Ep. 147 Poisons Pt 3: Arsenic, The King of Poisons
Petri Dish
English - May 23, 2022 11:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsLife Sciences Science Comedy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Hi Folks! Part three of our poison series is on arsenic, the king of poisons and the poison of kings! Arsenic had a long history of being used to kill nobles, but after a reliable test for arsenic was developed in the 1800s it got a lot less popular for killing people. But in true human fashion, we continued to use arsenic for all kinds of things!
References:
https://jmvh.org/article/arsenic-the-poison-of-kings-and-the-saviour-of-syphilis/
https://www.asmalldoseoftoxicology.org/fowler
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-13185-1_1
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK304380/
https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_report.cfm?Lab=NHEERL&dirEntryId=341168
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27784519/
https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a608017.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6281155/
https://www.fda.gov/food/chemical-metals-natural-toxins-pesticides-guidance-documents-regulations/supporting-document-action-level-arsenic-apple-juice
https://www.zoetisus.com/news-and-media/pfizer-to-suspend-sale-of-3-nitro-roxarsone-in-the-united-states.aspx#
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780128022290000025
https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/arsenic/arsenic_pathogen.html
https://pmj.bmj.com/content/79/933/391
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6678206/