A suburban Ontario community hospital encountered 21 +/- 1 overdoses of children's multiple vitamins yearly between 1978 and 1981. Of these, 35% involved one particular cartoon character preparation. Parents were surveyed to determine whether this particular preparation resulted in a disproportionate number of accidental overdoses. However, the use of vitamins with a cartoon character format di...

UIR main objective , as NGO and international scientific association of more than 500 members working in 255 organizations from 37 different countries,is to encourage the exchange of information and expertise in the field of radiecology,particularty in case of major accidental release of radioactive materials,such as the Chernobyl accident(1986 April,26th) which raised the problem of a contamin...

The title of this CNR paper, "No One Escapes Harm," was a speculation a few years ago. Today, there is some real-world human evidence to support it. The nature of this evidence, and some of its important implications with respect to accidental and deliberate nuclear pollution and to other sources of radiation exposure, are the subjects of this "story." The details are in Chapter 6 of CNR's next...

DMS exposure by inhalation damages pharynx, larynx and lower airways. We report a case related to DMS exposure leading to RADS. A 37 year old man admitted to Emergency Department with dry cough, severe burning sensation of throat, mild dyspnoea, photophobia and hoarseness following accidental exposure to DMS vapor. His temperature was 38.1C and had pharyngeal redness, B/L conjunctivitis, excess...

Employment and working conditions have powerful effects on health equity. Agriculture is one of the most hazardous sectors, with high rates of accidental death, injury and work-related illnesses; inadequate living and housing conditions; basic sanitation deficiencies,;lack of access to adequate and balanced nutrition; exposure to chemicals such as pesticides, and to extreme heat and cold; and l...

This report describes the case of a 43-yr-old male who developed reactive airways dysfunction syndrome after exposure to a high level of bromotrifluoromethane (CF3Br, Halon 1301), a fluorocarbon widely used in automatic fire extinguishing systems. The patient was a previously healthy, nonatopic male, who developed wheezing and intermittent and reversible obstructive ventilatory impairment start...