N° 152 – January 2016
Monthly Electronic Newsletter of Sertox (Latin-American Portal of Toxicology) – Year 14

Holiday Plants Can Pose Health Risks to Kids, Pets. Last month was time to get ready for the holidays, and Little Joey was a handful. While the family tried to set up the decorations he was running around and putting everything he saw into his mouth. He was found chewing on poisonous holiday plants — poinsettia leaves — sucking on mistletoe berries and later he had a nutmeg kernel in his mouth. Read a case study: Poisonous Holiday Plants and Other Dangers. There are many others news related to drug, like cannabis,  electronic cigarette, smoking in pregnancy,  narcotic painkillers and more. Untill next number. JCP