Deaths from violence constitute the largest single group of deaths to which children aged 1-4 fall victim. The accidental ingestion of poisonous substances is a small but important cause of these deaths. During the decade 1940-49 the Registrar General for England and Wales reported the deaths of 218 children aged 1-4 from accidental poisoning other than by toxic gases. An account of the substan...

Bachground: Acute carbon monoxide poisoning (COP) is a common problem that occurs more frequently during winter and leads to serious complications. In our Poisoning Referral Center, the incidence and complications of acute COP has not been evaluated previously. Therefore we designed a study to evaluate its significance in our center. Methods & Materials: 111 cases of acute COP admitted duri...

Numerous people die of paraquat (PQ) poisoning every year in the world. Although several studies regarding paraquat (PQ) poisoning have been conducted, the metabolic changes in plasma remain unknown. In this study, the metabolomics of 15 PQ poisoned patients with plasma PQ concentrations in excess of 0.1 µg/mL and 16 healthy volunteers were investigated. The plasma samples were evaluated throug...

Aluminum phosphide (AlP) is used throughout the world as pesticides to protect stored grains from rodents and other pests (Cienki, 2001). The chemical is usually formulated in pellets, granules or as a dust. Upon contact with moisture in the environment, AlP undergoes a chemical reaction yielding phosphine gas (PH3), which is the active pesticidal component and a very toxic system poison, makes...

Background Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and nonirritating gas which makes it difficult for those who are exposed, to detect it, leading to unexpected death. This study was undertaken to see the pattern of fatal CO poisoning and to discuss preventive aspect. Materials and Methods It was a retrospective descriptive study of fatal CO cases which were autopsied at All...

There is low concentration (0.05% to 0.5%) of CH4 leakage in marine natural gas engine exhaust. It difficult capture and utilize because its stable chemical structure high ignition temperature. Catalytic oxidation the main method remove from tail gas. The noble metal palladium (Pd) best catalytic material for complete CH4. In this paper, research progress Pd-based catalysts reviewed their low-t...

In this study, we investigated the feasibility of using a novel volatile organic compound (VOC)-based metabolic profiling approach with a newly devised chemometrics methodology which combined rapid multivariate analysis on total ion currents with in-depth peak deconvolution on selected regions to characterise the spoilage progress of pork. We also tested if such approach possessed enough discri...

MANY gases employed in industry, if accidentally inhaled in toxic proportions, may cause damage to the nervous system. Examples are:-carbon dioxide; the cyanides used in hardening metals; methyl bromide and chloride-employed in fumigating and refrigerating processes; cleansing agents and fat solvents such as carbon tetrachloride, ethylene chloride and amyl acetate-liquids which vapourize easily...

A case involving a fatal poisoning (suicide) by the insecticide malathion is described. The intact insecticide was found in the post-mortem blood and gastric contents at concentrations of 1.8 and 978 micrograms/ml, respectively. None of the insecticide was found in the autopsied liver tissue. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) techniques were used for the identification and quantifica...