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Listed are the posts for April 28, 2009.
Plastic has become increasingly common, one might say all-pervasive, since the end of World War Two. The chemically susceptible person, however, should try to avoid unnecessary exposure to plastics wherever possible. The sources of plastics are explored in Chapter 6. As a simple preventive measure, one should go through one’s house and make all obvious [...]
While petting frogs is a harmless childhood activity, handling toads can be dangerous, the New England Journal of Medicine (314:1517) reports, since the skin of some types of toad secretes a poison which, when conveyed to the mouth, causes drooling, convulsive seizures, and serious disturbances of the heart rhythm. The Colorado River toad is the [...]
Emergency symptoms: Apply emergency treatment immediately.
Important: A child with heatstroke who does not revive within minutes after treatment is in danger and requires immediate emergency care.
Symptoms: feeling that lungs and muscles are “on fire”, dry mouth, breathing difficulty, dizziness, nausea blurred vision, hot, dry skin, high fever, absence of sweating.
Emergency treatment
1. Call for emergency help [...]