Tag: poisoning

Buildings across the globe are prone to catching fires in unfortunate situations. Other than the flames, the burning materials generate ...

Berlin, Germany: Pulse oximetry is an unreliable method for spotting people suffering with carbon monoxide poisoning and it should not ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Lead exposure in early childhood can lead to severe cognitive and behavioral impairments in children that last well into ...

Suspected suicide attempts by poisoning among children ages 6-19 reported to U.S. poison centers increased 26.7% between 2015 and 2020, ...

Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas made when fossil fuels burn incompletely. It’s also a silent killer. Credit: ...

A survey of veterinarians in the U.S. and Canada highlights mounting cases of cannabis poisoning among pets and sheds new ...

Poisoning caused by preying on or scavenging animals shot by hunters using lead ammunition has left the populations of many ...

A first-of-its-kind, eight-year study has found widespread and frequent lead poisoning in North American bald and golden eagles impacting both species’ populations. The paper, “Demographic Implications of Lead Poisoning for ...

Moving beyond traditional studies focused in one region, a new 38-state-wide analysis of lead exposure in bald and golden eagles ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – Bald eagle populations have slowly recovered from near devastation after the government banned DDT in 1972, but ...

Ontario saw nine times more emergency department (ED) visits per month for cannabis poisonings in young children under the age ...