Toxicological trivia from September 02, 2016: Bauhinia forficata, commonly known as Brazilian orchid tree, Pata de Vaca, is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to Argentina, Brazil and Peru.Its flowers are white and pinkish, and is similar to an orchid. Deciduous leaves are lobed and the name "pata […]
Meet the spiders that have formed armies 50,000 strong. By Jason G. Goldman. bbcnews.January 22, 2016. It is like a scene from a horror film: spider webs several metres wide that are home to thousands of spiders. Why did these spiders turn social? Eight legs, eight eyes and a pair of venomous fangs – the […]
The poisonous snakes of public health importance of Peru. Navarrete Zamora Miluska B, Silva Suárez Walter H, Vargas Mas Erasmo A. REDVET. Revista electrónica de Veterinaria 1695-7504. 2010 Volumen 11 Número 07. Abstract: There are 33 species of venomous snakes in Perú and these are distributed in two families: Viperidae and Elapidae. They are geographically […]
Toxicological Trivia from February 25, 2009: "Anchovies contaminated with a deadly pesticide gave to eat To the sea lions in Perú. It went straight to the mouth of animals, "indignantly denounced the Production Minister, Mercedes Araoz, Peru. concerned the killing of these marine mammals recorded in November 2009 on the coast of Colan, Piura. What […]
Closer to home – drug use in six Latin American countries in focus. UNODC and CICAD-OEA present first comparative study on drug consumption in 6 countries in South America.26 June 2008 – Argentina, Chile and Uruguay are the countries with the greatest use of illicit drugs, Bolivia appears to be in an intermediate situation, and […]
Inti Raymi 2008, June 24, Lighting Ceremony, around noon (AW-time).The third annual hood fest of the ‘Festival of the Sun’ celebrates the winter solstice and a new year for the Inca. Join the Americas as it bears witness to Qosqo’s greatest festival. This year’s theme: "To torch or not to torch" – you might bring […]
Life in Peru’s most polluted town.BBC News,Nov 15, 2007.You know you are getting close to La Oroya when the already sparse vegetation on the mountainside gets thinner and eventually disappears leaving bare rock. On arriving at this high altitude town you can see it is dominated by a huge chimney, at 167m (547ft) believed to […]
Ten Most Polluted Places Named: La Oroya. Natgeo,Sept.19Two girls walk to school amid smoky skies in La Oroya, Peru, in this September 2003 photo. The congested mining town of 35,000 nestled high in the Andes was recently added to the Blacksmith Institute’s list of the ten most polluted places in the world. A metal smelter […]
…and other members of UNITOX, Lima, Peru, by the special deference with the speecher of the International Course of Toxicologic Emergencies (4-7 July 2007), among them to Juan Carlos Piola.
Between July 4 and 7 of 2007 was dictated this course in Lima, Peru. It had wide participation of public and important national and international speecher, among them Javier Waskman and Juan Carlos Piola. See in Spanish
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