F3A. Biology of Non-Infectious Diseases: Poisons, Natural and Unnatural
Math, Science & Tech | Registration opens 2/27/2025 9:00 AM
Poisons always seem to be morbidly attractive, not the least because of the vast and persistent literature of mystery novels. A poison is any chemical that interacts with normal physiology to produce an undesirable, sometimes fatal effect. We will take a look at nutritional overdoses and underdoses, drug side effects, including addictions and frank toxicity, environmental toxins, including rattlesnake envenomation, industrial toxins, and poisons of cholinergic neural transmission. Supplemental readings will be available before each class. No previous background in science is required.
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John Ferguson
Presenter
John Ferguson, ScB, PhD, (LLI) is professor emeritus, Biology Program, division of Science, Mathematics, Computing at Bard College This is his eighth time teaching at LLI.
Leslie Weinstock
Producer
Patrick DeHaven
Class/Session Manager
Gretchen Lytle
Class Manager