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Soh Kam Yung"Agatha Christie’s background as a pharmacist’s assistant gave her a deep understanding of the poisons she skillfully weaved into her detective stories. Harkup highlights how Christie subtly educates readers on the history and toxicology of various poisons without sacrificing narrative intrigue. Christie’s use of poison not only advances plot and character but also reflects her meticulous attention to accuracy and good writing."<a href="https://bigthink.com/big-think-books/agatha-christies-poisons/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bigthink.com/big-think-books/agatha-christies-poisons/</a><a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/AgathaChristie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AgathaChristie</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poisons</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a>

SydneyJimRats in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Australia</a> may have genetic mutation that increases resistance to widely used <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poisons</a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-06-rats-australia-genetic-mutation-resistance.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2025-06-rats-australia-genetic-mutation-resistance.html</a>But native animals & birds don’t survive taking rat poison. Rat poison kills more native animals & birds than rats.

Nando161<a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poisons</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Memphis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Memphis</a>, <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/TN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TN</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Air" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Air</a> to Create "<a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Colossus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Colossus</a>" Super <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Computer</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VJT2JeDCyw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VJT2JeDCyw</a>

The Bee GuyEarly! A bit like <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecocide</a> though there should never be a time for that. Stop spraying chemical <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poisons</a> on <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bees</a>. No excuses. Just stop. They are designed to kill and that is what they do. So stop. Stop. . . . . . . . Stop!<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 89In 1945, the American Chemical Paint Company released the first US ‘residential herbicide’ 2,4-D which had been developed during WW2 as a chemical weapon to wipe out potatoes in Germany and rice in Japan.

The Bee GuyEarly! And you know what they say… See post 2 attached if you don’t!theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 88In the US in the 1950s, a chemical company/producer of grass seed, to promote a weed killer, launched a PR campaign declaring white <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/clover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clover</a> a <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/weed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#weed</a>. It wasn’t. It isn’t. Chemical weed killers are <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poisons</a>. PR that. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bees</a> 1/2

Poujol 𝖱𝗈𝗌𝗍 ✅« Aujourd’hui, 23 millions de Français souffrent d’une ou plusieurs <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/maladies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maladies</a> chroniques. Nous devons stopper les expositions aux <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poisons</a> identifiés tels les pesticides et l’amiante qui tuent. » 13 mutuelle rappellent que 200.000 tonnes d’amiante sont toujours présentes dans les bâtiments et que plus de 60.000 tonnes de pesticides sont utilisés chaque année.<a href="https://basta.media/appel-treize-mutuelles-agriculture-francaise-europeenne-sans-pesticide-amiante-maladies-chroniques-prevention-reparation-prejudices" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://basta.media/appel-treize-mutuelles-agriculture-francaise-europeenne-sans-pesticide-amiante-maladies-chroniques-prevention-reparation-prejudices</a> (8 février 2024)<a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/Ecophyto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ecophyto</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/usage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#usage</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/pesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pesticides</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#agriculture</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/bio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bio</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/agro_%C3%A9cologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#agro_écologie</a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/sant%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#santé</a>

Clayton HovePoisons and their antidotes, circa early 1940s.This was the first I’ve heard of Paris Green, and it’s a doozy. <a href="https://www.ricentral.com/chariho_times/news/local_news/the-dangers-of-paris-green/article_b708ea20-1240-11eb-b1f0-a754a0cb66ed.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ricentral.com/chariho_times/news/local_news/the-dangers-of-paris-green/article_b708ea20-1240-11eb-b1f0-a754a0cb66ed.html</a>Found in a small notebook won at this weekend’s North Star Auction.<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vintage</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#safety</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poisons</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/antidotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antidotes</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/auctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#auctions</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/antiques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antiques</a>

John :au: :60: :05: :12: :GP:<a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/AusPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPost</a> now have my <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/growbags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#growbags</a> & <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/shadecloth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shadecloth</a> showing as coming tomorrow. More time for me to get on my feet I guess, but still, I was hoping they’d be here today. Today the plan was for me to go postal on the thistle out back. My knee might let me.With the <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/alpacas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alpacas</a> & <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/sheep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sheep</a> I don’t ever want to use <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poisons</a> on weeds - that’s where my Nata comes in. <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gardening</a> An observation - the local <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bees</a> love the thistle. They are all over it. Thistle <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/honey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#honey</a> is supposed to be very special.

Global MuseumNow on view: If Books Could Kill 📕 💀 This exhibition casts light on the hidden dangers of manuscripts within the Walters collection and reveals the delicate science behind recognizing those toxic materials and handling them safely today.<a href="https://thewalters.org/exhibitions/if-books-could-kill/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thewalters.org/exhibitions/if-books-could-kill/</a>The Walters Art Museum @walters_museum <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/exhibitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exhibitions</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/toxicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#toxicity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poisons</a>

Luca da FirenzeTWO <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/POISONS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#POISONS</a> are devastating <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#America</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Fentanyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fentanyl</a> both cause fatal addiction >brain damage and a death<between the two the one that caused the most victims It's MAGA.for your safety and mental health Stay AWAY from those who are addicted.

SydneyJim‘Climate-induced poisoning’: 350 elephants probably killed by <a href="https://body.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#toxic</a> water | <a href="https://body.social/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wildlife</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/29/mystery-mass-die-off-deaths-elephants-toxic-water-botswana" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/29/mystery-mass-die-off-deaths-elephants-toxic-water-botswana</a>This is what humans are doing to our planet. <a href="https://body.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/Extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Extinction</a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/Poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poisons</a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pollution</a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a>

ErosBlog BacchusIn a local gardening group someone is asking how to kill Johnson grass, which is considered a weed in these parts. The irony of this response went unremarked, but I am still laughing about it:"Use Roundup carefully and spot treat. I have used it for nearly 50 years with great success."Such great success that after fifty years, you're still doing it! 🤣 <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/Roundup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Roundup</a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/Sprays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sprays</a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/Poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poisons</a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/Weeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Weeds</a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InvasiveSpecies</a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/JohnsonGrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JohnsonGrass</a>

Paul Houle💫 Plasticizers impair normal brain function in vertebrates, study finds<a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10-plasticizers-impair-brain-function-vertebrates.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10-plasticizers-impair-brain-function-vertebrates.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plastics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/materials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#materials</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poisons</a>

Kevin Russell<a href="https://sfba.social/@KeithDJohnson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@KeithDJohnson</a> Asshole petroleum dealers make plastics, and they REFUSE to only make plastics that are recyclable, most of the plastics they defecate into stores ARE NOT recyclable, pissing their costs onto us.THAT'S the problem.By law, make ALL plastics that are not recyclable ILLEGAL.Then make all plastic produced be made from majority recycled plastic, so plastic companies MUST mine the seas and shores for old plastic, as part of their business.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poisons</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnvironmentalDumbness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalDumbness</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Greed</a>

LionelBI smell weasel. DEFRA (the environment wing of UK government) said "That is why we are committed to deliver for nature and will change existing policies, including banning the use of those neonicotinoid pesticides that threaten vital pollinators.”Why didn't they say "... including banning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides".<a href="https://expressional.social/tags/butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#butterflies</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poisons</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@savebutterflies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@savebutterflies</a>

The Chemical MindOh finally, Spotify synchronised! Here's the voiceover version of Legacy of the House of Butterflies: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5U55QM9CSYfAjpyLMqZWJC?si=71acfb8678484d1a" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/episode/5U55QM9CSYfAjpyLMqZWJC?si=71acfb8678484d1a</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adhd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#adhd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neuroscience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bigoil</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poisons</a>

Paul Houle🐛 The Pesticide Industry’s Toxic Lobby<a href="https://jacobin.com/2024/07/pesticide-cancer-lobbying-lawsuits/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jacobin.com/2024/07/pesticide-cancer-lobbying-lawsuits/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pesticides</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#agriculture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poisons</a>

SydneyJimCoffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body - Guardian Australia <a href="https://apple.news/Ap8Trp6DaTJKjfdlnW8WmXw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apple.news/Ap8Trp6DaTJKjfdlnW8WmXw</a>We are killing ourselves. We are killing the animals. We are killing the environment. We are killing the planet. <a href="https://body.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earth</a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poisons</a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#toxic</a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PFAS</a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/foreverchemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foreverchemicals</a>

Paul Houle☠️ An herbicide so hazardous that courts have banned it twice<a href="https://www.thenewlede.org/2024/04/an-herbicide-so-hazardous-that-courts-have-banned-it-twice/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thenewlede.org/2024/04/an-herbicide-so-hazardous-that-courts-have-banned-it-twice/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#agriculture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/herbicides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#herbicides</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#agronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poisons</a>

anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖with 14,314 killed in 2023 compared to 364,734 in 2019.According to the new data, the wildlife-killing program unintentionally killed more than 2,484 animals in 2023, including 658 river <a href="https://mas.to/tags/otters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#otters</a> and 428 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/turtles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#turtles</a>, as well as several dogs and cats. Its killing of nontarget birds included a federally protected <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GoldenEagle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoldenEagle</a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WoodDucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodDucks</a>, great <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BlueHerons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueHerons</a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WildTurkeys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WildTurkeys</a>. Such data reveals the indiscriminate nature of leghold <a href="https://mas.to/tags/traps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#traps</a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/snares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snares</a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poisons</a> and other methods used by federal agents.4/6

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