A large contributor to the danger of alcohol is its wide use. The majority of the world does drink, and drink a lot, with an average of 17 litres of pure alcohol consumed per person per year. The World Health Organization found 3.3 million deaths worldwide were caused by dangerous alcohol...
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” At The Truth About Cancer we talk a lot about what causes cancer, and the foods that fight cancer and lower your cancer risk. Now I’m going to talk to you about known, scientifically proven, cancer causing foods that actively increa...
In general, barbiturates are relaxants, much like alcohol. Their effects are very similar, and when combined can be lethal. Pain medicines, sleeping pills, and antihistamines also cause symptoms similar to those of barbiturates. It’s important to understand that the difference between the dose ...
What Exactly Is the “Blues” Drug? “Blues” is a street name for oxycodone, which is a prescription drug used to relieve moderate and severe pain. Oxycodone is sold under brand names like OxyContin®, Percodan®, and Percocet®. However, much of what’s sold on the street is compr...
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the story has been described as being along the lines of “What Lies Beneath meets The Sixth Sense.” So it sounds like there might be something supernatural going on with the girl in the lake.Oliver is currently writing the screenplay. Johansson...
If you have oily skin, sunscreen is the last thing you wanna put on your skin. Blame UV filters. A lot of them have thick, oily textures that are hard to dilute into a lightweight lotion your skin can tolerate – especially if you’re determined to avoid alcohol at all costs. (Fun ...
About eight percent of the Earth's crust is aluminum, making it the most abundant metal on this planet. However, it is always found combined with various other elements, never by itself in a pure state. Two of the most frequently encountered aluminum com
I say “really have to” because the journey to suicide is generally undertaken for ordinary reasons; broken hearts, busted dreams, untreated clinical depressions, and is often the final price for the ravages of alcoholism and drug abuse. Suicide is not an enterprise undertaken for extraordinary ...
What is the lethal dose of acetylferrocene? What is the definition of LD_(50)? What is corrosion? Describe the characteristics of a good recrystallization solvent. Explain why polar protic solvents (like butanol) solvate anions (like chloride) better than polar aportic solvents (like N, N-dim...
Tardigrades can also weather many noxious chemicals, boiling alcohol, the low pressure of a vacuum, and can survive six times the pressure of the deepest part of the oceans. Add to that the fact that these creatures can take ultraviolet radiation and survive the vacuum of space and you've ...