Should Alcoholic Beverages Have Cancer Warning Labels?
Ireland will require them starting in 2026, and there are nascent efforts elsewhere to add more explicit labeling about the health risks of drinking. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ted Alcorn Tags: your-feed-science Labeling and Labels (Product) Alcoholic Beverages International Trade and World Market Medicine and Health Hazardous and Toxic Substances Liquor Cancer Ireland your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news

I was put on an unfair PIP by a toxic boss. I fought back and won
Keeping receipts and querying the validity of a PIP helped this worker keep their job and get promoted. cienpies/ Getty Images When this store manager at L'Oreal was asked to meet with her manager and HR, alarm bells went off. She was put on a performance improvement plan she thought was unfair by…#pip #loreal (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Montana asbestos victims want Warren Buffett ’s railroad company held responsible for thousands exposed to toxic dust
An attorney for two people who died of a rare lung cancer argued on Monday for a jury to hold BNSF Railway responsible for pollution in a small Montana town near the U.S.-Canada border where thousands of people were exposed to toxic asbestos dust. The railroad — now owned by Warren Buffett’s…#bnsfrailway #montana #uscanada #warrenbuffetts #berkshirehathawayinc #libby #superfund #wrgraceco #thomaswells #oregon (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Are YOU unknowingly eating 'forever chemicals'? Shock study reveals up to 95% of fruit and vegetables sold in the UK contains toxic substances thought to cause cancer and damage the heart
A government testing programme checked fresh produce on sale in the UK, some of which had been imported from overseas. It found 95 per cent of strawberries contained PFAS. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Scientists Develop Vaccine Against Lethal Xylazine, Often Mixed With Street Drugs
MONDAY, April 8, 2024 (HealthDay news) -- A new vaccine might be able to block the toxic effects of the animal tranquilizer xylazine, which is being added to illicit drugs and increasing overdose risk.The vaccine trains the immune system to attack... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 8, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

An approach to the management of acute poisoning in emergency settings - Kaswa R.
The impact of poisoning can differ significantly depending on the specific substance consumed. Identifying toxic substances in a patient is crucial to obtaining a thorough medical history. Frontline healthcare providers in the emergency department often ha... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Butane-related deaths in post-mortem investigations: a systematic review - Iacoponi N, Del Duca F, Marcacci I, Occhipinti C, Napoletano G, Spadazzi F, La Russa R, Maiese A.
Volatile substance abuse is widespread among adolescents due to its easy availability and methods of consumption. Inhalant abuse represents a current problematic issue, causing significant morbidity and mortality due to direct toxicity on several target or... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Smartphone swabs as an emerging tool for toxicology testing: a proof-of-concept study in a nightclub - Willeman T, Grunwald J, Manceau M, Lapierre F, Krebs-Drouot L, Boudin C, Scolan V, Eysseric-Guerin H, Stanke-Labesque F, Revol B.
The objective of this study was to eval... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Chelation Therapy Provides No Benefit Post-MI Chelation Therapy Provides No Benefit Post-MI
Chelation therapy to remove potentially toxic levels of lead was not associated with a reduction in CV events in post-MI patients with diabetes in the TACT2 trial.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - April 7, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news

Can You Guess Which New EPA Rule Offers $13 Billion in Annual Health Benefits?
(MedPage Today) -- I grew up in a majority immigrant community in Baltimore with large-scale factories and several major highways surrounding us. Breathing in toxic pollution and diesel was part of living in my neighborhood. In fact, we knew the... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 7, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news

‘Quiet On Set’ Filmmakers Discuss Response To Docuseries, Upcoming Episode 5 & “Continuing To Explore” Toxic Kids TV
This post contains details from the first four episodes of ID’s documentary series Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. A little over a year and a half ago, producers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz began to have some questions about kids television. More specifically, about the heyday of…#maryrobertson #emmaschwartz #nickelodeon #danschneider #drakebell #giovonniesamuels #alexanikolas #bryanhearne #bell #jasonsarlanis (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

J & J Begins Another Trial Over Claims Its Talc Causes Cancer
Phil and Bernard Matthey’s wrongful death lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson has headed to trial. The suit claims the company is responsible for selling asbestos-contaminated baby powder that caused the death of the plaintiffs’ mother. Patricia Matthey died from ovarian cancer at the age of 72 In 2019. The Mattheys’ lawsuit notes their mother had used J&J’s talc-based product for most of her life.  Attorney for the plaintiffs, Lance Oliver, told the jury that Patricia Matthey applied baby powder to her body 41,000 times over the course of 50 years. He also told the jury that J&J continued sel...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - April 5, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Travis Rodgers Tags: Asbestos (general) Asbestos Exposure Companies johnson Legal Mesothelioma talc Talcum Powder Source Type: news

The acute toxicity of Novichok's degradation products using quantitative and qualitative toxicology in silico methods - Noga M, Michalska A, Jurowski K.
This study focuses on the degradation produc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

States work to ban period products containing toxic PFAS after 2023 report
California, Vermont and Colorado push for ban after slow federal response to research finding forever chemicals in period products State lawmakers in California, Vermont and Colorado are working to ban the sale of period products containing highly toxic “forever chemicals”, or PFAS, nearly a year…#vermont #colorado #pfas (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Monitoring the use of novel psychoactive substances in Australia by wastewater-based epidemiology - Jaunay EL, Bade R, Paxton KR, Nadarajan D, Barry DC, Zhai Y, Tscharke BJ, O'Brien JW, Mueller J, White JM, Simpson BS, Gerber C.
Users of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) are at risk, due to limited information about the toxicity and unpredictable effects of these compounds. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been used as a tool to provide insight into NPS use at the populat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news