Companies always cash in on someone elses misfortune

There has been a case of heavy metal poisoning in Flint, Michigan. The main culprit is lead from the old pipes and infrastructure. Many of these families are too poor to move anywhere else or but fresh water so there have been a steady increase of lead poisoning results. This resource says that the water was what the EPA considers hazardous waste and was usually above the 15 ppb and one sample was over 13,000 ppb.

The pharma companies have taken full advantage of this spike in lead poisoning cases. They have raised the price over the last two years by 2700%, something that used to be considered basic medical care is now skyrocketed. he medicine is an intravenous treatment called Calcium EDTA. It is used for life threatening cases of lead poisoning. Its price has remained stable for decades, but as the crisis in Flint raged on, Valeant acquired the drug and jacked up the price from $950 a vial to $26,927!

 

http://www.naturalnews.com/056204_lead_poisoning_market_exclusivity_pharma_greed.html

What is the Sea Wasp?

Do you know what the most dangerous/poisonous marine animal is? Box jellyfish have tentacles covered in nematocysts, which are tiny darts filled with poison. People or animals that come into contact with this jellyfish, may experience paralysis, cardiac arrest, or even death. However, there are only a select few of these box jellyfish that contain the venom. This particular type of jellyfish is known as the Sea Wasp.



http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/box-jellyfish.html

The New Street Drug with Crazy Potency

"This new drug, W-18, is a synthetic opiate that gives a person heroin-like high, buts its 100 times more powerful than fentanyl and 10,000 times more powerful than morphine." It is thought to be produced in China and then shipped to North American through different services, such as FedEx. This drug has been found throughout Canada, however, there have been incidents of it being sold in the United States.

http://www.newser.com/story/223995/m-18-the-new-street-drug-with-crazy-potency.html

Top 10 Most Dangerous Street Drugs in the World

There are many drugs throughout the world. According to this article, these are the top ten street drugs that are corrupting our society. The article gives descriptions of each individual drugs, as well as, the side effects that it can cause health wise. 

Top 10, 1 being the least popular. 

1) Purple Drank

2) Scopolamine 

3) Heroin 

4) Crack Cocaine

5) Crystal Meth 

6) AH - 7921

7) Flakka

8) Bath Salts

9) Whoonga

10) Krokodil 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/from-krokodil-to-purple-drank-the-worlds-10-most-deadly-street-drugs-a6719541.html

6 Surprising Facts about THC

THC is a primary ingredient in marijuana and is responsible for the high. However, THC has been found to have medical benefits for some people. 

6 Surprising Facts: 

1) THC was discovered in 1964

2) THC is one of more than 60 active ingredients in cannabis. 

3) THC is used in FDA approved pharmaceuticals. 

4) THC can protect brain cells and stimulate their growth. 

5) Chemicals like THC are found in the human body

6) THC does not always come with a high

http://www.leafscience.com/2014/03/16/6-surprising-facts-thc/

Be catious of your neighbors

In Germany a couple were given a gift of zucchini from their neighbors. They quickly made the batch into a stew to use the vegetable while it was fresh. The stew tasted bitter but nothing they couldn't handle and thought nothing of it. Later on they each got sick and went to the hospital after the husband's face had turned yellow. She was able to be treated but like all good husbands, he ate more and ended up dying. The culprit, cucurbitacins. http://www.thedailymeal.com/heidelberg-germany-zucchini-toxin-poison/82315

These are a toxin found in gourds and pumpkins, they have been bred out of most public sources but a family farm that uses their own seeds can still see some cases. The bitter taste also helps keep people from eating a whole lot of it. They are part of the plant's natural defenses against herbivores. 

Opiods are poisoning our Youth

Researchers have gathered all the evidence and found that from 1997 to 2012 opiod hospitalizations from kids age 1-4 have risen by 205% while ages 15-19 rose by 151%. The difference between these numbers isn't a whole lot, but the reasoning is. Most of the kids ages 1-4 were accidental ingestion, while the older group took these drugs in an act of self harm. The fact that these numbers are going up could be due to the rise in use, in 2012 almost 259 million painkillers were prescribed
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Some safety measures have been proposed like education and better child proof lids. Parents need to treat pills like dangerous drugs because in the wrong hand that is what they are. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/31/well/family/opioid-poisonings-rise-sharply-among-toddlers-and-teens.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FPoisoning%20and%20Poisons&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection&_r=0