Toxicological trivia from February 05, 2016:  Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a potentially fatal, inherited disorder usually associated with the administration of certain general anesthetics and/or the drug succinylcholine. "The sudden and unexpected death of a healthy individual to which he was undergoing a minor surgical procedure is an almost incomprehensible tragedy in this age of […]

Toxicological Trivia from March 11, 2015: Dieffenbachia is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to the New World Tropics from Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental, especially as a house plant, and has become naturalized on a few tropical […]

Trivia toxicológica from January 14, 2015: Bothriurus bonariensis  is a specie of scorpion where adults get to measure about 60 mm long. The geographical distribution includes Argentina, Uruguay and southern states of Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina). Their sting is not potent sting and sometimes even don´t through the skin. The tail […]

Toxicological trivia from November 05, 2014:  Sertox is receiving permanently questions to identify spiders, snakes, caterpillars and/or scorpions. Tityus is a large genus of thick-tailed scorpions (family Buthidae), the namesake of its subfamily Tityinae. As of June 2012, Tityus contains more than 200 described species distributed in Central America and South America, from Costa Rica […]

Trees that crying in Argentina. By Veronica Smink.bbcmundo. 25/11/11. It rains, but not from the sky. In Buenos Aires these days occurs a rare phenomenon that surprised more than one unsuspecting passerby: many of the city trees dripping water, creating the impression that a flood took off even though. It is known as "the cry […]

Trees that crying in Argentina. By Veronica Smink.bbcmundo. 25/11/11. It rains, but not from the sky. In Buenos Aires these days occurs a rare phenomenon that surprised more than one unsuspecting passerby: many of the city trees dripping water, creating the impression that a flood took off even though. It is known as "the cry […]

Invasion of Platanus: the causes of the phenomenon and the time continue. rosario3.com. (Translate Sertox) Nov. 02, 2011. The "rain of fluff" that emerges from the acorns of these trees, and generates discomfort in several neighbors came in a "concentrated" by weather this year. Although a project that calls for the pruning of these specimens, […]

Invasion of Platanus: the causes of the phenomenon and the time continue. rosario3.com. (Translate Sertox) Nov. 02, 2011. The "rain of fluff" that emerges from the acorns of these trees, and generates discomfort in several neighbors came in a "concentrated" by weather this year. Although a project that calls for the pruning of these specimens, […]