A woman who went to the emergency room for chest pain learned that her symptoms had a rather unusual cause: a porcupine quill that she had unknowingly ingested, according to a recent report of the ...

Allergies are caused by the immune system’s abnormal reaction to allergens, leading to inflammation that can range from mild to severe. Ingested allergies, often more prevalent in children, can cause ...

Corals obtain energy in two ways: firstly, through photosynthesis by their symbiotic algae, and secondly by taking up small ...

1. Botulinum (ingested) It’s hard to rank the lethality of toxins, but experts agree that botulinum – several orders of magnitude deadlier than sarin – is the gold standard. Your nervous system fails ...

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The FDA revoked FD&C Red No. 3 in food and drugs due to cancer risks in male rats, despite no human risk evidence. The Delaney Clause mandates banning additives causing cancer in humans or animals, ...

Ingestion of commonly encountered nanoparticles at typical environmental levels is unlikely to cause overt toxicity, according to US researchers. Nevertheless there is insufficient evidence to ...

Roughly four months after Jason Evans left the band, U.K. death metal outfit Ingested have officially announced earlier today that their lineup’s back to 100% capacity, as they’ve formally confirmed ...

The sudden departure of Ingested frontman Jason Evans back in November shocked a lot of the metal world. Yesterday, the band deleted all the posts off their Instagram, including the announcement of ...

Lanolin oil is a secretion from sheep’s skin. It’s similar to human sebum, an oil secreted by the sebaceous glands that you may notice particularly on your nose. Unlike sebum, lanolin contains no ...

Red dye No. 3 has been permissible for use in food despite the Delaney Clause of the FDA’s Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The clause, in part, “prohibits the FDA from approving a color additive ...