blood have some O2 in them.
In opioid-induced cardiac arrest, lung/blood O2 is *gone* by the time arrest occurs. So probably need assisted ventilation along w/ compressions. Pushing around deoxygenated blood doesn't work. #EMIMCC
Hey @acmtmedtox.bsky.social, am I self-absorbed enough to apply for this? (Probably and I hate myself for it.)
June 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hey @acmtmedtox.bsky.social, am I self-absorbed enough to apply for this? (Probably and I hate myself for it.)
#3??? I’ll have to try harder. rankings.newsweek.com/worlds-best-...
World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2025 - Pediatrics
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June 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
#3??? I’ll have to try harder. rankings.newsweek.com/worlds-best-...
I used to consider our governmental scientific agencies to be held to the highest standard. Now it’s just this…https://www.yahoo.com/news/america-healthy-again-report-cites-161434758.html
May 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I used to consider our governmental scientific agencies to be held to the highest standard. Now it’s just this…https://www.yahoo.com/news/america-healthy-again-report-cites-161434758.html
Today I learned that PA has a 1971 Environmental Rights Amendment www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/C...
Section 127 - CONSTITUTION OF PENNSYLVANIA
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May 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Today I learned that PA has a 1971 Environmental Rights Amendment www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/C...
The FDA is now suggesting people don’t buy their drugs at the gas station? www.yahoo.com/news/fda-iss... We have that message 15 months ago. 6abc.com/amp/post/wha...
FDA issues warning against tianeptine use, also called 'gas station heroin'
The FDA is warning the public about a drug rising in popularity commonly referred to as as "gas station heroin."
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May 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The FDA is now suggesting people don’t buy their drugs at the gas station? www.yahoo.com/news/fda-iss... We have that message 15 months ago. 6abc.com/amp/post/wha...
In 2007 we alerted to the finding of xylazine in heroin. It would come to really complicate nonmedical fentanyl use. My colleagues now report challenges in the evolution to illicit medetomidine. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Notes from the Field: Suspected Medetomidine Withdrawal...
This report describes 165 patients hospitalized for suspected medetomidine withdrawal syndrome in Philadelphia.
www.cdc.gov
May 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
In 2007 we alerted to the finding of xylazine in heroin. It would come to really complicate nonmedical fentanyl use. My colleagues now report challenges in the evolution to illicit medetomidine. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Good moment from the recent PA ACEP meeting! Dr. Monica Thacker won “First Place - Spivey Best of the Best Presentation Award” for her work with our Poison Center on pediatric diphenhydramine poisoning.
April 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Good moment from the recent PA ACEP meeting! Dr. Monica Thacker won “First Place - Spivey Best of the Best Presentation Award” for her work with our Poison Center on pediatric diphenhydramine poisoning.