Toxicology Facts

“All substances are poisons: there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy.” 

What is toxicology? it is the study of effects of poisonous substances that are produced by plants, animals or bacteria. It is believable the oldest discipline as early humans had to recognize which vegetative were safe to eat. Most exposure of chemicals to humans is through naturally occurring compounds that they consumed from foods.

DID YOU KNOW?

• MOST OF POISONING HAPPENS AT HOME APPROXIMATELY 92%

•  MOST POISONOUS HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS ARE: SOLUTIONS, CLEANING, FUELS, MEDICINES AND OTHER MATERIALS SUCH AS GLUE AND COSMETICS.

• HOUSEHOLD PLANTS ARE ALSO POISONOUS TO HUMANS

• YOUR PET CAN SECRETE A POISON XENOBIOTIC CALLED VENOM USUALLY INFECTED OR INJECTED BY A STING OR A BITE, THAT OTHER ANIMALS HARBOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

MERCURY TOXICITY

Is a toxic metal that is recognized since prehistoric time. Lately the incidence of mercury poisoning increases 

• airborne and water contamination
• continued use of industrial mercury

Mercury can enter the body through food and water that we consume and through the lungs and by direct physical contact.

SOURCES OF MERCURY

DENTAL AMALGAMS

The commonly used dental fillings that contain about 50% mercury is the silver amalgam. Older fillings may contain higher amounts. this means that mercury is leached from amalgam and it can vaporize from fillings. the fillings which cracks is a asource of mercury  toxicity.

LARGE FISH

The concentration of mercury in fish depends on the size, the amount of mercury increases as the each step up as high in the food chain. Tuna and Swordfish are the most contaminated fish with mercury.