Fast and Sensitive Method for Determination of Domoic Acid in Mussel Tissue by Elena Barbaro, Roberta Zangrando, Carlo Barbante, Andrea Gambaro

“…Domoic acid (DA), a neurotoxic amino acid produced by diatoms, is the main cause of amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP). In this work, we propose a very simple and fast analytical method to determine DA in mussel tissue. …”
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Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater: A Review of Sources, Prevalence, Health Risks, and Strategies for Mitigation by Shiv Shankar, Uma Shanker, Shikha

“…Excessive and prolonged exposure of inorganic As with drinking water is causing arsenicosis, a deteriorating and disabling disease characterized by skin lesions and pigmentation of the skin, patches on palm of the hands and soles of the feet. Arsenic poisoning culminates into potentially fatal diseases like skin and internal cancers. …”
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Temporal and spatial co-occurrence of pacific oyster mortality and increased planktonic Vibrio abundance by Elliot Scanes, Nachshon Siboni, Jaimie Potts, Shivanesh Rao, Maurizio Labbate, Justin R. Seymour

“…Summary: Oyster mortality and human food poisoning events are linked to pathogens from the Vibrio genus. …”
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Levosimendan as Treatment Option in Severe Verapamil Intoxication: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Mirjam Osthoff, Christine Bernsmeier, Stephan C. Marsch, Patrick R. Hunziker

“…Here, we report the case of a 60-year-old patient with clinically severe verapamil poisoning who presented with shock, bradycardia, and sopor. …”
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Advances in the detection of virulence genes of Staphylococcus aureus originate from food by Yingying Zhao, Dandan Xia, Panpan Ma, Xiaofeng Gao, Wenyi Kang, Jinfeng Wei

“…Human health is threatened by foodborne illness and Staphylococcus aureus is a common foodborne pathogenic bacteria. It can cause food poisoning when we are infected, therefore, it is necessary to detect pathogenic bacteria. …”
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Sensing and Degradation of Organophosphorus Compounds by Exploitation of Heat-Loving Enzymes by Giuseppe Manco, Eros A. Lampitella, Nagendra S. K. Achanta, Giuliana Catara, Maria Marone, Elena Porzio

“…The increasing incidence of organophosphate (OP) pesticide poisoning and the use of OP chemical warfare agents (CWA) in conflicts and terrorist acts need sustainable methods for sensing, decontamination, and detoxification of OP compounds. …”
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Survey of Traveler’s Diarrhea: Epidemiology and Testing Reveal the Source by Zhenguo Gao, Muti Mahe, Shabiremu Tuohetamu, Fang Li, Jian Zhang, Yidan Xia, Xiaona Sun, Abuzhalihan Naerkezi, Ruifang Huang, Hongbin Liu, Daxin Ni, Rong Zhang

“…Conclusion. The food poisoning epidemic was caused by Salmonella enteritidis. …”
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Recent Nanotechnological Trends in the Management of Microbial Keratitis by Shraddha Jaiswal, Prabhavati Shinde, Vidya Tale

“…The primary determinants of nanoparticles’ vast range of applications are their size, surface properties, and chemical makeup, which also happen to be the same elements that give rise to their poisonous and dangerous effects. In this study, we provide a perspective on the contact lens-associated corneal illnesses such as MK and explore how nanotechnology might help address this significant clinical issue. …”
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Phytochemicals, Heavy Metals, and Antioxidant Vitamins Assessment in Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) Cultivated Near Cement Company Firm of Sokoto, Nigeria by Kabiru Sirajo, Zulkallaini Shehu, Anas Bello, Ibrahim Mas’ud, Kabiru Muhammad Nata’ala

“…Vegetables are a significant part of the human diet; hence heavy metal poisoning of these food items cannot be understated.  …”
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Phospholipid Adsorption Polymeric Materials for Detection of Xylazine and Metabolite in Blood and Urine by Xue Gao, Hao Guo, Chaokang Gu

“…Recently, polymeric material is favored in analytical area due to its high performance and high consistency, which was used in sample pretreatment in this study. Xylazine poisoning is often seen in body fluid samples obtained from various accidents or suicides. …”
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Analysis of Process Variables via CFD to Evaluate the Performance of a FCC Riser by H. C. Alvarez-Castro, E. M. Matos, M. Mori, W. Martignoni, R. Ocone

“…The model considers 12 lumps with catalyst deactivation by coke and poisoning by alkaline nitrides and polycyclic aromatic adsorption to estimate the kinetic behavior which, starting from a given feedstock, produces several cracking products. …”
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ERK activation dynamics in maturing oocyte controls embryonic nuclear divisions in Caenorhabditis elegans by Han Bit Baek, Debabrata Das, Shin-Yu Chen, Hongyuan Li, Swathi Arur

“…The RAS/ERK/PLK-1 pathway poisons zygotic NEBD and inhibits the merging of parental genomes, underlining the importance of turning off ERK prior to embryogenesis. …”
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Toxicity and Molecular Identification of Green Toadfish Lagocephalus lunaris Collected from Kyushu Coast, Japan by Yuji Nagashima, Takuya Matsumoto, Keisuke Kadoyama, Shoichiro Ishizaki, Makoto Terayama

“…In 2008 to 2009, food poisoning due to ingesting L. lunais occurred in Western Japan. …”
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Biodiversity restated: > 99.9% of global species in Soil Biota by Robert J. Blakemore

“…Although biota totals are increased considerably, inordinate threats of topsoil erosion and poisoning yet pertain with finality of extinction. …”
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The determination of the selenium levels in the blood and tissues of mice given selenium by İbrahim Pirinçci, Ahmet Ateşşahin, İzzet Karahan, İrfan Demirbaş

“…In this study, the selenium levels in the blood and tissue samples of mice experimentally poisoned with selenium were investigated. In the investigation, 210 mice were used. …”
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Synthesis of Pure Micro- and Nanopyrite and Their Application for As (III) Removal from Aqueous Solution by Guobao Chen, Zhangfu Zhu, Yong Qin

“…The existence of arsenic as As (III) is about 56 times poisonous as As (V) and more difficult to process. …”
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Electrochemical and colorimetric dual-signal detection of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin B based on AuPt bimetallic nanoparticles loaded Fe-N-C single atom nanocomposite by Huan Liang, Hongcheng Liu, Haojian Lin, Guobao Ning, Xiaokang Lu, Siying Ma, Fei Liu, Hui Zhao, Canpeng Li

“…Sensitive detection of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin B (SEB) is of importance for preventing food poisoning from threatening human health. In this work, an electrochemical and colorimetric dual-signal detection assay of SEB was developed. …”
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Metallic Stents for Proximal Tracheal Stenosis: Is It Worth the Risk? by Sandeep Bansal, Shruti Dhingra, Babita Ghai, Ashok K. Gupta

“…He had history of corrosive poisoning for which he was tracheotomised. A stainless steel wire mesh stent was placed in the trachea, from the subglottis, to just above the carina. …”
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Anemia That Presented with Desaturation: A Focus on Core Concepts by Lakshmi Shobhavat, Antonio D’Costa, Karthik Shroff

“…Here, we report a case which presented without the classical signs of poisoning and methemoglobinemia—without vomiting, cyanosis, or chocolate-coloured blood. …”
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Food Safety Challenges towards Safe, Healthy, and Nutritious Street Foods in Bangladesh by Md. Khairuzzaman, Fatema Moni Chowdhury, Sharmin Zaman, Arafat Al Mamun, Md. Latiful Bari

“…The street foods play an important socioeconomic role in meeting food and nutritional requirements of city consumers at affordable prices to the lower and middle income people. The number of food poisoning notifications rose steadily worldwide since the inception of E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in the 1980s to date. …”
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