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Thanks for reading our pages about poison. The Poison Detectives are Colton (Poisonous Substances), Jacob (Poisonous Plants), Jill (Famous Poisoners), Joshua (Poisonous Animals and Home page), and Xing (Poisonous Gases).We would like to thank Ms Cleary and Mr. Poeschl for giving us the time to work on this project, and Mrs. Solberg for her technical help. Our coach was Mr. Cutts.

 
 

Sources


Graphics
     All pictures were drawn by The Poison Detectives.

Famous Poisoners
     1. Terry Hayden, "Serial Killers, Mass Murderers...," www.terryhayden.free-online.co.uk/, 
     January 18, 2001.
      2. Liz Mantell, "Millions in Bangladesh Face Slow Poisoning," www.wsws.org/news/1998/Dec.
      1998/bang-d02.shtm/, February 2, 2001.
      3. "Arsenic Information," www.lose.umn.edu/~jolson/groundwater/arsenic.html, Feb.2, 2001.
      4. Jerry M. Baskin, Hemlock, 1993. 
      5. Frank Welsch, "Strychnine," URL is unknown, Nov. 9, 2000
 

Poisonous Animals
      1. C. Mattison, Rattler, Sterling Publishing Co., 1996.
        2. Vipers & Fangs  & Venom Glands CD-ROM, 1999.
        3. M. Freiberg, Venemous Animals of the World, Prentice Hall, 1974.
        4. Nathan Aaseng, Poisonous Creatures, Twenty-first Century Books, 1997.
        5. Peter Mirtschin, "Australia," http://www.csiro.au/scientriffic/ST10.poisoners.pdf, Nov. 2000
 

Poisonous Gases
         1. Lawrence Stein, "Radon," World Book Encyclopedia, v. 16, p. 103, 1989, World Book, Inc.
         2. Emily Jane Rose, "Carbon Monoxide," http://www.encyclopedia.com., Columbia University
         Press, 1993.
         3. "Smoking," http://www.encarta.com.
         4. William J. McCarthy, "Smoking," World Book Encyclopedia, v. 17, p. 520, 2000, World
         Book Inc.
         5."Radon," World Book Encyclopedia, v. 16, p. 100, 2000, World Book Inc.
         6. "Radon," State Farm Insurance pamphlet, p. 8
         7. "A Citizen's Guide to Radon," http://www.epa.gov/iaq/radon/pubs/cityguide.html.
 

Poisonous Plants
         1. Alan M. Eshleman, Poison Plants, 1977, pp. 52-59.
         2. Peter R. Limburg, Poisonous Plants, 1976.
         3. Frank Welsch, "Belladonna," World Book Encyclopedia, 2000 v. 2, p.242, World Book Inc.
 
 

Poisonous Substances
          1. Bill Morrison, Know About Alcohol, Alcohol in Bottles, 1978.
          2. Webelos Scout Book, Boy Scouts of America, 1978.
          3. Encyclopedia of Medicine, Random House, Inc., New York, 1989.
          4. Jim Travisono, "Danger: Poison," Current Health, Sept. 11, 1998.
          5. "Lead Poisoning," The Columbia Encyclopedia Online.
          6. Luba Vangelova, "Botulism Toxin," Poisonings,  December 1, 1999, Electric Library database