http://www.toxportal.com In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king... Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:47:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en function getURLParam(strParamName){ var strReturn = ""; var strHref = window.location.href; if ( strHref.indexOf("?") > -1 ){ var strQueryString = strHref.substr(strHref.indexOf("?")).toLowerCase(); var aQueryString = strQueryString.split("&amp;amp;amp;amp;"); for ( var iParam = 0; iParam < aQueryString.length; iParam++ ){ ... http://www.toxportal.com/2008/06/17/147/ Here it is, the hefty Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Safety Assessment. The purpose of the concise guidance is to support the processes needed to meet the information requirements on intrinsic properties of substances to be registered, and where relevant to carry out a chemicals safety assessment. http://www.toxportal.com/2008/06/17/reach-rip-32-guidance/ A viable alternative Railing against ' tick-box' toxicology... http://www.toxportal.com/2007/08/06/a-viable-alternative/ "We conclude that NP are much less phagocytized by AM than large particles but are effectively removed from the lung surface towards the interstitium. Even from these interstitial sites they undergo AM-mediated long-term NP clearance to the larynx." Efficient Elimination of Inhaled Nanoparticles from the Alveolar Region: Evidence for Interstitial Uptake ... http://www.toxportal.com/2007/02/08/efficient-elimination-of-inhaled-nanoparticles-from-the-alveolar-region-evidence-for-interstitial-uptake-and-subsequent-re-entrainment-onto-airways-epithelia-2/ In case you were curious.... GrantsNet: International Funding Index The International Grants and Fellowships Index offers the latest listing of funding opportunities from Europe, Asia, and the Americas. http://www.toxportal.com/2007/02/08/grantsnet-international-funding-index-2007/ Despite my initial enthusiasm for Connotea (see below) I quickly found that, whilst various popular import and export formats are supported, it does not allow you to export as .rtf reference list. This is a function that I'm sure most researchers would like, as a way to save on the drudgery ... http://www.toxportal.com/2007/02/07/jabref-open-source-reference-manager/ A revealing article by Hendrik Tennekes, retired Director of Research, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, gives a cold-eye view relevant to today's IPPC firm pronouncement of guilt on human activities as the major cause of global warming.  A Personal Call For Modesty, Integrity, and Balance by Hendrik Tennekes http://www.toxportal.com/2007/02/02/seemingly-realistic-results-can-be-achieved-without-much-intellectual-effort/ For anyone tired of being confined to endnote to collect  references, a mobile solution is at hand! Today I came across an elegant and free web2.0 solution called Connotea: http://www.connotea.org/ Quite easy to set-up, it allows you to painlessly store, manage and share bibliographic references and, to enter multiple tags for each reference. This means you can strip ... http://www.toxportal.com/2007/02/02/connotea-free-online-bibiographic-tool/ REACH, Climate Change "I cannot hide the feeling that the proposal could have been more far-reaching and that I would have wanted to see a more ambitious chemicals management‘s regulation. Despite the shortcomings of the new emerging text on REACH, the two main goals (abolishment of current dual system for the ... http://www.toxportal.com/2007/02/01/wallstrom-watch-reach-climate-change/ Experts tell EU to prop up ethics in nanomedicine Nanotechnologies can open up promising areas in diagnosis and treatment but measures are needed to ensure that related medical products and devices are safe, scientific experts told the Commission. http://www.toxportal.com/2007/02/01/experts-tell-eu-to-prop-up-ethics-in-nanomedicine/