#toxin — Public Fediverse posts

@frankashwood

Would that be a venom, then?

Not many venomous mammals. There's the Platypus, with a venomous spur on his thigh; some Shrews I gather; and the Slow Loris with really bad armpits.

Any others. people?

#venom #mammal #toxin #Platypus #mole

25 Himalayan Griffon Vultures Dead After Feeding On Dogs Carcass! Poisoning Or Something Sinister?

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://in.mashable.com/science/108245/25-himalayan-griffon-vultures-dead-after-feeding-on-dogs-carcass-poisoning-or-something-sinister

#International #food safety event: #Infant #formula and products containing arachidonic acid oil contaminated with #cereulide #toxin - Multi-country (#WHO, March 13 '26), https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/03/international-food-safety-event-infant.html

Springtime pet poisons hidden in your cupboard, garden https://www.allforgardening.com/1652715/springtime-pet-poisons-hidden-in-your-cupboard-garden/ #allergys #DogAte #Flea #garden #liliies #medications #pet #PetAte #plants #PoinsonousToAts #PosinousToDogs #posion #spring #tick #toxic #toxin

> Information pollution: misinformation as a toxin Information pollution describes the “contamination of information supply with incomplete, inconsistent, or irrelevant information” in “quantities large enough to produce significantly adverse effects on human activities and social life” #toxin

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yklpo5gujtp3lcbubdpzeiy4/post/3mguq46e3kc24

"#Microsoft says #AI can create #zeroday threats in biology
Artificial intelligence can design #toxin s that evade #security controls"

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/02/1124767/microsoft-says-ai-can-create-zero-day-threats-in-biology/

If anyone has experiences with zero days then the Redmond company.

Article in Science magazine

https://www.science.org/content/article/made-order-bioweapon-ai-designed-toxins-slip-through-safety-checks-used-companies

After Rachel Carson’s courageous “Silent Spring” exposé back in 1962, surely by now we’ve learned not to release bioaccumulating toxins into ecosystems.

No, of course not.

“Results suggest biomagnification of PFAS from soil, mushrooms, and berries to bank voles, from mushrooms to ungulates and from voles to the owl. ... Our study supports that terrestrial wildlife magnifies PFAS from the environment and highlights largely unexplored yet worrying effects on wildlife health.”

Ecke, F., Ytrehus, B., Evander, M. et al. Biomagnification and potential health effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a terrestrial food web. Sci Rep 15, 31003 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-16395-6

#bioaccumulation #pollution #toxin #ForeverChemical #ecology

Some arrived to work on July 9 to find their badges no longer worked, Henderson said.

Because of a #federal #HiringFreeze that has been extended through October 15, the #USDA will not be able to replace the fired staff & will need to halt ongoing #scientific work that benefits #farmers, like a project to develop a #vaccine for a deadly #toxin that occurs in undercooked #beef, he said.

#Trump #BrainDrain #idiocracy #science #PublicHealth #labor #law #USpol

And now available in paperback as well as on Kindle:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1958333190/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

#EnvironmentalRacism
#Environmentalism
#Environment
#Environmental
#Bookstodon
#AmWriting
#AmWritingFiction
#WritersOfMastodon
#AuthorsOfMastodon
#Oakland
#SanFranciscoBay
#SanFranciscoBayArea
#SFBay
#SFBayArea
#ScienceFiction
#HardSF
#Cyanobacteria
#GeneticEngineering
#EnvironmentalFiction
#SocialResponsibility
#Toxin
#Algae
#WritingCommunity
#WritersLife
#WritersCommunity
#Novelette

Bacteria use toxic effectors to outcompete other bacteria. This study shows that the cysteine protease Cpe1, a widespread #toxin in Gram negative #bacteria, inhibits replication in competitors by cleaving & disabling DNA #topoisomerases GyrB & ParE @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4dyEVXL

#Celegans peel-1/zeel-1 is one of the best-characterized animal #toxin-antidote systems, but how does it work? This study shows that PEEL-1 co-opts the PMPL-1 to exert toxicity by creating a novel #IonChannel that leads to cell swelling @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3HfH8LN

After years of aggressive expansion
we now gotta admit
that the perimeter is shrinking

Push back against
are share the hate agenda
was greater than anticipated

We'll leave it to biased historians
to analyze why our movement failed
but now we gotta execute
a regrettable exit strategy

#Toxin laced brownies
will be disbursed
from our Bunker Cafe
for your Final Solution consumption

#vss365 #poetry #poem #amwriting

The EU has banned BPAs: here’s what you need to know about this common, toxic compound.

The European Union has banned the use of bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine disruptor widely used in plastics.

This came into effect with Regulation 2024/3190 in late 2024, but it took over 20 years of scientific study to cut out this silent toxin.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250430-the-eu-has-banned-bpas-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-this-common-toxic-compound?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#BPA #Bisphenol #Chemical #Chemicals #Plastic #Plastics #Food #Toxin #Toxic #Health #EU

#Portimine A #toxin causes #skin #inflammation through ZAKα-dependent NLRP1 inflammasome activation, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/03/portimine-toxin-causes-skin.html

#FoodSci #FoodTech #FoodFacts #FoodSafety #Botulinum #Toxin #biology #biotech #BioPunk

🔬 Researchers from @LeibnizHKI and @unijena have discovered a hidden #toxin in some 🍄 #mushrooms that only develops its effect after preparation. It is a form of the already known #muscarin - the 4'-phosphomuscarine.

👉 read more about this in our latest press release
https://www.leibniz-hki.de/de/pressemitteilung/auch-die-zubereitung-macht-das-gift.html

👉 read the original publication https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anie.202417220

#mycology @dfg_public

Wie Krebse aus Maya-Höhlen die Medizin inspirieren. Spezielle Proteine aus Krebstoxinen könnten zu neuen Medikamenten führen. #Naturmedizin #Remipeden #Krebse #Tiergift #Toxin #Arzneiforschung
https://www.scinexx.de/news/medizin/wie-krebse-aus-maya-hoehlen-die-medizin-inspirieren/

Ein und derselbe Stoff kann, je nach Dosis und Art der Verabreichung, Unterschiedlichstes bewirken. Ein #Toxin, das Tod und #Schönheit hervorrufen kann, steht im Mittelpunkt unseres Artikels des Tages https://www.dwds.de/wb/Botulismus

"Early researchers undertook the highly hazardous practice of identifying beryllium and its various compounds from its sweet taste."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryllium#Detection

#Beryllium
#chemistry
#toxin

Im Rahmen des Symposiums über Aquatische Toxine waren Fachleute aus der ganzen Welt zu Gast am BfR und haben ihr Wissen aus den Bereichen #Toxin-Analyse, #Risikobewertung und #Epidemiologie geteilt. Wir bedanken uns bei allen Teilnehmenden für das erfolgreiche Symposium.

People are seizing, being intubated after eating microdose chocolates - Enlarge / A Diamond Shruumz chocolate bar, which come in a variety of f... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2029953 #outbreakinvestigation #poisoncontrolcenters #microdosing #chocolate #illnesses #outbreak #science #health #toxin #cdc #fda

Der Obersee in #Berlin #Weissensee ist gerade voll mit #Blaualgen. Sollte man sich lieber von fernhalten und auch Hunde oder andere Tiere nicht reinlassen.

#Cyanobakterien #Bakterien #Gift #Toxin

Ricinus (Ricinus communis) is blooming, make a wish...

Ricin, which is extracted from the seeds, is one of nature's most potent toxins
#nature #toxin #poison #spain

Education & research bring Rio’s #dolphins back from the brink of extinction
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/education-research-bring-rios-dolphins-back-from-the-brink-of-extinction/

"A recently published study found high #toxin concentrations in #GuianaDolphins in neighboring #SepetibaBay, which has significantly impacted the health of the population... So far, a protected environment in #Sepetiba Bay has helped stem #dolphin mortality, and efforts are being made in #Guanabara to clean up the bay"