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More calls to U.S. poison control centers end in disability or death
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAmerica's poison control centers are increasingly fielding calls on cases of deliberate or...
US poison control calls increasing sharply, include intentional overdoses and suicide
Gannett via AOL· 4 days agoThese cases include unintentional medication misuse, such as taking an incorrect dose; workplace and...
Be Aware of Hidden Summer Dangers | Newswise
Newswise· 5 days agoEach summer, the New Jersey Poison Control Center at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School receives an increase in calls related to seasonal hazards. “Many summer hazards hide ...
Outbreak: Tainted food sickens millions each year
WTVG 13 Action News· 7 days agoFor nearly two decades, the Government Accountability Office, the government’s watchdog, has implored four presidents and Congress to make improvements...
West Virginia Poison Center sees uptick in reports of poisonous mushrooms
WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia· 6 days ago“The experts are the ones that are really able to distinguish between a poisonous and a nonpoisonous...
Oregon Coast closed to harvesting of 4 types of shellfish in ‘unprecedented’ move after widespread...
The Spokesman-Review· 3 days agoOregon officials are barring all razor-clam, bay-clam and mussel harvesting along the state’s coast...
Shellfish harvesting closed along entire Oregon Coast
KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland· 3 days agoThe agencies said that illnesses consistent with paralytic shellfish poisoning have been reported from harvested bivalve shellfish. Samples also taken from the coast have ...
“Chicago on the Seine,” by Camille Bordas
The New Yorker· 1 day agoThe padded envelope contained Eva Glasper’s personal items, found at the restaurant where her heart had stopped. Maybe Eva Glasper was angry right now, which was the exact situation her daughter had feared, an angry ghost refusing her new quarters.
This TV movie from the 1980s helped change the course of the Cold War. Here’s how ‘The Day After’...
CNN.com· 11 hours agoEditor’s Note: The CNN Original Series “Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game” examines the tenuous global...
Fallout continues for wealthy St. Louis couple accused of poisoning neighbor’s trees
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 6 days agoAmelia Bond approached her neighbor Lisa Gorman two years ago and suggested the two split the cost...