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ToxCard: Diethylene Glycol

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DEG is rapidly absorbed when ingested and can reach peak plasma and brain tissue concentrations within four hours of ingestion. FDA Consumer Magazine , June 1981, [link] Accessed August 2022. The majority of DEG is eliminated unchanged in the urine under normal physiologic conditions. Toxicological Sciences , vol. 1, 2010, pp.

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Spicy Bites - Snake Envenomation

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Along with inducing coagulopathy, venom toxins may contribute to local and/or systemic hemorrhage and plasma extravasation by means of basement membrane degradation within the vasculature. 472–487, wms.org/common/Uploaded%20files/Magazine/PitViperEnvenomations.pdf , [link]. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine , vol. Snake Toxicity.”