Others say it's high in toxic substances -- mercury, dioxins and PCBs -- and should be avoided.
By combining an artist and scientific quest, the two professors at Michigan State University found that a certain type of metal-loving bacteria can transform high amounts of the toxic chemical compound gold chloride from a liquid into solid 24-karat gold.
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Meanwhile, ViroPharma in Exton, Pa. hopes to launch clinical trials of a more radical approach: preventing outbreaks by infecting high-risk patients with innocuous strains to prevent toxic strains from taking hold.
Meanwhile, ViroPharma (nasdaq: VPHM - news - people ) in Exton, Pa. hopes to launch clinical trials of a more radical approach: preventing outbreaks by infecting high-risk patients with innocuous strains to prevent toxic strains from taking hold.
"More is not necessarily better...some vitamins and minerals can be toxic in high doses, " particularly the fat-soluble ones which the body stores like Vitamins A, D, E and K, explained Claire Williamson, Nutrition Scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation.
The large doses of fructose from both sucrose (table sugar) and high fructose corn syrup may be particularly detrimental to your health as they can cause the accumulation of metabolically toxic belly fat, cholesterol abnormalities -- including high triglycerides and reduced levels of HDL (good cholesterol) -- and nonalcoholic associated fatty liver disease.
New Zealand's government said it hasn't found traces of dicyandiamide, a chemical that is toxic to humans in high doses, in dairy products since mid-November.
The high temperature suppresses the conversion of nitrates into the more toxic nitrites, which ultimately yield tobacco-specific nitrosamines.
There was a problem: T67 passed easily into the brain, a fact that was great for treating brain cancer-- but one that also caused the drug to have toxic neurological side effects at high doses.
Hoarding can become dangerous when debris gets piled so high that it falls and injures someone, or when the debris serves as a breeding ground for disease-causing toxic mold or vermin.
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