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  2. Salt poisoning - Wikipedia

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    Salt poisoning is an intoxication resulting from the excessive intake of sodium (usually as sodium chloride) either in solid form or in solution (saline water, including brine, brackish water, or seawater). Salt poisoning sufficient to produce severe symptoms is rare, and lethal salt poisoning is possible but even rarer.

  3. Hypernatremia - Wikipedia

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    Mineralcorticoid excess due to a disease state such as Conn's syndrome usually does not lead to hypernatremia unless free water intake is restricted. Salt poisoning is the most common cause in children. [16] [17] It has also been seen in a number of adults with mental health problems. [11] Too much salt can also occur from drinking seawater or ...

  4. Lead poisoning - Wikipedia

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    According to a study published in 2008, 1.1% of the 736 persons consuming wild game meat tested had PbB ≥5 μg/dL [170] In November 2015 the US Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) designated 5 μg/dL (five micrograms per deciliter ...

  5. Massachusetts Department of Public Health - Wikipedia

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    State Laboratory Institute houses two bureaus which provide diagnostic testing and vaccine production. Public Health Library system consists of five individual libraries whose purpose is to serve the educational and research needs of public health professionals, health care providers and citizens. This department also maintains the archives of ...

  6. Health effects of salt - Wikipedia

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    SEM image of a grain of table salt. The health effects of salt are the conditions associated with the consumption of either too much or too little salt. Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl) and is used in food for both preservation and flavor. Sodium ions are needed in small quantities by most living things, as are ...

  7. Parents warn about the dangers of 'salt and ice' challenge - AOL

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    It's called the 'salt and ice challenge.' Jason Erickson says his 13-year-old daughter and her friends are good kids. But a couple weeks ago, those good kids got a bad idea: They decided to take ...

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  9. Lakeville Hospital - Wikipedia

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    Lakeville Hospital, also known as the Lakeville State Sanatorium, was a state-operated sanatorium in Lakeville, Massachusetts. The sanatorium opened its doors in 1910 for the treatment of those with tuberculosis. In the 1950s, following a decline in the number of tuberculosis cases, the sanatorium began treating patients with other crippling ...