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  1. Dissolving Glass

    Date released
    1978
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    233
    NoS ID
    325968
    Story no
    2 / 3

    COI synopsis: Out of the world of electronics and fibre optics: a glass that will slowly dissolve; as a bead, it can be flavoured with either medicines or with poisons. It’s being used as a pill which will...

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  2. Poisons (1984 Video)

    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min.

    Discusses the different forms of poisons together with safe handling procedures and proper storage. Emphasises the importance of personal protection and first aid measures.

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  3. Why and the How of Poisoning in William Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’, The (1990 Video)

    Series
    Eminent Scholars/Teachers
    Producer
    Matthew J. Bruccoli; Richard Layman

    George Walton Williams demonstrates how the imagery of Othello allows the reader/audience to observe the way in which Iago ‘poisons’ Othello’s mind.

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  4. Kings Cross fire - Effect of cyanide in paint (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Margaret Shiels interviews toxicologist Dr Patrick Toseland about his report on the effect of cyanide in anti-graffiti paint on the death toll resulting from the Kings Cross fire.

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  5. Poisonous Fungi in Britain and Ireland on Cd-Rom (1998 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Shows the poisonous fungi of Britain and Ireland and how to identify them. Compiled using the expertise of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the Poisons Unit at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, London.

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  6. Poisonous Plants in Britain and Ireland on Cd-Rom (1995 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    An aid to the identification of over 200 groups of poisonous plants, covering thousands of species, from limited material such as a few berries, a leaf or a flower. Includes plants which are poisonous when...

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  7. Mercury in our food (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Dr Anna Snowdon, Scientific Adviser to the National Federation of Fruit and Potato Trades, on the toxic properties of mercury and its presence in some fruit and vegetables. She speaks of its...

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  8. Denis Thatcher and 245T poison (1982)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the involvement of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s husband Denis Thatcher in the manufacture of weed killers containing the poison 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (245T). Speakers include Dr...

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  9. Pain, Pus and Poison (2013)

    Director
    Ben Crichton; Alex Freeman
    Producer
    Ben Crichton
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £34.99

    Dr Michael Mosley tells the story of how the world’s most useful and valuable drugs were created. The most poisonous toxin known to man, Botulinum, is now used as an anti-wrinkle drug called Botox. Yet it...

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  10. To Be a Butterfly (1986 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    looks at the life cycle of the butterfly. Investigates the range of protective strategies the butterflies have developed: camouflage, mimicry, use of poisons. Butterflies featured include the monarch,...

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