Poisonings

So, the best prevention against mushroom poisonings is to assume that all wild mushrooms are unsafe to eat. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The most common way DEET causes poisonings is through the skin. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The government has called the poisonings a "Level 1" food safety incident and formed an emergency team to grapple with the fallout, the Xinhua news agency reported. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Others had been given less complex but nevertheless highly damaging tasks by their SB handlers such as poisonings and sabotage of valuable equipment. ❋ Unknown (1980)

The central government has called the poisonings a "Level 1″ food safety incident and formed an emergency team to grapple with the fall-out, the official Xinhua news agency reported. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Presently, it is believed that carbon monoxide binds to cytochrome oxidase and consequently, disrupts the mitochondrial respiratory enzyme system. 5,8-11 Experimental studies seem to indicate that delivery of CO dissolved in the serum to the cells, and not blockage of oxygen transport by the COHb bond, is perhaps more important in the sequence of pathological events of the poisoning. 3,14 Although in severe poisonings, all factors may contribute to the outcome of the case. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The financier, the target of an attempted machine-gunning and failed poisonings in the past, is down to his last business deal. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The RSPB, which compiled the bird death figures, said it was likely that the recorded poisonings – mostly discovered by chance by walkers – were a fraction of the true number. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Many of the poisonings reported to the Center may have been preventable if children and their parents or guardians were aware of the common dangers in and around their home. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Most accidental poisonings involve children under 6 years of age and occur in the home. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When health officials identified an outbreak of salmonella poisonings last summer, they traced the dangerous strain of salmonella to ground beef made at Beef Packers Inc., a major supplier to the National School Lunch Program. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Over half of these poisonings involve common household products such as cosmetics and plants. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Reduce the number of accidental poisonings among children ages 3 to 6 in our service area ❋ Unknown (2010)

Children under the age of 6 are the most frequent victims of poisonings. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Most hospitals have the capability to rapidly determine COHb levels in suspected CO poisonings. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Children are the most frequent victims of poisonings — the majority of our calls involve children 6 years of age or younger. ❋ Unknown (2010)