Were Our Pets Deliberately Poisoned?

julie submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (www.sciam.com)

"A month after the the probe into the poisoning of pet food began, government officials announced this week that a second contaminant had been found in protein additives that have sickened or killed hundreds of dogs and cats. The announcement came on the heels of another devastating discovery: that batches of rice protein concentrate used in pet food were also laced with the first known culprit, melamine, a nitrogen-based compound used in commercial and industrial plastics

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Seafood Poisoning Rises With global Warming

broadcast submitted, created time 1 year 9 months (www.examiner.com)

Experts estimate that up to 50,000 people worldwide suffer ciguatera poisoning each year, with more than 90 percent of cases unreported. Scientists say the risks are getting worse, because of damage that pollution and global warming are inflicting on the coral reefs where many fish species feed. They accumulate the toxic chemical in their bodies from eating smaller fish that graze on the poisonous algae. When oceans are warmed by the greenhouse effect and fouled by toxic runoff, coral reefs are damaged and poison algae thrives. Consumers stopped buying barracuda after the ciguatera outbreak

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Seafood Poisoning Rises With Warming

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"Bowls of piping hot barracuda soup were the much-anticipated treat when the Roa family gathered for a casual and relaxing Sunday meal."

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hand gel poisoning

badboy submitted, created time 1 year 11 months (www.msnbc.msn.com)

At least two people have become intoxicated by drinking hand-sanitizing gels

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Diet and Cancer: Rich French food may have killed Napoleon

captainclaw submitted, created time 1 year 11 months (www.abc.net.au)

A scientific study has cleared the British of murdering Napoleon, declaring instead that he was killed by stomach cancer, and French military food was a possible cause.
The paper, by Robert Genta, a professor of pathology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, goes further. It delves into Napoleon's medical history, his family background and his diet.
Nearly 186 years after Napoleon's death, we still believe the enduring myth in France that the British poisoned Napoleon while he was exiled on the island of St Helena, wherehe died in 1821 at the age of 51

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