N° 126 – November 2013
Monthly Electronic Newsletter of Sertox (Latin-American Portal of Toxicology) – Year 10

Logo of this number is related with the article: The worst massacre in Zimbabwe:poachers have poisoned waterholes with cyanide to kill 300 elephants (and also: Zimbabwe in Hwange National Park: 91 elephant carcasses had been found, victims of cyanide ) .We recommended also: 1) Topiramate for the treatment of cocaine addiction, a randomized clinical trial; 2) Use of iron nanoparticles for lindane degradation from its by-product monitorization; 3) Neonicotinoids changes the outcome of aggressive interactions between native and invasive ants,study; 4) Most herbal products, available to buy as alternative medicines, may be contaminated in US; 5) Experts have found the first venomous crustacean that lives in underwater caves; 6) River otters in Central Illinois exposed to PCBs and pesticides, banned in the U.S. decades ago; 7) Chemical poisoning in China, correspondence in The Lancet; 8) WHO: Outside air pollution causes cancer and is a major risk to health in general; 9) HealthGovernments around the world should immediately sign the new Minamata Convention on Mercury; 10)WHO: Contaminated Dextromethorphan active pharmaceutical ingredient in Paraguay. Until next number. JCP