Alice Hamilton was known for her “shoe leather” epidemiology — wearing out the soles of her shoes from all the trips to ...

A toxicologic syndrome, or toxidrome, is a distinct pattern of effects of poisoning. Well-defined toxidromes are ... dry as a bone, blind as a bat, mad as a hatter, and full as a flask’. Causal ...

Their toxicity led to rashes, respiratory issues and even fatal poisoning. Mercury, once essential in hat making, led to such severe neurological damage in hat makers that it inspired the phrase "mad ...

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Kennedy himself has experienced mercury poisoning from fish consumption. He has said he discovered "dangerous levels of mercury" in his blood after having "word retrieval problems and memory ...

After years of fighting for mercury poisoning redress, the Grassy Narrows First Nation broke ground on a mercury care home and wellness centre yesterday. Ninety per cent of the people of Grassy ...

"SNL" alum and Bergen County resident Tracy Morgan says food poisoning was to blame after he fell ill as he sat courtside during a New York Knicks game Monday night. Morgan, who recently returned ...

An unwanted referendum, without bipartisan support, to overturn the High Court? It is as mad an idea as I have heard in a long time. If it is indeed under consideration, that consideration should ...

Mercury retrograde complicates communication, travel, and technology, leading to misunderstandings, travel delays, and technical failures. It’s essential to manage expectations, back up ...

The planet in question is Mercury. Beginning now and running through the end of the second week of March, this somewhat overgrown version of the moon will have an evening appearance about as ...