When skin touches poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac plants, the oils from the plant can cause a rash. This rash can be very uncomfortable, itchy and unsightly. The medical name for this rash is ...

Just thinking about poison ivy can make you itch. Blistering rashes on your arms and ankles, oozing bumps between your fingers and eyelid-swelling exposures are all-too-familiar summer hazards. Poison ...

In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, the expansion of soy is not only transforming landscapes but also suffocating the ...

A simple mix-up with a herbicide bottle can turn into a life-threatening emergency within minutes. Doctors warn that ingesting even small amounts of weed killer can cause severe nausea, internal burns ...

Enjoying the outdoors carries the danger of running into nature’s less-friendly side: toxic plants and animals. As toxicologists at the University of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Poison Center, we see many ...