Food poisoning remedies

U. glabrata Malaysian peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo Used as remedy for food poisoning [16]. 

Thus alcohol can be a type of food, a medicine, an antidote for poisoning (see pp. 195-7), and also a poison itself, and an apt illustration of the principle of Paracelsus AH substances are poisons, there is none that is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy Is there are safe level of drinking Is there a non-toxic dose It is possible to give only an approximate value because individuals vary and, as we saw earlier, so do alcoholic drinks. Most people don t measure the exact amount of alcohol they consume each day or week, and there needs to be some allowance for variation. 

In conclusion, this is the poison paradox chemicals have useful and beneficial effects but under different conditions the same chemicals can be harmful. Some chemicals can cure our ailments, improve our mood, or make our food taste better others can be used to make valuable products such as brightly coloured paints, parts of computers, or cars, and many kinds of plastic or flame-resistant clothes. There is a multitude of ways in which chemicals enrich our society, yet at the same time, if they are misused or used without respect, they can be hazardous. When a person takes or is given a dose of a drug that is too high, or is exposed to a concentration of a chemical that is too high (say in an industrial accident), adverse consequences inevitably foUow. As Paracelsus commented centuries ago All substances are poisons there is none that is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy ... 

Overexposure to lead is one of the most common overexposures found in industry. It is also a major potential public health risk. Lead poisoning is the leading environmentally induced illness in children. At greatest risk are children under the age of six because they are undergoing rapid neurological and physical development. In general populations, lead may be present at hazardous concentrations in food, water, and air. Sources include paint, urban dust, and folk remedies. 

In 1938, the present Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act) was enacted. It contained new provisions for tolerances for unavoidable poisonous substances, authorized standards of identity, quality, and fill of containers for foods, authorized factory inspections, and added the remedy of court injunction to the previous remedies of seizure and prosecution. 

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