Peter O'Toole leads engineering and product development.  At mTuitive, O'Toole designed and developed the mTuitive Agile Author, a visual tool that lets medical experts encode their knowledge as data and rules.  He works closely with MDs to turn their knowledge into applications using mTuitive's unique tools and platform.  He is mTuitive's technical and subject matter liaison to Cancer Care Ontario as well as other standards groups and professional societies.  Presently, O'Toole is leading development of a new operative reporting product, including a port of mTuitive's core technology to a web-based solution using Microsoft Silverlight.  He has previous experience in development, technical writing, and product marketing during stints at Cognitive Arts, eObject, and SilverStream Software. ... bachelor of arts from Brown University.

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The proposal would ban BPA from food and beverage containers. Proponents say the precautionary principle requires such a ban because high doses of BPA can cause reproductive abnormalities and cancer in animals.

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