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    In this August photo, Alexei Navalny poses for a photo with Siberian politician Ksenia Fadeyeva. Navalny was removed from a medically-induced coma in a Berlin hospital after suffering what German authorities say was a poisoning with a chemical nerve agen
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    Alexei Navalny, Putin Critic Who Was Poisoned, Is Out Of Coma And Improving

    Sep 07, 2020
    The 44-year-old fell ill last month on a domestic flight in Russia. German doctors confirmed he had consumed a Soviet-era nerve agent.
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    Klaus O, whose last name cannot be revealed due to privacy laws, worked for nearly four decades at a metal fitting company in Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany. He was caught on camera sprinkling poisonous heavy metals on his coworkers' food and drinks.
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    German Man Who Poisoned Coworkers Sentenced To Life In Prison

    Mar 08, 2019
    The 57-year-old offered no clues about what prompted him to lace coworkers' food with toxic metals. A psychologist said he "seemed to me like a scientist who was testing substances on a guinea pig."
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    Insecticides

    Sep 21, 2018

    Pesticides come with signal words – ranging from caution to danger.

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    Pyotr Verzilov gestures during court hearings in Moscow on July 23.
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    German Doctors Say It's 'Highly Plausible' Pussy Riot Activist Was Poisoned

    Sep 18, 2018
    Physicians in Berlin say that anti-Kremlin activist Pyotr Verzilov's illness does not appear to be caused by infection or disease. But they could not confirm what he was poisoned with, or by whom.
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    Police officers on the scene outside Harcourt Medical Centre in Salisbury, thought to be connected to a man and woman in Amesbury who are in the hospital after being exposed to what police confirmed was Novichok.
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    U.K. Police Investigating 2 New Cases Of Deadly Nerve Agent Poisoning

    Jul 04, 2018
    Police in Britain say two people have been exposed to Novichok, the same nerve agent that poisoned former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March.
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    Environment
    A bald eagle flies over its nest in Middle River, Md., in 2009.
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    Officials Say Illegal Pesticide Caused Deaths Of 13 Bald Eagles In Maryland

    Jun 22, 2018
    Authorities said there is an "epidemic on the Eastern Shore" of wildlife-poisoning crimes because it's "cheaper and easier" than trapping a nuisance animals or building a fence.
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    Military personnel outside Bourne Hill police station in Salisbury, England, Sunday, as police and members of the armed forces probe last week's suspected nerve agent attack on Russian double agent spy Sergei Skripal.
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    Public Health Advice Issued To U.K. Restaurant Goers Following Ex-Spy Poisoning

    Mar 11, 2018
    Health officials asked anyone who frequented a Salisbury restaurant and pub around the time Sergei and Yulia Skripal were found poisoned to wash their clothes and possessions.
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    A sign along the San Jacinto River warns against eating fish or shellfish from the river. A nearby site that has been a source of toxins was flooded by Hurricane Harvey.
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    In Texas, Concerns About Damage To Flooded Toxic Waste Sites

    Sep 04, 2017
    Environmental officials are inspecting toxic waste sites in southeast Texas that were flooded and potentially damaged last week.
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    Heroin and morphine can be made from opium poppies like these.
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    Welcome To The Poison Garden: Medicine's Medieval Roots

    Apr 27, 2017
    One corner of the garden of Alnwick Castle in northern England grows a hundred plants behind lock and key. Many of the toxic species there were used by medieval doctors — nasty plants adapted to heal.
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    The skin of the golden poison dart frog, <em>Phyllobates terribilis</em>, secretes a deadly poison that might lead to a better understanding of how to treat malfunctions of the human nervous system.
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    Chemists Re-Create Deadly Frog Poison In The Lab

    Nov 17, 2016
    The toxin comes from tiny frogs in Colombia — the ones that pack a punch on the tip of poison darts. In the past, research on toxins like this has led to some pretty amazing drug discoveries.
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    Children can encounter lead in contaminated soil, paint, water and dust.
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    Pediatricians Call For More Testing And Tighter Rules On Lead Exposure

    Jun 19, 2016
    Citing growing evidence that no amount of lead exposure is safe for kids, the American Academy of Pediatrics has called for tighter regulations on the amount of lead in house dust, water and soil.
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