Poisons and Toxins Substances that cause illness or death in living things. A poison is a chemical that causes some dysfunction, or toxic reaction, in a person or other living thing. By definition, a toxin is a poisonous chemical of biological origin,...

A poison is a compound that produces a deleterious change on or in the body. There are a large number of known poisons, with a myriad of effects. Toxicity is a general term used to indicate adverse effects produced by poisons. These adverse effects can...

A substance that, when introduced into the body in relatively small quantities, causes destruction or malfunction of some tissues and organs. Depending on the quantity in the body (the dose), a poison can kill. The word poison usually implies that a...

A poison embitters much sweetness. (English) Another man’s poison is not necessarily yours. (English) Control poison with poison. (Japanese) Deadly poisons are concealed under sweet honey. (Roman) Do not drink poison to quench a thirst. (Arabian)...

In the context of biology, poisons are substances that can cause damage, illness, or death to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism. Paracelsus, the father...

Dennis Slaugh and his brother were riding all-terrain vehicles when they noticed what looked like a survey stake, marking federal land in Utah's rugged Cowboy Canyon.Curious, Slaugh touched the stake, and it exploded, spewing a cloud of sodium cyanide in his face and chest. Slaugh,...

The International Tennis Federation is investigating allegations that Tommy Haas was poisoned before Germany's Davis Cup match against Russia.Haas was forced out of his match against Mikhail Youzhny with a suspected stomach virus. Russia won both reverse singles matches on Sept. 23 to win the...

Food Poisoning in cruises...   Cruise-ship outbreaks of infectious diseases demonstrate how easily germs can be transmitted from person to person in a closed environment, resulting in large numbers of passengers affected.    The continuation of these outbreaks on consecutive cruises with new passengers and the...

Sulfuric acid leaked into the water supply from a chemical factory in central China, poisoning at least 26 villagers who have been admitted to hospital with nausea and swollen faces, authorities said Thursday.An underground pipe broke at the factory — part of the Xiaoping coal...