N° 168 – April-May 2017
Monthly Electronic Newsletter of Sertox (Latin-American Portal of Toxicology) – Year 15

1) Tests for more than 700 chemicals in 38 waterways turned up surprising combinations with unknown eff; 2) The American Academy of Pediatrics is urging doctors to protect children from the harms of marijuana; 3) People recovering from drug abuse are more likely to be successful if they do not smoke cigarettes; 3) Maternal exposition to pyrethroids during pregnancy linked with behavioral problems in children; 4) Young children are at high risk for accidental poisoning; 5) Mixing opioid painkillers with Xanax or Valium is a prescription for a deadly overdose ; 6) One addiction specialist blamed the lax use of prescription opioid painkillers for the surge in hero. Until next months. JCP