Portal latinoamericano de toxicología
June 2014
1 May, 2014
N° 133 – June 2014
Monthly Electronic Newsletter of Sertox (Latin-American Portal of Toxicology) – Year 11
In this number our logo is related to: Neonicotinoids appear to significantly harm honey bee colonies over the winter, study. You can see also: 1) A new study found that coffee s strong antioxidant, chlorogenic acid, is therapeutic for our eyes; 2) Resveratrol in Red Wine not tied to improved health, study; 3) Acute binge drinking increases serum endotoxin in healthy individuals, study; 4) E-cigarettes increase the virulence of drug- resistant and potentially life-threatening bacteria; 5) FDA announced that the risk of side effects for An Aspirin A Day … may outweigh the benefits; 6) FDA recommends lower dose of the sleeping pill eszopiclone; 7) Time may not fully attenuate solvent-associated cognitive deficits in highly exposed workers, study; 8) Prenatal PBDEs exposures and neurodevelopment in U.S. children through 5 years of age, study; 9) Galápagos: Darwin s finches combat introduced nest parasites with fumigated cotton; 10) A mutation in a gene allows tracking of metabolically-based DDT resistance in a malaria vector; 11) Rinorea niccolifera a new, nickel-hyperaccumulating species from Luzon Island, Philippines; 12) Dangerous Irukandji box jellyfish blooms are predictable, study; 13) Elevated carboxyhemoglobin in a marine mammal, the northern elephant seal, study; 14) NEJM: a case of a child who was poisoned by e-cigarette refill liquid; 15) Another promising step has been made toward developing a universal antidote for snakebite, studies. There are many news more to read. Untill next number. JCP