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"Bitten by Witch Fever": Why Poison Was Everywhere …

(3 days ago) WEBOdorless and colorless, it went into food as food coloring, and it was used in beauty products, such as arsenic complexion wafers …

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/10/the-era-when-poison-was-everywhere/503654/

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10 Ways the Victorians Unwittingly Poisoned - History Collection

(7 days ago) WEB10 Ways the Victorians Unwittingly Poisoned Themselves Every Single Day. Larry Holzwarth - December 24, 2017. The Victorian Age was a mass of contradictions. …

https://historycollection.com/10-ways-victorians-unwittingly-poisoned-every-single-day/

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An Everyday Poison Science History Institute

(3 days ago) WEBJames C. Whorton. The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain Was Poisoned at Home, Work, and Play. Oxford University Press, 2010. 412 pp. $19. In Victorian Britain grocery stores sold tea, biscuits, …

https://sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/an-everyday-poison/

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Adulteration and Contamination of Food in Victorian England

(2 days ago) WEBThe London County Country Medical Officer discovered, for example, the following in samples of ice cream: cocci, bacilli, torulae, cotton fiber, lice, bed bugs, …

https://victorianweb.org/science/health/health1.html

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the Golden Age of Victorian Poisoners - British Library …

(3 days ago) WEBArsenic, Cyanide and Strychnine - the Golden Age of Victorian Poisoners. In July 1857 a sensational murder trial swiftly became the most talked about case in the country. The accused was Madeleine Smith, a young middle …

https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2014/09/arsenic-cyanide-and-strychnine-the-golden-age-of-victorian-poisoners.html

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10 Dubious Victorian Cures From the First Merck Manual of …

(7 days ago) WEBHere's a selection of puzzling remedies from the first edition, some of which went on to be recommended for decades. 1. ARSENIC FOR ANEMIA. Merck's 1899 …

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/550867/dubious-victorian-cures-first-merck-manual-diagnosis-and-therapy

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The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was Poisoned at …

(9 days ago) WEBARSENIC IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN JAmeS c. whorton, The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was Poisoned at Home, Work, and Play. Oxford: Oxford University …

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.26506/pharmhist.57.1-2.0034

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James C. Whorton, The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was

(2 days ago) WEBJames C. Whorton, The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was Poisoned at Home, Work and Play, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.Pp. xxi + 412. …

https://academic.oup.com/shm/article-abstract/24/1/196/1680214

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Poison and the Victorian Imagination History Today

(9 days ago) WEBPoison and the Victorian Imagination. Criminal poisoning at once fascinated and terrified Victorian society. Here Ian Burney shows how the extraordinary case of a doctor, hanged in 1856 for allegedly …

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/poison-and-victorian-imagination

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The Arsenic Pigments that Poisoned the Victorian Age

(3 days ago) WEBIn 1814, Wilhelm Sattler, a German industrialist, seemingly perfected it by using arsenic and verdigris for a more steadfast green. The pigment could also be mixed to create bright yellows and

https://hyperallergic.com/329747/death-by-wallpaper-alluring-arsenic-colors-poisoned-the-victorian-age/

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Arsenic and Old Tastes Made Victorian Wallpaper Deadly

(Just Now) WEBArsenic was everywhere in the Victorian period, from food coloring to baby carriages. But the vivid floral wallpapers were at the center of a consumer controversy …

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/victorian-wallpaper-got-its-gaudy-colors-poison-180962709/

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The Poisonous Beauty Advice Columns of Victorian England

(4 days ago) WEBVictorian life was full of everyday dangers beyond poisoned products; diseases, fires and electrical mishaps may have contributed to an obsession with death …

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-poisonous-beauty-advice-columns-of-victorian-england

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Austin Health: Victorian Poisons Information Centre

(3 days ago) WEBIf someone has collapsed, stopped breathing, or is having a seizure or anaphylactic reaction, call 000 for an ambulance. Do NOT ring the Victorian Poisons Information …

https://www.austin.org.au/poisons

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Victorian Health & Beauty: Medicines & Medications

(3 days ago) WEBYou want it to contain everything that is absolutely necessary for emergencies" -- which include injuries, acute poisoning, and acute disease. *"Medicus" was the pen-name of …

https://www.victorianvoices.net/topics/health/medications.shtml

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Famous Victorian Poisoners - Historic UK

(5 days ago) WEBAdelaide Bartlett. Adelaide Bartlett’s husband Edwin was one who succumbed to poison. In his case, chloroform. Adelaide’s trial has gone down in history as one of the most …

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Victorian-Poisoners/

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Victorian Poisons Information Centre - Better Health Channel

(3 days ago) WEBThe Victorian Poisons Information Centre (VPIC) has information on what to do when someone has been poisoned, overdosed or made a mistake with their medication. VPIC …

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/serviceprofiles/victorian-poisons-information-centre-service

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Poisonous mushrooms growing in Victoria - Health.vic

(7 days ago) WEBThe yellow-staining mushroom (Agaricus xanthodermus) is the cause of most poisonings due to ingestion of wild fungi in Victoria. Consuming yellow-staining …

https://www.health.vic.gov.au/health-advisories/poisonous-mushrooms-growing-in-victoria

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Beethoven’s hair reveals evidence of lead poisoning, scientists say

(6 days ago) WEBAn analysis of locks of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair suggest he had lead poisoning. It may have contributed to chronic ailments, deafness and — ultimately — …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/09/world/beethoven-lead-poisoning-scn/index.html

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Deadly Beauty: The Poisons Used In Makeup Through The Ages

(7 days ago) WEBThe Victorian Era was known to be a time when the elites were obsessed with the way they looked at whatever cost. Many of their trials and tribulations were …

https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/deadly-beauty-the-poisons-used-in-makeup-through-the-ages

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National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

(6 days ago) WEBBlood lead levels in the U.S. population. The updated Blood Lead, NHANES 2011-2018 table is available on CDC's National Exposure Report webpage.. …

https://www.cdc.gov/lead-prevention/php/data/nhanes.html

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Lead Exposure Symptoms and Complications Childhood Lead …

(9 days ago) WEBProtecting children from exposure to lead is important to lifelong good health. Even low levels of lead in blood have been shown to negatively affect a child’s …

https://www.cdc.gov/lead-prevention/symptoms-complications/index.html

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How to Prevent Lead Poisoning in Children Childhood Lead …

(9 days ago) WEBNo safe level of lead in children has been identified. Even low levels of lead in blood can hurt a child's ability to learn, pay attention, and do well in school. The good …

https://www.cdc.gov/lead-prevention/communication-resources/prevent-lead-poisoning-in-children.html

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Dr. X killings - Wikipedia

(4 days ago) WEBThe "Dr. X" killings were a series of suspicious deaths by curare poisoning, in 1966 at a Bergen County, New Jersey hospital. [1] A newspaper investigation during the mid …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._X_killings

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UVic student's parents call for naloxone in dorms after death

(8 days ago) WEBA BC Coroners Service inquest will be held after the death of an 18-year-old University of Victoria student who died from unregulated toxic drugs in her student dorm …

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/05/16/university-victoria-student-toxic-drug-death-coroner-investigation/

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RFK Jr. revealed he had a brain worm. Here’s how that affects …

(4 days ago) WEBHe also attributed mercury poisoning to a fish-heavy diet. His campaign said Kennedy is in “robust” mental health and has recovered from the cognitive problems he …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/05/08/parasitic-brain-worm-rfk/

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How Much Do You Know about Lead Poisoning? - Horizon NJ …

(7 days ago) WEBadults. Lead poisoning can cause learning, behavioral and health problems in young children. These include slowed development of the brain and/or brain damage. In adults, …

https://www.horizonnjhealth.com/es/securecms-documents/618/Lead_FAQ_Flyer.pdf

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‘American Bloods’ and the Wild Blood Dynasty - The Atlantic

(8 days ago) WEBVictoria met James in St. Louis in the mid-1860s. Twenty-six years old and strikingly beautiful, she was working as a medium and a “spiritual physician” when …

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/06/american-bloods-book-review-john-kaag/678215/

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National Centre for Farmer Health has $900k funding confirmed

(1 days ago) WEBThe centre, which is based in Hamilton, south-west Victoria, runs a series of preventative programs to improve farmer physical and mental health, improve …

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-15/national-centre-for-farmer-health-funding-cut-victorian-budget/103845140

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About Lead in Soil Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention CDC

(6 days ago) WEBSoil Screening, Health, Outreach and Partnership (soilSHOP) – health education and outreach events for lead in soil by the Agency for Toxic Substances and …

https://www.cdc.gov/lead-prevention/prevention/soil.html

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Biden-Harris Administration Reports Significant Progress Toward

(8 days ago) WEBThe President’s Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children is publishing the Progress Report on the Federal Lead Action Plan, a …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/05/09/biden-harris-administration-reports-significant-progress-protecting-children-lead-poisoning.html

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R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain

(4 days ago) WEBStill, over the years, he has faced serious health issues, some previously undisclosed, including the apparent parasite. For decades, Mr. Kennedy suffered from …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/rfk-jr-brain-health-memory-loss.html

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Australian woman denies murdering her former husband's …

(5 days ago) WEBIn this courtroom sketch, Erin Patterson appears in Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court, Victoria, Nov. 3, 2023. Patterson, accused of serving her ex …

https://apnews.com/article/australia-poisonous-mushroom-murder-c0e545567d6bdccc266f342a2ee7b192

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Nitrous oxide can cause paralysis and death. We got it delivered …

(1 days ago) WEBNitrous oxide can cause irreversible brain and spinal damage — among other severe health impacts — because it inactivates the vitamin B12, which can damage the …

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-12/australia-nang-delivery-nitrous-oxide-health-effects/103694130

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Healthy Gardening: Tips for Preventing Lead Poisoning

(7 days ago) WEBWebinar Information. Subject matter experts (SMEs) from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Centers for Disease Control …

https://www.cdc.gov/eh-nexus/media/healthy-gardening.html

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Lessons From the Front Lines of Canada’s Fentanyl Crisis

(5 days ago) WEBPublic health and policy experts we heard from in Vancouver’s downtown east side, a neighborhood viewed as ground zero of the opioid crisis, said de facto …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/04/world/canada/vancouver-fentanyl-opioid-crisis.html

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