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Poison death cap mushrooms sold from truck send 3 to hospital, California officials say
Mushrooms sold from a truck in a Salinas parking lot turned out to be poisonous, sending three people to the hospital, California health officials warned. The mushrooms, which resembled white ...
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It’s the season for wild mushrooms, but most of them are poisonous
It is similar to the edible “parasol mushroom” and “big sheath mushroom.” Food poisoning occurred in Osaka city in 2008, 2016 and 2019. Chie Nomura, a senior researcher at Osaka Institute ...
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Poison control calls about mushrooms increased nationwide with more use of psychedelics — but remained low, CU study finds
Calls to U.S. poison control centers about hallucinogenic mushrooms tripled in five years, even as calls about psychedelics decreased overall. A new paper by researchers at University of Colorado ...
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The Perils of Mushrooms
The death cap is responsible for the majority of mushroom poisoning fatalities in the UK. The death cap mushroom (Amanita phalloides) On average one-third of the calls received by the Health ...
The Call Came from Someone Inside the Building
Like one of our favorite scary movies, the panicked call was coming from someone who works inside the building. They just happened to be at home with their dog at the time, dealing with a potentially ...
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Tokyo family of 4 poisoned by toadstools they picked in a park
A Tokyo family of four was struck by toadstool poisoning after mistaking the fungi they picked in a park for edible mushrooms. The metropolitan government issued a warning against eating wild ...
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March 16-22 is National Poison Prevention Week
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly issued a proclamation to kick off National Poison Prevention Week, which takes place March 16-22.