RT Book, Section A1 Soghoian, Sari A2 Hoffman, Robert S. A2 Howland, Mary Ann A2 Lewin, Neal A. A2 Nelson, Lewis S. A2 Goldfrank, Lewis R. SR Print(0) ID 1108438360 T1 International Perspectives on Medical Toxicology T2 Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 10e YR 2015 FD 2015 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071801843 LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1108438360 RD 2024/03/29 AB Poisoning is a worldwide problem, but the major effects are felt in the developing world. At least 250,000 to 350,000 people die every year from acute pesticide poisoning,72 and an estimated 20,000 to 94,000 humans die each year from snake bites,97 the vast majority of whom lives in rural farming areas of lower and middle income countries. Hundreds of thousands of people are affected by groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh and India,149 and outbreaks of poisoning from contaminated food40 and environmental pollution from poorly regulated industrial activity49,135 affect whole communities throughout the developing world.