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Topic: poison

Sam Nivola as Lochlan Ratliff in "The White Lotus" and a Cerbera odollam tree (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Jouan/Rius / Gamma-Rapho / Fabio Lovino/HBO)

The truth of deadly "White Lotus" fruit

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Highchair Messy Tray (Getty Images)

New report on poisoned baby food

Matthew Rozsa
Tide laundry detergent packets (AP/Pat Sullivan)

Politicians: Tide Pods look too tasty

Gabriel Bell
"Swoon" (Fine Line Features)

AIDS and a queer film vanguard

Gary M. Kramer
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Halloween horror is a myth

Samira Kawash
(AP/Seth Wenig)

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Castor oil plant (Wikipedia)

Why ricin is so scary

Andrew Leonard
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Katie McDonough
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