Fatal iron tablet aspiration: importance of early diagnosis and forensic pathologist awareness - Hojberg Y, Abdeljaber M, Milewski Y, deJong J, Prahlow JA.
Pill aspiration is a significant source of foreign body aspiration in the United States and can occur without swallowing dysfunction or illness. Consequences depend on various factors, such as the pill's chemical composition, size, and diagnostic delay. As... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Drowning, Suffocation Source Type: news

New Zealand Clinical Laboratories to Undergo Health and Safety Checks after Workers Contract Typhoid, Others Exposed to Chemicals
This comes on top of months of strikes by NZ medical laboratory workers seeking fair pay and safe working conditions Te Whatu Ora (aka, Health New Zealand, the country’s publicly funded healthcare system) recently ordered health and safety checks at multiple clinical laboratories in 18 districts across the country. This action is the result of […] The post New Zealand Clinical Laboratories to Undergo Health and Safety Checks after Workers Contract Typhoid, Others Exposed to Chemicals appeared first on Dark Daily. (Source: Dark Daily)
Source: Dark Daily - March 15, 2024 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jillia Schlingman Tags: Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice International Laboratory News Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Resources anatomic pathology Apex Awanui Brian Raill Canterbury Health Laboratories CHL clinical la Source Type: news

Child health during war and disasters: building resilience - Scales SE, Scales E, Guha-Sapir D.
Children face unique risks resulting from disasters and conflicts. Broadly, complex emergencies create new and augment existing health risks to children. Direct, conflict-related injuries and deaths - such as those resulting from exposure to chemical weapo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

EPA tightens limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, citing cancer risk
The Environmental Protection Agency is imposing stricter limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment after finding a higher-than-expected cancer risk at facilities that use ethylene oxide to clean billions of devices including catheters and syringes. A rule finalized Thursday will…#epa #michaelregan #scienceonhealthrisks #haroldwimmer #daryaminovi #blackandbrown #midwest #laredo #missouri #xavierbecerra (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

EPA tightens limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, citing cancer risk
The Environmental Protection Agency is imposing stricter limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment after finding a higher-than-expected cancer risk at facilities that use ethylene oxide to clean billions of devices including catheters an... (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

There Are Multiple Child Asthma Triggers in Dirty Air
THURSDAY, March 14, 2024 -- There ' s a toxic stew of chemicals in polluted air that can all trigger asthma attacks in kids, new research shows. Also, where a child lives -- for example, near factories or highways -- greatly influences how much... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 14, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Lanxess shares slide as German chemicals company forecasts moderate improvement from ‘crisis’ year
Shares of Lanxess slumped in early action Thursday, after the German chemical company said this year won’t be that much better than one marked by multiple crises.#lanxess (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A waterworld with a boiling ocean and the end of dark matter? The week in science – podcast
Ian Sample and science correspondent Hannah Devlin discuss some of the science stories that have made headlines this week, from a new theory challenging the existence of dark matter to an alarming study about the possible impact of microplastics on our health and a glimpse of a ‘waterworld with a boiling ocean’ deep in spaceContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 14, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Ian Sample with Hannah Devlin; produced by Madeleine Finlay; sound design by Tony Onuchukwu Tags: Science Astronomy James Webb space telescope Physics Chemistry Plastics Health Medical research Environment Society Source Type: news

VA Benefits Now Available to Millions of Veterans
VA health care benefits are now available to millions more veterans in one of the largest expansions of coverage in the U.S. The inclusion of significantly more veterans compared to past bills comes at the direction of President Joe Biden. Veterans Who Now Qualify Veterans of the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Global War on Terror or any other combat zone after 9/11. Service members who were exposed to any toxins or other hazards during service at home or abroad. Those who were never deployed but were exposed while training or on active duty in the U.S. Benefits cover exposure to asbesto...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - March 13, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Travis Rodgers Tags: Asbestos (general) Asbestos Exposure Cancer Center Doctors/Specialists Treatment Veterans Source Type: news

From Trash To Treasure: New Method Turns Electronic Waste Into Gold
Transforming base materials into gold was one of the elusive goals of the alchemists of yore. Now Professor Raffaele Mezzenga from the Department of Health Sciences and Technology at ETH Zurich has accomplished a modern parallel to this quest. While he hasn’t changed one chemical element into gold…#raffaelemezzenga #ethzurich #ethereum #mohammadpeydayesh #mezzengasgroup #advancedmaterials #goldrecovery #enricoboschi #felixdonat (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sharon Stone Says ‘Sliver’ Producer Robert Evans Told Her to Have Sex With Co-Star Because ‘Then We’d Have Chemistry’ and ‘That Would Save the Movie’
Sharon Stone said on the latest episode of “The Louis Theroux Podcast” that producer Robert Evans advised her to have sex with co-star Billy Baldwin in order to save their film, “Sliver.” The 1993 thriller from director Phillip Noyce starred Stone as a book editor who moves into an exclusive New…#sharonstone #louistherouxpodcast #robertevans #billybaldwin #phillipnoyce #stone #newyorkcity #avagardner #billybaldwins #evans (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Ladybug becomes powerful foe after ‘stealing’ toxins from invasive insect
In a thicket of prickly pear cacti near Valencia, Spain, a troop of predatory ants moves in for the kill. But their target—the white, shaggy-coated larva of a ladybug known as the mealybug ladybird ( Cryptolaemus montrouzieri )—is far from defenseless. As the ants mount their attack, the juvenile beetle tenses its muscles and expels a drop of bright red fluid. Called hemolymph, the substance is chock-full of carminic acid, a toxic chemical that grants the liquid a bloodlike hue and prompts the ants to abandon their assault. Now, new research has shown that C. montrouzieri larvae “steal...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 12, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

Rigorous Detection of Nitrosamine Contaminants in Metformin Products: Balancing Product Safety and Product Accessibility
Nitrosamines are a class of chemicals that commonly occur as impurities in water, beverages, and foods (particularly in cured and grilled meats). Although nitrosamines are generally regarded to be carcinogenic, small amounts of exposure are not considered to be harmful. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - March 12, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news

One in 10 high schoolers have used dangerous 'diet weed' linked to thousands of poisonings, NIH report suggests
Over one in 10 high school seniors uses delta-8 THC, commonly known as 'diet weed', which contains a similar psychoactive chemical as the one in marijuana, a first-time analysis found. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Alarm over forever chemicals as scientists find 'clear' proof the toxic chemicals lurking in our blood can harm the heart
Latest evidence by Dutch and German researchers suggests the impact of PFAS in the blood could be even greater than suspected. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news