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Environmental Poisons
Environmental toxicants comprise a wide range of chemical or physical agents released into the environment (water, land, and air), and thereby produce adverse health effects in animals, plants, and microbes. …
Read MoreCarbamate Poisoning: A brief overview
Carbamates are a class of insecticides structurally different, but mechanistically similar to organophosphates (OPs) insecticides. Common agents resulting in toxic exposure are aldicarb, propoxur, carbofuran, carbaryl (Sevin dudu dust™), ethinenocarb, …
Read MorePreventing poisoning in children
The CDC defines poison as any substance that is harmful to your body when ingested, inhaled, injected, or absorbed through the skin. Acute poisoning in children is a major preventable …
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