Poison! Beware!

Author: Steve Skidmore
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 9781878841414
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Humorous illustrations accompany information about substances which are harmful, including bacteria, plants, animals, and chemicals. Also tells how to help someone who has been poisoned.

Poison! Beware!

Author: Steve Skidmore
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304325313
Category : Drug abuse
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
Identifies poisons around the home, poisonous plants and animals; discusses the poisonous effects of certain drugs and of chemicals and germs in food; offers advice on avoiding these dangers and how to save a poisoned person.

Poison! Beware!

Author: Steve Skidmore
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781878841292
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 44

Book Description
Discusses different kinds of poisonous substances, animals and plants.

Poison! Beware!

Author: Steve Skidmore
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781863710046
Category : Poisons
Languages : en
Pages :

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Poison! Beware!

Author: Steve Skidmore
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 9780304317745
Category : Drug abuse
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description

Poison Beware {Be an Expert Poison Spotter}

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780780719651
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Beware! These Animals are Poison

Author: Barbara Brenner
Publisher: Coward McCann
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 74

Book Description
Discusses various facts about poisonous animals with emphasis on how they deliver their venom to other animals as a means of survival.

Beware the Poison Dart Frog!

Author: Ursula Pang
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
ISBN: 9781978527492
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
What's tiny, cute, and colorful--but also very deadly? It's the poison dart frog! These critters come in many dazzling colors to remind other animals that they are not good to eat. Just touching a poison dart frog can be enough for someone to absorb its deadly neurotoxins. Readers get a chance to see these highly toxic creatures up close in their rain forest habitats of South and Central America. Readers also learn how poison dart frogs got their name and how scientists are using their poison in modern medical applications.

Beware, We are Poisonous!

Author: Hans D. Dossenbach
Publisher: Blackbirch Press, Incorporated
ISBN: 9781567112153
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44

Book Description
Examines the characteristics and habits of different kinds of snakes, fish, spiders, insects, and other animals that use poison to defend themselves.

Dictionary of Poisons

Author: Ibert Mellan
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504067983
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 141

Book Description
This mid-twentieth-century reference guide offers a comprehensive list of poisons, with information on their origins, effects, antidotes, and more. First published in 1956, Dictionary of Poisons offers a unique look back at the timeless perils of poison. In their introduction, coauthors Ibert and Eleanor Mellan discuss the history of poison, from Biblical references to ancient Greek suicide and the historical evolution of homicidal poisoning. They then present practical information about a wide range of poisons, from household products to misused medicines and more. Arranged alphabetically, each entry includes a brief description of a given substance, along with possible causes and symptoms of, as well as first aid treatments for, poisoning.