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...ricin, a poison so lethal that mere grains of it can kill. A presumed al-Qaeda terror lab had been shut down. But at least two suspects were still missing - and police feared that some of the deadly product was too. Had terrorists got away with enough of the toxin to launch a strike? While the police and MI5 launched a massive manhunt, news of the poison sent a shiver through London that could not be attributed to last week's icy weather. "This has got everybody on edge," says Sonia Merzoug, a convert to Islam who has lived near...
...discovery that botox can prevent migraines was a lucky accident. Plastic surgeons using diluted botulism toxin to remove wrinkles started hearing about a secondary effect. "Patients," remembers Dr. William Binder, "came back saying, 'Not only have my wrinkles disappeared, but my headaches are also gone...
Botox is short for "botulinum toxin," the substance that causes botulism, a sometimes fatal form of food poisoning. It sounds scarier than it is; in small quantities, Botox merely interrupts nerve impulses to muscles in the face. The lines that furrow the forehead when you raise your eyebrows, the crow's feet that appear when you squint and the creases between the eyebrows when you frown are all caused by tension in underlying muscles, which contract and squeeze the skin like an accordion. Botox keeps this from happening...
Stein said protecting the environment is at the top of her agenda. Stein called for the adoption of more sustainable economic development practices, expressing concern about toxin levels in the water supply, atmospheric pollution and global warming...
Botox: short for botulinum toxin. The name won't make you smile, but the injection can keep you from frowning. A decade ago, the toxin that causes botulism (a form of food poisoning) was a treatment only for spasmodic eye muscles. Then doctors saw that it also smoothed skin. Now it is the most popular cosmetic procedure, with more than a million injections in 2000 (according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery), 89% of them to women. Botox is just the thing to erase worry and anger lines, to take years and cares off the most fretful visage...