Air bags, fitted in the majority of new automobiles, are safety devices activated when a sudden deceleration causes the ignition of a propellant cartridge containing sodium azide. The bag is ...

is a dangerous plant that grows throughout the United States. Hemlock poisoning occurs after ingesting any part of the plant, such as the seeds, flowers, leaves, or fruits. The hemlock plant has ...

Angela Craig, a mother of six who was married to her husband for 23 years, died March 18 from cyanide and tetrahydrozoline poisoning, authorities have said. The latter is found in over-the-counter ...

Besides consumption, poisoning can also happen when high concentrations of methanol vapour are inhaled or if it is absorbed through the skin, said the United States National Institute for ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A foreign tourist rests near a swimming pool at Nana Backpackers hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos, Friday, Nov. 22 ...

Citing confidentiality, it would not comment when asked whether they died of methanol poisoning. Britain’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said Thursday that it was supporting the ...

Simone White was enjoying a holiday with friends in Laos last week when she accepted a free shot from a bar. The 28-year-old British lawyer is one of six people to have died in a suspected mass ...

The Laos government said on Saturday (Nov 23) that it was "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists in Vang Vieng, with the toll from a suspected methanol poisoning incident now at six.

Multiple staff from a backpacker hostel at the centre of a suspected mass poisoning in Laos, which claimed the lives of six foreign tourists, have been arrested by police. Eight men aged 23-47 ...

Of these conditions, the two that perhaps best show the treatment's lifesaving potential are carbon monoxide poisoning and decompression sickness. Carbon monoxide poisoning is caused by exposure to a ...