Toxicology

Power of Poison review: venomous creatures and poisonous tales

A new exhibition highlights the history, science and fiction of poisons.…

Pharmacists often fear complaints

I write in response to Adam Pattison Rathbone’s blog ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2015;294: 385), where he describes a colleague referring a minor paracetamol overdose in a child to accident and emergency. Perhaps the pharmacist referred the patient bec…

Possible new antivenom from one of the oldest surviving mammal families

Opossums have a naturally high level of immunity to certain types of snake venom. The opossum peptide responsible for this immunity has potential as an antivenom.…

Assessing suspected food poisoning cases in the UK

With more than 20,000 patients hospitalised in the UK each year because of food poisoning, quick assessment is essential.…

Mixed results for heavy metal emissions from e-cigarettes

Emission of two toxic heavy metals – chromium and nickel – is significantly higher with e-cigarettes than with normal cigarettes, research shows.…