Toxic debate over lab leak theory hampers search for Covid origins
US agencies cannot agree on how the pandemic started, with the scientific community bitterly divided. Source link
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Bethany Shipsey: Parents welcome toxic DNP reclassification to poison
The compound has killed several people and parents have campaigned for reclassification. Source link
Toxic slimming pill drug DNP to be declared poison
Families say the government has not acted quickly enough to prevent deaths from diet drug DNP. Source link
Southend hospital nurses quitting due to ‘toxic’ conditions
A whistleblower reveals nurses are quitting a hospital because they feel “helpless and unsupported”. Source link
Low-Level Exposure to Toxic Metals Affects Heart Health
Dec. 17, 2021 — People exposed to even low levels of certain toxic metals may increase their risk of atherosclerosis, the plaque buildup in the arteries that can cause strokes and heart attacks. A large study in Spain evaluated middle-aged people (97% of whom were male) working in an auto body factory to look for … Read more
How to Deal With Toxic Parents
Though she didn’t yet know the term “toxic,” Rashawnda James knew something was very off about her relationship with her mother when she was just 13 years old. “I realized that in the conversations at school that they were talking as though their parents were around a lot,” she says. James’s parent, a crack cocaine … Read more
Toxic Family Members: How to Deal With Them
Joe Aoleo moved from Rhode Island to Key West, FL, after retiring from his job as a firefighter/EMT. Aside from his quest for warm weather, he was relieved to get away from his family — all of them. “All of my siblings were controlling, never wrong, never apologizing, lying people,” Aoleo says. “There was no … Read more
Is Your Workplace ‘Toxic’?
Bad bosses, crazy co-workers, and low morale — they’re all parts of what psychologists call a “toxic” workplace. Everyone has a bad day on the job now and then, but the people and practices in some workplaces can make you dread Monday mornings and feel defeated at the end of each workday. If that describes … Read more
Congressional panel: Toxic Metals Found in Baby Foods
Feb. 4, 2021 — A congressional panel says major brands of commercial baby food routinely have high levels of toxic heavy metals such as mercury and arsenic. The House Oversight Committee’s panel says the FDA is not doing enough to regulate the products, leaving babies at risk for serious developmental and neurological problems. … Read more
Toxic Methanol in Hand Sanitizers: Poisonings Continue
Aug. 17, 2020 — As the FDA’s warning list about dangerous hand sanitizers containing methanol grows, another troubling trend has emerged. Some people are drinking the sanitizers to get an alcohol high. Others have believed a rumor, circulated online, that drinking the highly potent and toxic alcohol can disinfect the body, protecting them from COVID-19 … Read more