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‘Caution! The Bread is Poisoned’: The Hong Kong Mass Poisoning of January 1857 [PDF]

, 2015
This article examines the Hong Kong mass poisoning of 15 January 1857, in which bread from a Chinese bakery that supplied the colonial community was adulterated with arsenic. Even though there is a wealth of printed and manuscript documentation available
Bartle G. F., Brock William. H., Burney Ian, Carroll John M., Choi Chi-Cheung, Clarke Nora. M., Cooke George Wingrove, Costin W. C., Eitel E. J., Empson Hal, Eugene McLaughlin, Gregory Martyn, Hacker Arthur, Hassall Arthur Hill, Herbert Christopher, Jarrett Vincent H. G., Kate Lowe, Legge James, Lethbridge Henry James, Lockwood S. C., Munn Christopher, Norton-Kyshe James, Smith Albert, Smith D. B., Steele Robert, Tsai Jung-fang, Vernon Ken, Watson Katherine D., White Barbara-Sue, Whorton J. C., Wong John C., Wong John C., Wood William Maxwell   +32 more
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The evaluation of total mercury and arsenic in skin bleaching creams commonly used in Trinidad and Tobago and their potential risk to the people of the Caribbean

Journal of Public Health Research, 2017
Background. Skin lightening is very popular among women and some men of the Caribbean, and its popularity appears to be growing. The lightening of skin colour is done to produce a lighter complexion which is believed to increase attractiveness, social ...
Terry Mohammed, Elisabeth Mohammed, Shermel Bascombe   +2 more
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Estimating Economic Health Costs of Not Controlling Toxic Water Pollution [PDF]

The purpose of this paper is to determine what types of information may be important in determining the welfare benefits of preventing toxic water contamination when a given type of toxification occurs (or is likely to occur) in a given setting.
Easter, K. William, Konishi, Yoshifumi
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Pesticides and the Environment [PDF]

, 1979
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Waldron, Acie C.
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Arsenic levels in humans and water sources for human consumption in Peru: A systematic review

South Sustainability
In Peru, the high toxicity of arsenic constitutes a public health issue; however, data on its presence in water and human biomarkers is limited. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize the evidence regarding reported arsenic levels in humans
Rocio Lorena Adama Victorio, Katherine Shirley Arango Chumpitazi, Rodrigo Vargas-Fernández, Fabriccio J. Visconti-Lopez, Daniel Comandé, Akram Hernández-Vásquez   +5 more
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THE EFFECTS OF THE MINING ACTIVITY OVER THE WATERS FROM JIU VALLEY [PDF]

The upper Jiu Valley, around Petrosani and Lupeni, is Romania�s principal coal mining region. Many miners feel that coal mining in Romania is a moribund industry that will never regain its position of significance. Environmental contaminants associated
Cristina BARBU
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Modelling for research on chemical control of mammals in New Zealand [PDF]

, 1974
Development of predictive formulae or qualitative statements about the probable outcome of control campaigns entails knowledge of bait quality and distribution, behaviour, vagaries of weather at the time of the control campaign, and other factors which ...
Batcheler, C. L., Bell, J.
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Arsenic – Poison or medicine?

Medycyna Pracy, 2016
Arsenic (As) is commonly known as a poison. Only a few people know that As has also been widely used in medicine. In the past years As and its compounds were used as a medicine for the treatment of such diseases as diabetes, psoriasis, syphilis, skin ulcers and joint diseases.
Karolina Kulik-Kupka, Aneta Koszowska, Anna Brończyk-Puzoń, Justyna Nowak, Katarzyna Gwizdek, Barbara Zubelewicz-Szkodzińska   +5 more
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Severe arsenic poisoning due to Ayurvedic supplements. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep, 2023
Hardin J, Seltzer J, Suhandynata R, Spiegel B, Silver R, Thomas D, Galust H, Friedman N, Clark R, Momper J.   +9 more
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Food safety [PDF]

Illness induced by unsafe food is a problem of great public health significance. This study relates exclusively to the occurrence of chemical agents which will result in food unsafe for human consumption since the matter of food safety is of paramount ...
Pier, S. M., Valentine, J. L.
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