Toxicologist Answers More Poison Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED

Toxicologist Anne Chappelle is back to answer more of the internet's burning questions about poison. What makes poison, well, poisonous? What the screaming heck is sun poisoning? How long does poison take to work? Can poison expire? Anne answers all these questions and much more!


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[StardustandMadness]

I like the explanation, ‘if it bites you and you die, it’s venomous; if you bite it and you die, it’s poisonous.’ I actually think it sums it up pretty clearly.

[limmiedee]

I wish that when people talked about types of skin damage, they'd acknowledge what that looks like for people with darker skin. we don't get red rashes after sunburn. even my darkest bruises are often difficult to spot because of hyper-pigmentation. the stages of healing for cuts looks vastly different because we don't see the same change in colors around the wound sight. not to mention when you look for images to identify clinical signs, 99% of those images are of lighter skin and only marginally helpful to us looking to identify potentially serious medical issues.

[annacriscr]

I love how she says that it is poison in the right dose, instead of the wrong dose.

[who.what.when.where.]

The amount of excitement that surged through my veins when she said “Party Poison” is unreasonable.

[TobKadach]

"If the lead singer is Bret Michaels then I'm sure it is Poison". That had me laughing for ages 🤣

[Noneofthedays]

She has a very effective way of delivering information in a way that is accessible. Love her!

[srg]

My mom would've gone nuts for you while I was growing up lol. Her big "parent fear" was toxic chemicals and me getting poisoned so she was always lecturing me about stuff under the sink and making sure I didn't touch the pesticides for the farm. Once she figured out she could call PBS and they'd send her Mr. Yuck stickers the house and barn were *covered* in them

[mcrisdeadxo]

I'm a pharmacist and I loved this! Glad she brought up Botox, it's a fun conversation to have with people who didn't know its origin.

[Kat-trig]

My son had botox injections in his legs for years to relax his muscles enough so he could wear splits. He has cerebral palsy. It's crazy knowing that this life changing treatment is also the most dangerous poison.

[bweb]

Anne is so cool she makes me want to reevaluate my life choices and return to college to become a toxicologist.

[dobryden]

This lady knows what she's doing! I'm so impressed and she doesn't miss a beat when she starts answering each question. She also makes it sound so much easier than it is. I would love to have a teacher like her!

[islandsicedtea]

NOT THE KPOP USERNAME CHAEYOUNGSSLAVE 💀💀💀

[JokerCrowe]

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"Chaeyoung's slave asked..."

I frikcing choked. These usernames... 💀💀💀🤣🤣

[khalilahd.]

You can tell she loves her job and I love that for her. Interesting facts i didn't know i needed! 😅

[thenetspawn]

I laughed so hard about your comment about handling mercury: "We don't do that anymore". I had a vial of mercury in my toy chemistry set as a child. I handled it plenty. It's a wonder us Boomers survived childhood.

[sarahfairchild]

I was diagnosed with sun poisoning a long time ago and it has actually effected the way I react to heat believe it or not. The headache mimicked a aneurysm and at 1st that's what they thought but couldn't find 1 so said sun poisoning. As for heat sensitivity, its like it changed something in my chemistry permanently. If I get too hot then I have the same but milder reaction. I've found that so interesting.

[elizabethscrafts]

My husband got sun poisoning last year. All the symptoms you described. It was not fun. He said his sick were he got burned felt tight for a few months after. Luckily he is a nurse and he was able to give me advice on how to help him in his recovery.

[NightwishNick]

Poison Support is one of the more interesting ones of this series I'm glad to see Anne back in the seat and schooling us. Hoping for more!

[allisonfisher]

My husband got sun poisoning a couple months ago, it was crazy….he was only in the sun without his shirt on for about an hour and a half, but that was enough. He was red for three weeks, and got hundreds of tiny blisters on his back, was fatigued, got a fever, and was kind of wrecked for a few days. His skin still prickles and feels like it has minor nerve damage. Do not recommend👍🏻

[tamar]

I wonder why we stopped using Brompton Cocktails? I'm gonna look into that now. Just letting someone spend their last hours high, chatty and happy sounds very humane compared to our current end-of-life protocols.

I wanted to be a toxicologist once, couldn't hack it at the rigorous schooling but man this stuff is so cool.