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Environment
Correct Meaning Of Toxin
April 16, 2012
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 90, Issue 16
In the Government & Policy Concentrate “FDA Considers Lead Limits for Lipstick,” lead is referred to, correctly, by C&EN as a neurotoxic metal (C&EN, Feb. 20, page 31). Jane Houlihan, senior vice president for research at the Environmental Working Group, on the other hand, refers to lead as “a potent neurotoxin,” which is incorrect, as we chemical engineers and chemists should know, since toxins are toxic chemicals synthesized by living organisms, such as bacteria or plant life. In the future, if C&EN is reluctant to correct such an error, I would like to suggest that a “[sic]” be inserted after the incorrect word or expression.
By Gerry Lessells
Tucson
The power is now in your (nitrile gloved) hands
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