Stories
- Article
Children in burns prevention campaigns
Whose responsibility is it to prevent accidental burns and scalds in the home? Shane Ewen’s research shows that it’s everyone’s concern.
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When skin bleaching goes wrong
Warnings about permanent health damage don’t deter those using skin-bleaching products for years on end. Read the story of one woman who suffered from liver failure after years of striving to be paler.
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Why pandemic denial is nothing new
Could today’s Covid-deniers be taking lessons from history? After all, it’s nearly 200 years since frustrations at a cholera-induced lockdown erupted in Sunderland.
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Jim, the horse of death
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Health and Safety
Date: 1978 - 1980Reference: SA/BIO/C/12Part of: The Biochemical Society- Archives and manuscripts
Food Safety Act 1990
Date: 1990-1998Reference: PP/TLA/E/6/2Part of: Archive of Professor Tim Lang- Pictures
- Online
A pink condom and the 'VW' logo for Volkswagen, the automobile manufacturers, positioned side by side as if two wheels of a car representing an analogy to the safety features of both;with text promoting the safety standards of the new VW golf. Colour lithograph by GGK Basel.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 674887i- Books
Evaluation of herbal medicinal products : perspectives on quality, safety, and efficacy / edited by Pulok K. Mukherjee, Peter J. Houghton.
Date: 2009- Archives and manuscripts
Media - 'Miscellaneous'
Date: 1979-1986Reference: SA/PAT/C/36/5Part of: The Patients Association