Overview

The American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and the American Association of Poison Control Centers held the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology 2010 at the Hyatt Regency atColoradoConvention Center, Denver, CO - October 7-12, 2010.

Sixteen poster themes were presented at the Toxicology History Room - see list below.

Pictures

List of posters presented

• Intro Poster
  - Absinthe

  - Brief history of early drug regulation in the US

  - The deadly styx river of Greek myth

  - Ferrera da Silva

  - Highlights in the history of tox

  - History of opium

  - Love Canal

  - Mateu Orfila

  - Milestones of toxicology

  - Toxic warfare and poison weapons in antiquity

• The oldest text on venoms and Poisons
• Mithradates VI
• Poison: The Evolution of a Family of Fragrances
• toxic legacy of lead
• Bhopal accident

References

• American Academy of Clinical Toxicology - for info on the meeting
• American Association of Poison Control Centers