News tagged with poisoning
Fast, easy, and highly sensitive arsenic detection with gold nanoparticles
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mention of arsenic poisoning usually brings to mind underhanded murder. However, the danger of arsenic poisoning from contaminated drinking water is far greater. Low concentrations of arsenic are found in ...
Reduced skin infections in Northern Australian Aboriginal children
Nov 24, 2009 |
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A community-based program aimed at reducing the burden of skin disease across remote communities in Australia's Northern Territory has been successful according to a study published November 24 in the open-access journal ...
Lead poisoning threatens a vulnerable albatross population
Oct 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Populations of Laysan albatross face severe declines due to widespread lead poisoning of chicks unless comprehensive cleanup measures gain momentum, according to a recent study.
Children's blood lead levels linked to lower test scores
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Exposure to lead in early childhood significantly contributes to lower performances on end-of-grade (EOG) reading tests among minority and low-income children, according to researchers at Duke University and North Carolina ...
Deaths from unintentional injuries increase for many groups
Sep 02, 2009 |
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While the total mortality rate from unintentional injury increased in the U.S. by 11 percent between 1999 and 2005, far larger increases were seen in some subgroups analyzed by age, race, ethnicity and type of injury by researchers ...
CDC: Lead dust in cars source of kids' poisoning
Aug 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Some childhood lead poisonings in Maine last year came from an unusual source - lead dust tracked into the family car.
2nd lead poisoning case hits China, 1,300 sick
Aug 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- China detained two factory officials after 1,300 children were poisoned by pollution from a manganese processing plant, state media said Thursday, days after emissions from a lead smelter in another ...
A plant's arsenal of crystalline darts and sand
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Pet owners have heard the warnings to keep certain poisonous houseplants away from their pets, such as Dieffenbachia (dumbcane), Philodendron, peace lily, and pothos. For houseplants like these and others, ...
Chilled-out animals: a lower risk for food poisoning
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Food poisoning bacteria become more invasive in animals that are stressed, according to new research from the University of Bristol in collaboration with the UK poultry industry. The results ...
Genetic analysis reveals secrets of scorpion venom
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Transcriptomic tests have uncovered the protein composition of venom from the Scorpiops jendeki scorpion. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Genomics have carried out the first ever venom analysis in this arach ...
Poison control at risk in California, other states
Jun 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Each day, skeleton crews of doctors, nurses and pharmacists field almost 900 calls a day around California from people such as a mother whose child swallowed flea repellant and an elderly man who ...
Changing climate likely to make 'super weed' even more powerful
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered a new reason why the tall, tasseled reed Phragmites australis is one of the most invasive plants in the United States.
Pediatric carbon monoxide poisoning linked to video games after Hurricane Ike
May 26, 2009 |
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Hours after Hurricane Ike roared ashore in Texas, more than two million homes were without power, which left some scrambling to preserve food and others looking for ways to entertain children, a move that proved to be, in ...
Voyages of discovery or necessity? Fish poisoning may be why Polynesians left paradise
May 18, 2009 |
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Fish poisoning, or ciguatera could be the reason that New Zealand, Easter Island and, possibly, Hawaii in the 11th to 15th centuries became colonized by masses of migrating Polynesians.
Scorpion antivenom results in prompt recovery from nerve poisoning
May 13, 2009 |
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Youngsters suffering severe nerve poisoning following a scorpion sting recover completely and quickly if a scorpion-specific antivenom is administered, according to a study conducted by researchers from The University of ...
