Fox dies in owner's arms after Ohio train crash releases toxic gas
An Ohio resident's exotic animals are suffering a week after a train derailment caused a chemical spill of vinyl chloride. The train derailment last week in East Palestine caused a massive fire and concerns over a possible explosion that would further release toxic gases and chemicals. The train…#ohio #eastpalestine #epa #wfmj #taylorholzer #holzer #highlandheights (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ohio train derailment: What are the risks of toxic vinyl chloride?
For people living near the train accident in East Palestine, Ohio, the risks include breathing toxic fumes and possible water contamination. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - February 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anna Phillips Source Type: news
Salt poisoning due to inadequate infant formula preparation: a rare cause of hypernatremia and massive cerebral hemorrhage in a newborn - Kakoo Brioso E, Moscoso J, Vieira F, Salazar A, Tuna M.
We present the case of a newborn admitted to a pe... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Liver disease and environmental exposures
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/large/public/2018/9/science-highlights/liver/thumb853569.jpg?itok=HZgz6wx0" /><br /><p>Matthew Cave, M.D., discussed links between liver diseases and exposures to chemicals, such as vinyl chloride, in an NIEHS seminar.</p>
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Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - February 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
How one mom headed off a drug shortage
Early this year, even before the national shortage of infant formula or a demand-driven shortfall of pain medications for kids, children's hospitals began to worry about looming shortages of two critical medications for premature infants: sodium chloride and potassium chloride. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - December 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Suicidal intoxication with mercury chloride - Majdanik S, Potocka-Banas B, Glowinski S, Luzny S.
PURPOSE: Poisoning with elemental metals and metallic compounds was much more frequent in the past, and was related, among other things, to lifestyle and the lack of appropriate toxicological diagnostics. One example is mercury, which is being gradually el... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news
Hypochloremia As a Novel Adverse Prognostic Factor in ALF Hypochloremia As a Novel Adverse Prognostic Factor in ALF
Acute liver failure is frequently complicated by electrolyte abnormalities. Might serum chloride be an independent prognostic factor in ALF?Liver International (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Gastroenterology Journal Article Source Type: news
Reconstruction and fire risk assessment of arc-tracking at a plug-outlet connection point - Okamoto K, Nakagawa M, Fujimoto J, Ichikawa T, Yamasaki H, Kashiwagi N, Honma M.
In this study, a phenol resin with low tracking re... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
A fatal case-report of barium chloride toxicity - Copeland CS, Rock KL, Pinhal A, Chapman RC, Chilcott RP.
Barium is an alkaline earth metal whose toxicity is dictated by its compounded salt form: barium sulphate is insoluble and safe to ingest, but other barium salts (chloride, carbonate, sulphide, oxide, acetate) are bioavailable and therefore toxic when inge... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news
For Camp Lejeune Victims Exposed to Toxic Water, a New Law Promises Compensation —and Closure
Many of Ann Johnson’s life milestones were marked at Camp Lejeune, a sprawling U.S. Marine Corps base camp on the North Carolina coast. She moved to the base in 1982, when her stepfather was stationed there. In 1983, she graduated from Camp Lejeune High School. In 1984, she got married and, at the age of 18, gave birth to her first child at the on-base hospital.
Johnson had a difficult pregnancy, gaining 120 pounds due to a complication that leads to excess amniotic fluid. In retrospect, she says, this was the first sign that something was wrong. Then, on the day her daughter, Jacquetta, was born, she didn’t cr...
Source: TIME: Health - November 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Balanced Crystalloid Fluids Surpass Saline for Kidney Transplant Balanced Crystalloid Fluids Surpass Saline for Kidney Transplant
Low chloride, balanced-crystalloid IV fluid led to significantly fewer delayed graft function events compared with saline in a multicenter trial of patients getting a deceased-donor kidney transplant.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - November 16, 2022 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
Effect of the current on the fire characteristics of overloaded polyvinyl chloride copper wires - Li Z, Lin Q, Li Y, Lyu H, Wang H, Sun J.
In this study, the fire behavior variation of unenergized polyvinyl chloride (PVC) copper wires subjected to overload with different currents was investigated by a cone calorimeter. Overload currents were selected from 1 times safe-rated current (I(e)) to ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Enhanced effectiveness of silver diamine fluoride application with light curing on natural dentin carious lesions: an in vitro study
In conclusion, shortened application time with ligh t curing enhanced SDF remineralization similarly to the conventional method. (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
Source: Dental Technology Blog - November 10, 2022 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Mouthwash with 'cetylpyridinium chloride' could 'kill' Covid in 'minutes' - do you use it?
The research makes a strong case for adding it to your dental regime this winter. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Long-term impacts of impervious surface cover change and roadway deicing agent application on chloride concentrations in exurban and suburban watersheds - Rossi ML, Kremer P, Cravotta CA, Scheirer KE, Goldsmith ST.
Roadway deicing agents, including rock salt and brine containing NaCl, have had a profound impact on the water quality and aquatic health of rivers and streams in urbanized areas with temperate climates. Yet, few studies evaluate impacts to watersheds char... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 22, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
