Category Archives: poison

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

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

The Curious (Toxic) Chemistry of Chocolate

By Deborah Blum
Posted: February 14, 2012

Category: poison, Speakeasy Science | Tagged alkaloid, cacao tree, chocolate, pet poisoning, theobromine, Valentine's Day | 12 Comments

Arsenic and the Forgotten Serial Killer

By Deborah Blum
Posted: February 10, 2012

Category: arsenic, poison, science history, Speakeasy Science | Tagged arsenic, Belle Gunness, David Wilson, Frederick Seddon, Herbert Rowse Armstrong, Jane Toppan, Mary Ann Cotton, Rudolph Witthaus | 7 Comments

The Science of Mysteries: An Overdose of Strychnine

By Deborah Blum
Posted: January 30, 2012

Category: murder mystery, poison, Speakeasy Science, The Poisoner's Handbook | Tagged Agatha Christie, Ann Finkbeiner, arsenic, Dorothy L. Sayers, Hercule Poirot, Jennifer Ouellette, Science of Mysteries, Strong Poison, strychnine, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Thomas Neil Cream, William Palmer | 16 Comments

Pet Poisoners, a postscript

By Deborah Blum
Posted: January 10, 2012

Category: poison, Speakeasy Science | Tagged animal abuse, dog poisoning, John Fletcher, pet poisoning, the coward's weapon, The Pet Poisoner Next Door | 5 Comments

The Pet Poisoner Next Door

By Deborah Blum
Posted: January 9, 2012

Category: poison, Speakeasy Science, The Poisoner's Handbook | Tagged animal abuse, animal poisoning, antifreeze, Bombshock, cat poisoning, CCAP, dog poisoning, ethlyene glycol, Humane Society, John Rennie, Myrtle Maly, Nico Dauphine, Pet-Abuse.com, strychinine, Washington Humane Society | 144 Comments

The Science of Mysteries: Instructions for A Deadly Dinner

By Deborah Blum
Posted: December 20, 2011

Category: poison, Speakeasy Science | Tagged Ann Finkbeiner, arsenic, Dorothy L. Sayers, Georgette Heyer, Harriet Vane, Herbert Rowse Armstrong, Jane Langton, Jennifer Ouelette, Josephine Tey, Lord Peter Wimsey, Mignon Eberhardt, Patricia Wentworth, Strong Poison, the arsenic eaters of Styria, The Poisoner's Handbook | 28 Comments

About Pepper Spray

By Deborah Blum
Posted: November 20, 2011

Category: poison, Speakeasy Science | Tagged OC Spray, Occupy protests, pepper spray, police and pepper spray, Scoville scale, Scoville unit, UC-Davis pepper spray, University of California-Davis | 180 Comments

Bedtime Scoop and Easy Lay

By Deborah Blum
Posted: November 11, 2011

Category: poison, Speakeasy Science | Tagged Bedtime Scoop, Date rape drugs, Easy Lay, GHP, intentional poisoning, Ketamine, Lorazepam, Rophynol, SAMSHA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration | 15 Comments