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Arsenic is a naturally occurring element that leaches into water from surrounding rock and soil. However, its presence can also be intensified by industrial pollutants, which can elevate levels in ...
The Poison Book How crime writers turned pharmaceutical regulations into plot points. Show more ... 25 June 2025 Available now 40 minutes ...
Arsenic has been found in hair as early as thirty hours and as late as nine years after ingestion of the poison. 21 Normal values have ranged from 0.025 to 0.088 mg. per 100 gm. of hair 22 ...
In her new book, "Murderland," Caroline Fraser argues that the rise of these criminals has deep roots in the release of ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A woman who was a scientist for a drug company admitted in court Monday that she conspired with her lover five years ago to fatally poison her husband, a pediatric AIDS ...
A 36-year-old chiropractor allegedly laced his wife's pills with lead during their divorce, hospitalizing her for months while claiming he too was a victim of poisoning.
DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - The jury was released for the day around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday after deliberating the fate of a Morgan County man for almost two hours. The jury has been deciding if Brian Mann is ...
The salient facts in the present phase of this problem are as follows: the arsenic content of American-tobacco cigarettes increased in twenty years from an average of 12.6 microgm. per cigarette ...
“Poison ivy vine can look hairy because of the roots trying to grab onto what it's growing on. So Mary Jane Dockery came up with, 'a hairy rope. Don't be a dope'.” ...
If the radiation barrier is down, everyone in the base will be getting radiation poisoning, so if you notice someone suddenly has that status, the first thing to check is that the barrier is working.
What they're saying: The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation announced the charges against 43-year-old Paul VanDuyne and 41-year-old Andrea Whitaker – both of Madison.