Read more poison stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4891/poison.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:00:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72511/harvard-probes-poisoning-at-med-school-lab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHarvard Medical School is investigating after six workers in the pathology department were poisoned by coffee prepared near their lab. The researchers and students were treated and released after suffering dizziness, low blood pressure, and other symptoms during the August incident. "As the investigation continues, we are being prudent and...http://www.newser.com/story/72511/harvard-probes-poisoning-at-med-school-lab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Oct 2009 15:47:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66334/beck-i-want-to-poison-pelosi-kidding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSo a few advertisers abandoned Glenn Beck’s show after his last bout of verbal diarrhea—so what? That didn’t stop him from “joking” that he wanted to poison Nancy Pelosi last night on his show, during a skit about hanging out at her “liberal, elitist wine vineyard,” writes the Cajun...http://www.newser.com/story/66334/beck-i-want-to-poison-pelosi-kidding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Aug 2009 10:32:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61895/poachers-poison-slays-rare-elephant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA rare Sumatran elephant died after eating pineapples spiked with poison by poachers in northwestern Indonesia, officials report. The giant 30-year-old male, its tusks ripped out for the ivory, was the ninth Sumatran elephant found dead in the region in the last three months. At least seven of them were...http://www.newser.com/story/61895/poachers-poison-slays-rare-elephant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Jun 2009 3:39:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59436/afghan-girls-illness-may-be-poisoning-or-hysteria.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome Afghan girls have described the odor as sweet and floral, others as smoky or rotten—but in the last three weeks, about 200 schoolgirls have suffered headaches, vomiting, and even collapse after smelling something. Parents fear that the Taliban is using poison to keep the girls from school. But...http://www.newser.com/story/59436/afghan-girls-illness-may-be-poisoning-or-hysteria.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 7:11:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59426/komodo-dragons-use-venom-to-kill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustralian scientists have discovered that the world’s largest lizard packs a lethal venom in its bite, the Guardian reports. MRI scans of an ailing Komodo dragon revealed venom glands in the mouth that had never before been documented. The dragons’ poison sends victims into shock by triggering a sudden drop...http://www.newser.com/story/59426/komodo-dragons-use-venom-to-kill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 3:40:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57908/pesticide-busting-brit-super-rats-spark-health-concerns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritain's surging rat population is becoming immune to common poisons, spurring public heath concerns and calls for stronger pesticides, reports the Guardian . Rodents in at least two towns are impervious to normal control methods. In addition, years of mild winters and wet summers have boosted vermin populations by 66% in...http://www.newser.com/story/57908/pesticide-busting-brit-super-rats-spark-health-concerns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 03 May 2009 9:26:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53265/wild-shrooms-kill-calif-man.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA California man’s passion for collecting and eating wild mushrooms has cost him his life, the LA Times reports. The 82-year-old ate a generous portion of a deadly variety and died of poisoning a week later. His family had long warned him of the risks, but the man had learned...http://www.newser.com/story/53265/wild-shrooms-kill-calif-man.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Mar 2009 12:40:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49910/fbi-searches-home-of-tylenol-killings-suspect.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFBI agents are searching the former residence of a suspect in the deaths of seven people who took cyanide-laced Tylenol in 1982, the Boston Globe reports. The case has never been solved, and agents say they are reviewing all related evidence. James W. Lewis lived in the Boston-area apartment after...http://www.newser.com/story/49910/fbi-searches-home-of-tylenol-killings-suspect.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Feb 2009 15:37:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43369/kgb-radiation-poisoning-suspect-ready-to-talk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA former KGB agent accused of poisoning a Russian dissident in England wants to clear his name, he tells the Times of London. Alexander Lugovoi has offered to send a friend to London to speak with investigators, and may travel to the UK himself if officials pledge not to arrest...http://www.newser.com/story/43369/kgb-radiation-poisoning-suspect-ready-to-talk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 22 Nov 2008 9:31:46 CST