Author: Romeo F. Quijano, M.D.
Romeo F. Quijano, M.D. is a retired professor of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila. He is president of Pesticide Action Network- Philippines. He was the co-chair of the International POPs Elimination Network, bureau member of the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development, and standing committee member of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety.
OPINION | COVID-19 Vaccine: Concerns and Alternatives
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” -Albert Einstein There seems to be a ...June 28, 2020OPINION | Origin of COVID-19: Ecological, Historical and Geopolitical Perspective
The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) that is threatening modern civilization today is a disaster that was bound to happen mainly because of ...April 3, 2020OPINYON | COVID-19: Paracetamol at iba pang sintetikong gamot sa lagnat, dapat iwasan
Ang sumusunod ay siyentipikong opinyon ni Romeo F. Quijano, M.D., isang retiradong propesor ng Department Of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine, ...March 21, 2020OPINION | The Polio Scare and the Return of Dengvaxia
The polio outbreak that authorities are drumming up rabidly are exaggerated and misdirected. The assertion that the polio outbreak in the Philippines ...October 14, 2019Holistic approach, not Dengvaxia, needed to address dengue problem
The Dengvaxia tragedy inflicted by corporate hijacking of the health care system go unabated and even threatens to expand. The increase in ...August 9, 2019Measles Epidemic: The Real Cause of Deaths
The real underlying cause of deaths in the measles epidemic is the dysfunctional health care system brought about by chronic socio-economic underdevelopment, ...February 17, 2019LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Dengvaxia Fiasco: Bare All Facts, Let the People Judge
The deeper malady beneath the Dengvaxia fiasco is being buried under the lies, theatrics and hypocrisy of various elements in the ruling ...February 9, 2018The Dengvaxia Fiasco: Symptom of a Deeper Malady
The Dengvaxia fiasco is just a symptom of a deeper malady of the US-modeled health care system which is driven by market ...January 10, 2018Rejoinder to a scientist’s ‘blast’ against SC for stopping GMOs
The Supreme Court (SC) decision banning field trials of genetically modified eggplant, also known as Bt talong, and stopping applications for (GMOs) ...December 14, 2015
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