Toxicology is full of treatments which are poorly supported by literature. Many of those treatments originated over 100 years ago. If you think data are bad now, we invite you to see what treatments were like in the past – drawn from the pages of multiple historical toxicology textbooks.
Category: Toxic History! lecture series
Episode 19: Dioxins and the Poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko
Dioxins are a category of persistent organic pollutant (POP), with a long history of human exposure and serious adverse health and environmental effects. Where did this forever chemical come from, and how did it end up in the dinner of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko in 2004? Join us as we discuss the long-lasting legacy of…
Episode 18: Twisted Sister, a Widow’s Intrigue
Springtime at the turn of the 20thcentury promised rebirth, hope, and prosperity in America. But in northern Michigan, a twisted nightmare was consuming an idyllic community. An infant was found deceased in a crib, the mother succumbing within the next hour, and the father only days later. Some feared a curse, others speculated a contagion….
Episode 12: The Chicago Tylenol Murders
Read more about the history of The Chicago Tylenol Murders in the book “The History of Modern Clinical Toxicology.“
