Homing in on the Toxicity of Diethylene Glycol
Seventy-four years after the US Elixir of Sulfanilamide tragedy, we’re still trying to figure out exactly how diethylene glycol (DEG) damages the kidneys. And 74...
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CDC Finds Low Levels of Diethylene Glycol in OTC Health Products
While updating information on the victims of the mass poisoning due to Elixir of Sulfanilamide in 1937 (see here for the work in progress), I came across 3 intriguing...
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Fukushima Radiation Levels Explained
Geoff Brumfiel of Nature‘s The Great Beyond blog provides a series of useful primer posts on radiation numbers (see here and here, for example). The convention is...
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Peer Reviewer of Denture-Cream Article Failed to Disclose P&G Ties
Because I am a subscriber to Neurology (as an active member of the American Academy of Neurology), this e-mail popped up in my inbox yesterday. Dear Readers of...
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What the Hell Is Corexit?
Corexit, the chemical dispersant being used by BP to break up its massive and growing oil spill, is not the cause of physical symptoms among cleanup workers, says the...
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Snapshot of Tobacco Poisoning in Children
From Pediatrics: a study of tobacco poisonings in young American children. From 2006 to 2008, 13,705 cases of tobacco poisoning were reported. About 70% of cases...
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