Living next to hydrothermal vents that spew toxic water rich in heavy metals and sulfuric acid gives the worms an odd flavor.
and toxic plants. 8 Strange Things Scientists Have tasted Party ice At camps on sea ice scientists drink their study subject
Also in the nonedible category are toxic plants. Denise Dearing a biologist at the University of Utah studies how herbivores deal with toxins from plants such as creosote juniper and alpine avens a wildflower.
I usually taste all the toxic plants that my wood rats and pikas eat. They are usually unworthy of a second tasting Dearing said.
Mammoth straddles the line between digestible and disgusting. The stories of people eating mammoth go back more than 100 years
what sort of toxins or allergens might be present in poorly studied deep-living species said Brad Seibel a marine biologist at the University of Rhode island.
What Is Poisonous Gas? Updated on Friday Aug 30 at 10:15 a m. ET. Reports that the Syrian government has used poisonous gas against rebels in that country's civil insurrection have prompted the Obama administration to consider military action against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
Though these reports have yet to be confirmed many experts say the videos and photographs from Syria showing dead and injured people would be difficult to fake.
Senior White house officials have evidence that the poison used was sarin gas the Wall street journal reports.
The Syrian government however has denied consistently all allegations of the use of poisonous gas or other chemical weapons.
Poisonous gas has a long grim history of use in warfare. In the ancient Syrian city of Dura-Europos the remains of about 20 soldiers from A d. 256 were discovered by archaeologists in 1930.
The 10 Most Outrageous Military Experiments The use of poisonous gas and other chemical weapons was banned by the Geneva Protocol following World war i sometimes referred to as the chemists'war during
Effects of nerve agents Because the alleged poisonous gas attacks in Syria are unconfirmed it can't be determined
what type of poisonous gas (if any) is being used. However Dr. Khaled al-Doumi director of a medical center near the site of the alleged attack told Al Jazeera Medically speaking the symptoms indicate that poisoning was a result of phosphorous compounds that could be caused by organic insecticides or sarin gas.
Sarin gas is a man-made lethal toxin with no color taste or odor; it can be inhaled
Mustard gas stockpiles According to the BBC Syria also has large stockpiles of mustard gas recognized as a poisonous gas since the 19th century.
Mustard gas is a relatively slow-acting toxin and symptoms of exposure may take up to 24 hours to develop.
There are a number of other chemical agents that could be used as poisonous gas from chlorine gas
Many international observers believe it could be years before the extent of poisonous gas used in Syria
and how they metabolize nutrients and toxins. The food and water animals consume leave chemical signatures (biomarkers) in their tissues;
A 2010 studyâ in the British Medical Journal found that the scarce evidence indicates the existence of various toxic and carcinogenic compounds albeit in possibly much smaller concentrations than in traditional cigarettes.
Extremely high doses seemed to cause testicular atrophy and toxicity. Yikes! If you do decide to hop on the latest bandwagon
There they inject venom and digestive enzymes into their mother to kill her and subsequently feast on the remains.
if their efforts result in grandkids researchers say. 8. Frog taxi service The strawberry poison arrow frog pulls out all the stops
Thar Hills--And Toxic Mercury (ISNS) --When gold was discovered in California in 1849 the miners were confronted with a problem:
and the poisonous mercury is now slowly making its way toward the fruit and nut orchards and the rice fields of California s lush Central Valley America s food basket according to new research by a team
The dams left a legacy of toxic sediment piled up behind their walls as well as reshaped the landscape.
which is toxic only when present close to the ground may have a similar effect on floral volatiles the researchers said.
#Will poisoned Mice Solve Guam's Snake Problem? In a desperate bid to reduce Guam's population of poisonous brown tree snakes officials with the U s. Department of agriculture believe they've hit on a foolproof plan:
airdropping dead mice onto the Pacific island. It gets weirder: Before the airdrop the dead mice will have stuffed their bodies with Tylenol (acetaminophen)
which is toxic to the snakes according to the Guardian. Wait it gets weirder still. Each mouse will be fitted with a tiny parachute
That will also reduce the risk that the dead mice will poison other animals. The brown tree snake a native of Australia Papua new guinea
Though poisonous the invasive specie's venom isn't lethal to humans. But the snakes have wreaked havoc on the ecosystem of Guam decimating the island's native bird population.
Just 68 snakes out of several thousand according to ABC News. The poison-mouse trick has been used before in Guam:
With no evidence of infectious diseases or deadly toxins in whale tissue samples scientists are scrambling to determine a cause of death.
It also helps flush out toxins in kidneys and prevent kidney stones. Asparagus is high in fiber with 2 grams of insoluble fiber and 1 gram of soluble fiber per cup.
In higher concentrations quercetin becomes toxic to cancer cells. One recent study from The netherlands showed that people who ate onions absorbed twice as much quercetin as those who drank tea and more than three times as much quercetin as those who ate apples
They initiate detoxification by forming the basis for glutathione helps the liver process toxins. Digestion The fiber in onions promotes good digestion
but it also may stir up toxic metals such as mercury. The San francisco Bay is contaminated with mercury due to mining in California's mountains starting in the 1800s.
but because eucalyptus leaves are laced with a toxin the koalas can eat only a limited amount before the toxin harms the animals Kearney said.
In what started out as a middle school science project scientists discovered that erythritol the main ingredient in the artificial sweetener Truvia is toxic to fruit flies.
The next step was to determine what part of the sweetener was causing the toxic effect. Erythritol is the main ingredient in Truvia
and the scientists suspected it might be the toxin. The researchers gave flies food with Truvia Pure Via pure erythritol or sucrose (table sugar.
if erythritol is toxic to any other insects. The study is published today (June 4) in the journal PLOS ONE.
Males have a spur on the back of their hind feet that is connected to a venom-secreting gland.
More venom is secreted during mating season leading researchers to think that the spurs and venom help males compete for mates according to the Australian Platypus Conservatory.
The venom is not life threatening to humans but it can cause severe swelling and excruciating pain.
A typical platypus is 15 inches (38 centimeters from its head to the end of its rump.
Farmers and ranchers have tried controlling the population with poisons guns and traps but the populations are still growing according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
It's not toxic to the ticks Mather told Live Science. They still can scurry across a DEET-treated surface
The Amazing Arachnids of the World They possess no venom glands and many species are said quite passive Eileen Hebets a biology researcher at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who studies amblypygids.
In addition while their bite might hurt their venom is not lethal to humans. The Goliath bird-eating tarantula is big
It's a complex product of evolution that packs a powerful combination of delicate beauty and poisonous self-defense.
or how much poison you spray or how much water you pump. Though it saddened my father when
It seems to overlook the fact that many of the most important classes of prescription drugs like ACE inhibitors for high blood pressure (first developed from Brazilian snake venom) beta blockers (from hallucinogenic Mexican fungi)
In this state it is toxic to humans and can lead to severe diarrhea and vomiting.
Potato stems branches leaves and fruits are toxic containing alkaloids such as arsenic chaconine and solanine.
Solanine is very toxic even in small amounts according to the NIH. Poison is also found in green potatoes.
The vegetables turn green if they have had too much exposure to light. According to the NIH you should never eat potatoes that are spoiled or green below the skin.
which only becomes toxic when encountered in abnormally high concentrations. Milton who is skeptical of the benefits just sees an enjoyable toxin.
She has her own theory on the human attraction to ethanol. Unlike our primate relatives humans have no innate nutritional wisdom that tells us what to consume she said.
</p><p>When the babies are around a month old the mother spider rolls over on her back allowing the spiderlings to clamber over her kill her by injecting their venom
</p><p>The teensy female poison arrow frog literally goes above and beyond when taking on the duties of motherhood.
and watching them hatch the strawberry poison arrow frog carries her tadpoles one by one on her back from the rain forest floor up into trees as high as 100 feet.
The mother strawberry poison arrow frog then feeds each of her young with her own unfertilized eggs over the course of six to eight weeks
and release poisons called mycotoxins into the food that could over time make you very sick.
The tips of the hyphae also release the mycotoxins which are released probably to ward off competitors.
So wherever the mycelia go in search of nutrients toxins may also be found. The extent of spread of the mycelium is not always visible
You re unlikely to experience any immediate symptoms from ingestion of mycotoxin-contaminated foods. Ongoing exposure increases the chances of a range of diseases including include kidney liver
Not all molds on foods will produce mycotoxins or produce them at harmful levels but without a microscope and laboratory its hard to distinguish the dangerous and harmless ones.
and producing mycotoxins. The same is true for porous foods such as bread and cakes where the hyphae can penetrate.
But exposure to toxins and to diseases also play a part based on numerous studies. Gut microbes very plausibly play a role in host resistance to these things and also in improving nutrition.
But photosynthesizing bacteria used up CO2 and produced poisonous to those bacteria oxygen (O2) that eventually filled the atmosphere.
or alleviate gastrointestinal disorders. Though some people drink buttermilk straight cooks also often add it to recipes in place of milk sour cream or other dairy products.
However these chemicals are known to be toxic to humans and should be used with caution according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
If you choose to use a chemical treatment for lice be sure to follow dosing instructions correctly
Vitamin b12 supplements are said also to protect against the poisons in tobacco smoke. Some people use Vitamin b12 supplements to help treat male infertility sleep disorders depression inflammatory bowel disease asthma multiple sclerosis allergies and the skin condition vitiligo.
Some species in that family called cherry millipedes can release hydrogen cyanide a poisonous chemical when disturbed by predators.
PTC is a little bit toxic so beware of taste and smell scientists such as Fox approaching you
because poisonous things are usually bitter. At least one study suggests that supertasters do indeed eat fewer bitter vegetables.
Methyl mercury is a toxic chemical that can pass through the placenta and can be harmful to an unborn baby's developing brain kidneys and nervous system.
As Americans grapple with a long string of meat recalls periodic episodes of food-poisoning outbreaks that sicken many
Cobra is the common name for a group of poisonous snakes in Africa and Southern Asia.
because they possess hoods poisonous fangs and the ability to raise the upper part of their body.
Cobras are Elapids a type of poisonous snake with hollow fangs fixed to the top jaw at the front of the mouth.
Many species have potent neurotoxic venom which attacks the nervous system of the prey leading to respiratory paralysis if untreated.
Some cobras including all spitting cobras have cytotoxic venom that attacks body tissue and causes severe pain swelling and possible necrosis (death of cells and tissue).
Spitting cobras also have the ability to shoot venom from their fangs directly into the eyes of the victim with terrifying accuracy.
Venom in the eyes can lead to blindness if not washed out well. These 18-footers are the longest of all venomous snakes.
Though there are other snakes with more potent venom the amount of neurotoxin that a king cobra can emit in one bite is enough to kill 20 people or one elephant.
and can be ingested toxic if e
#Can Animals Be Too Happy, or Have Too much Fun?(Op-Ed) Marc Bekoff emeritus professor at the University of Colorado Boulder is one of the world's pioneering cognitive ethologists a Guggenheim Fellow and cofounder with Jane Goodall of Ethologists for the Ethical
and it is Africa s biggest poisonous snake. This snake s potential danger has been the subject of many African myths
Their venom is potentially lethal and though antivenom exists it is not widely available in the black mamba s native habitat of southern and eastern Africa.
Mambas are slender agile and active with smooth scales and powerful venom. They all live throughout Sub-saharan africa.
Just two drops of potent black mamba venom can kill a human. Black mambas have a neurotoxic venom
which shuts down the nervous system and paralyzes victims. Without antivenom the fatality rate from a black mamba bite is 100 percent.
The World's 6 Deadliest Snakes The other mamba species are all smaller and slightly less venomous than the black mamba though still very poisonous.
Those toxins and pounds of festering impacted fecal matter? They don't exist. With each cleansing you are flushing away beneficial bacteria and electrolytes.
There are no toxins in the colon that get absorbed in the blood to cause disease.
These toxins now reside in a virtual form on the Internet on hydrotherapy websites promoting well nothing but crap.
Probably not because polyacetylenes are quite toxic in high concentrations. In the small quantities found in carrots we think they may be beneficial.
which can release cyanide a powerful poison when it comes into contact with digestive enzymes.
but if you chew the seeds you may be exposed to the toxins. One or two will not be harmful as the body can handle small doses of cyanide
Weight-Loss Supplement May be Toxic to Some The use of Garcinia cambogia a popular weight-loss supplement may pose health risks to people who are taking certain antidepressants a recent case report suggests.
The woman's symptoms were characteristic of serotonin toxicity a drug reaction that occurs when levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin are too high.
After the woman was given medication for serotonin toxicity and spent a few days at the hospital her symptoms subsided
which also cause serotonin levels to rise could lead to serotonin toxicity said Hendrickson a toxicologist at the Department of Emergency Medicine of Oregon Health and Sciences University.
And one study in rats suggested that extremely high doses of Garcinia may cause testicular atrophy and toxicity.
The woman in the case report had been diagnosed previously with serotonin toxicity while she was taking a different kind of antidepressant.
Therefore her doctor attributed her first case of serotonin toxicity to her first antidepressant and switched her to another one.
Then she developed her second case of toxicity for which Hendrickson saw her. The question is
if there are a lot more people with this toxicity. The researchers said they cannot be absolutely sure that it was indeed the use of Garcinia that caused the patient to develop serotonin toxicity.
Another potential but less likely trigger of the reaction could have been the SSRI that she had been taking.
#Pregnant Women May Lack Info on Household Toxins Pregnant women could be missing out on information about how environmental toxins may affect their unborn babies new research suggests.
A nationwide survey of U s. obstetricians found that few discussed toxins with their patients in depth
Women should be aware of the environmental toxins found in households Stotland said. For example chemicals called phthalates are found in air fresheners
Top 5 Ways to Reduce Toxins in Homes In the new study Stotland and her colleagues surveyed 2500 obstetricians finding that 78 percent said they believed counseling their patients about chemicals in the environment could reduce harm to the baby.
In a focus group with some of the obstetricians the doctors said they didn't discuss environmental toxins
Stotland said medical schools should include environmental toxin education in their curricula. But women can also take the initiative for themselves by thinking critically about objects in their environments that may appear harmless she said.
Household cleaners are one of the main toxins pregnant women can try to avoid Stotland said.
Many plastics release toxic chemicals such as vinyl chloride or BPA according to a document released by UCSF researchers called Toxic Matters.
Other tips for women include eating organic food to avoid the pesticides found in certain fruits
which also happens to be the molecule that makes chocolate poisonous to dogs. Then there is serotonin a natural neurotransmitter
Protect Public health Not Toxic Chemicals (Op-Ed) The FDA has linked ractopamine to nearly a quarter-million reported adverse events in pigs (more than half of those pigs were sickened
Scientists have concocted a brew made with broccoli sprouts that may help protect against the toxic effects of air pollution.
Not so according to the researchers who conducted the China study who added their finding was a bit oversold in some news reports. 7 Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe Rather their small study showed that broccoli sprouts may help mitigate the toxic effects of a certain class
The same mechanism may work for certain other toxins found in air pollution and cigarette smoke Kensler said
or other toxins locked in bone and fat cells according to the study. This gets to the heart of the matter:
Detox schemes on the other hand are based on the premise that the body is full of menacing toxins and that certain juicing regimens
The theory of autointoxication in which a dirty colon creates toxins that are reabsorbed into the body was disproved nearly 100 years ago
and antioxidants can somehow scrub away toxins that are specified never. While it is true that the body harbors natural and human-made pollutants
but rather by preventing toxins from taking hold through a healthy diet. Evolution isn't smart
And so although the body isn't completely efficient at warding off toxin-induced disease what's remarkable Talalay said is that vegetables
The food can serve as a frugal means to reduce exposure to toxins Kensler said akin to a face mask until systematic pollution controls are applied.
but the 1000 stings suffered by the man in Wichita Falls did not deliver a lethal dose of venom given his body weight.
With honeybees in particular the venom isn't really designed to kill. It's designed to educate basically to drive away an enemy
These include the general health of the victims and their weight and sensitivity to bee venom.
and while she said that everyone is likely to experience some kind of allergic reaction to bee venom only some individuals experience anaphylactic shock.
and more are being killed now than ever before because of habitat destruction trophy hunting poaching poisoning
Banana peels are not poisonous. In fact they're edible and packed with nutrients. Banana peel is eaten in many parts of the world
Since CCD was reported first to have wiped out entire hives across the United states in 2006 and 2007 more than 10 million hives in all researchers have linked strongly toxic viral cocktails to the collapse of the honeybee colonies.
Symptoms of toxic magnesium levels can range from upset stomach and diarrhea to more serious symptoms of vomiting confusion slowed heart rate and dangerously low blood pressure.
and poisons millions of animals including about 100000 native carnivores ostensibly to resolve conflicts between people and wildlife.
According to the agency's data in 2012 alone these devices were used in 16 states to poison more than 14600 animals.
It's why we've pushed for federal legislation prohibiting the use of poisons to kill wildlife.
And it's why we'll continue to work toward reasonably reforming Wildlife Services particularly its program of predator control by banning the use of indiscriminate poisons requiring prioritization of nonlethal prevention measures
and as reported this June the toxic effects of the pollutant benzene. 2. Eat soy products to reduce both the risk and recurrence of breast cancer.
Sprouting like a tail from the bottom of an oddly-shaped fruit the cashew in its natural state is both very weird-looking and very poisonous.
Cashew nuts are protected from hungry passerby by a double shell containing a potent poison called anacardic acid.
This oily substance#closely related to urshiol the toxic compound found in poison ivy poison oak and poison sumac#acts as an irritant causing an allergic rash on the skin.
and roasted a process that rids the nut of toxic oils and leaves its shell brittle and easy to remove.
Despite its propensity to poison the cashew is lauded for its substantial store of nutrients. Along with Brazil nuts and almonds cashews have the highest magnesium content per serving of any tree nut.
Top 10 Cancer-Fighting Foods And in addition to the cashew's known nutritional benefits researchers have explored also the possibility of using the toxic oil found in the nut's shell as an antibiotic.
But poisons intended to kill game and veterinary medicines given to livestock subsequently consumed by the obligate scavengers have reduced dramatically vulture populations in Asia
Orange peels are not poisonous and as many cooks know orange zest can pack a big flavor punch.
toxic to reproduction or have equally dangerous properties, says Elliott Cannell, co-ordinator at the Pesticide Action Network in London.
substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction; endocrine-disrupting; persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic;
or very persistent and very bioaccumulative will, except in certain circumstances, be banned throughout Europe. The EFSA will then draw up a list of approved pest-destroying ingredients that can used in crop-protection products.
The negotiators have opted to temporarily define it as products that show some evidence of carcinogenicity and toxicity for reproduction.
for example, that the fungicide carbendazim classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction as well as metconazole and tebuconazole, also fungicides considered to be endocrine disrupting,
Nature Newsresearchers warn that the overuse of nitrogen fertilizer in China is poisoning air, soil and water and say farmers could cut their use of the fertilizers without compromising crop yields.
Pests could overcome GM cotton toxins: Nature Newslaboratory studies suggest that it may be possible for insects to overcome two disparate toxins produced by genetically modified cotton.
The results strike a cautionary note at a time when developers are racing to create crops that produce many different pesticides.
and create crops that produce multiple toxins that target the same pest. This is the current trend of all the companies,
One of the most common'pyramided'crops on the market is cotton that produces two different'Bt'toxins made naturally by the bacterium Bacillus thuringensis.
The two toxic proteins, Cry1ac and Cry2ab have very different amino-acid sequences and bind to different target sites.
As a result, mutations that confer resistance to both toxins were thought to be unlikely, says Bruce Tabashnik, an entomologist at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
The main way that insects become resistant is by altering the binding site of the toxin,
These two toxins don't bind to the same site if the insects altered the Cry1ac binding site,
so the team raised a number of different laboratory strains of pink bollworms on a diet that contained the toxin.
Although the binding sites of the two toxins differ, both toxins are activated via the same pathway in the insect.
A change in the protease responsible for activating the toxins could provide an avenue to cross-resistance,
Tabashnik says. Other changes in the insect's ability to cope with damaged cells could also play a part,
The results show that cross-resistance between the two toxins is possible. But this does not pose a threat for control by the current pyramided Bt cotton of this insect Tabashnik says.
The resistant pink bollworms were able to withstand high concentrations of both toxins in their diets,
Industry may have to spend  9. 5 billion (US$13. 6 billion) on toxicity testing six times more than expected
And the approach could be combined with other transgenic pest control methods such as using genetically modified crops that carry toxins.
But methyl iodide is by some measures four times as toxic as methyl bromide, she notes. The EPA approved methyl iodide in October 2007, prompting protest at the time including from a group of chemists familiar with the toxic properties of the chemical in the lab
. I have read enough papers with cautions around the use of the chemical that it made
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