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Old 23 April 2009, 04:30 AM
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Comment: On your homepage, one category is "Toxins," which when
clicked reveals topics much wider than "toxins," which is a specific
subset of "toxicants" or "toxic agents."

Toxins include only compounds with protein(s), e.g., snake venom, a
poisonous plant, etc. Thus, to label an entire category that then includes
substances such as lead is misleading. It also helps erode accuracy. For
instance, "toxin" is commonly misused in the press. Could you change the
category title to be more accurate, please?
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Old 23 April 2009, 04:38 AM
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Comment: On your "Comments AcknowledgEment" page, please note that you
have misspelled AcknowledgEment--leave out the "E" that I have
capitalized.
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Comment: When writing, there is no such thing as "First off". First off of
what? It makes no grammatical sense. The phrase you are fumbling for is
"First of all", as in "First of all the points that I will now cite."
Please don't perpetuate bad grammar. Thank you.

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When writing, there is no such thing as "First off".
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20off
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