... Health have developed a new ultrasensitive assay to detect botulinum neurotoxin. The toxin is one of the most poisonous substances known that can cause life-threatening disease, and is considered a ...
... after swallowing these beads.
The toy kits have since been recalled, however it is notable that poisoning events from consumer products and medications containing toxic diols and glycols have been ...
... , the cause of the patient’s condition must be identified as soon as possible. When poisoning with blood-thinning substances is suspected, an analysis method that can identify the superwarfarin ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Seven endangered California condors - about 20 percent of Southern California's population - have been found with lead poisoning....
A bull Arab hound in Australia swallowed a poisonous cane toad whole, but she—and the toad—survived after the dog was given drugs to induce vomiting.
A detailed analysis of hairs taken from Napoleon’s head at four times in his life casts doubt on the theory that he died from arsenic poisoning.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The poisoning of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko in 2004 has led to a breakthrough in the treatment of dioxin cases, a skin specialist said on Wednesday.
Milked for antivenom, Australia's king brown snakes are eating poisonous cane toads—alien reptiles that are overrunning the country.
Food poisoning typically spikes this time of year, and mayonnaise always attracts suspicion.
The use of illegal poisons is identified as one of the main reasons behind a fall in eagle numbers.
Every year, many thousands of people die as a result of poisoning by pesticides; one of the commonest types of pesticides involved are the organophosphates. In a research paper published today in PLoS ...
Arsenic, a deadly poison, kills by blocking the ability of cells to produce and consume energy. Yet, some red and green slime mats in briny hot springs in Mono Lake, Calif., use the potent compound ...
... has received more publicity, these cases account for only a portion of children with lead poisoning. Many health officials are increasingly concerned with chronic lead poisoning, which occurs at ...
... , caused in part by the ingestion of contaminated dirt, affects hundreds of thousands more children in the United States than the acute lead poisoning associated with imported toys or jewellery...
... world's worst case of ongoing mass poisoning, linked to rising cancer rates in Southern ... person will be near death as a result of arsenic poisoning, while five in 100 will be experiencing other symptoms ...
