Monthly Archives: March 2012

National Poison Prevention Week

By Deborah Blum
Posted: March 20, 2012

Category: consumer protection, poison | Tagged carbon monoxide, carbon monoxide detectors, CDC, Consumer Reports, EPA, Health News Digest, National Poison Prevention Week, PetMD | 1 Comment

Cough Syrup, Dead Children, and the Case for Regulation

By Deborah Blum
Posted: March 17, 2012

Category: consumer protection, science history, Speakeasy Science | Tagged anti-regulation, Arthur Kallet, diethylene glycol, Elixir Sulfanilamide, EPA, ethylene glycol, Ezra Klein, F.J. Schlink FDA, One Hundred Million Guinea Pigs, Pew Research Center, S.E. Massengill, U.S. Food and Drug Administration | 33 Comments

Plumb crazy

By Deborah Blum
Posted: March 8, 2012

Category: lead, poison, science history, Speakeasy Science | Tagged CDC, Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, lead, lead poisoning, plumbism, plumbum, U.S. Centers for Disease Control | 12 Comments