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How to Spot Poison Ivy and Poison Oak
by
Robert Davis
Posted
Tue 27 Jul 2010 7:32am
and poison ivy or you could find your ball and a snake.
(I suppose you could find your ball, a snake and poison ivy, but you'd be one unlucky golfer.)
Even if you're not a golfer, you can probably find poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac lurking in a green patch near you. Here's how to identify the three and tell them apart from plants that don't
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National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: 10 Lead Poisoning Prevention Tips
by
Susan H.

Posted
Sun 24 Oct 2010 3:54am
It’s National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, and the California Poison Control System ( www.calpoison.org ) is warning consumers that lead can be found in a variety of products available to children.
“Lead poisoning is an important cause of learning disabilities, anemia, as well as growth problems, and children exposed to lead may have attention
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To Poison Myself on Wednesday—Or Not to Poison Myself on Wednesday
by
Rebecca ..
Posted
Fri 26 Mar 2010 7:53pm
After I posted my last blog entry about deciding to quit getting chemo to treat my sarcoidosis, I’ve been questioned by friends, family, and Chronic Town readers. “Are you going to get chemo next week?” was the one consistent response that I got from the piece.
It’s a good question. When I wrote “ Even I Have Limits ,” I made specific my ...
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Autism and Lead Poisoning
by
Harold L D.
Posted
Thu 11 Sep 2008 8:04pm
The focus on a mercury based preservative in some vaccines has taken public attention away from other commonly found toxic substances as possible causes, or contributing... to understand what causes autism. We know there are major toxic substances, including mercury and lead, polluting our environment. It would be foolish to ignore them as possible causes
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Childhood Poisoning
by
Yusuf
Posted
Sat 09 May 2009 12:00am
they themselves get access to it. Children are more sensitive to toxic substances because their bodies are far more fragile than those of adults; and once they have been poisoned... poisoning.
In conclusion
After understanding the basic nature of the child and how to handle toxic substances, the next responsibility of the adult is to rid the environment
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