Jezebel: Poison

Add 'Rice' To The List of Foods That Will Kill You

Erin Gloria Ryan — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:15:00 EST

New research from the Department of Creating Concern has found that people who eat more rice have elevated levels of arsenic in their bodies. This bodes especially poorly for pregnant women and people who enjoy nothing more than a big bowl of rice washed down by a glass of arsenic-laden apple juice. If you do this, please stop. While this flavor combination make make you feel unbelievably nutritionally fortified, ensuing slow and painful death will follow you like a thief in the night. More »

Sex Toy Exec Victim Of World's Most Inept Poisoning

Anna North — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:03:00 EST

A British "sex toy queen" has apparently been the victim of a plot by a disgruntled nanny, who repeatedly tried to poison her with things that are not poisonous. More »

Poison: The Vintage Woman's Weapon Against Booze

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:40:00 EDT

This vintage ad claims it will teach you how to "fascinate and control everybody" - especially men - for the low, low price of 10 cents. But how does one do this? By slipping something in his drink, obviously. [Copyranter] More »

Never Mix

Sadie Stein — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:20:00 EST

51-year-old Cynthia Galens of Farmington, NY is accused of murdering her live-in boyfriend by serving him a margarita laced with antifreeze. She is currently in jail awaiting trial. [CBS] More »

Miley Covers '80s Hit; Lindsay Saves 40 Kids In India

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST

This is exactly what the world needs now: Miley Cyrus is covering "Every Rose Has Its Thorn."

Hard To Swallow

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:40:00 EST

A Brooklyn mom has gone into hiding after her lover's wife, Kisha Jones, poisoned her with abortion-inducing drugs and attempted to murder her newborn baby with toxic "breast milk". Jones has been charged with assault and "attempted abortion." [NYDailyNews] More »

Dugard Family Responds To Film Proposal • Runners World Didn't OK Use Of Palin Picture

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:40:00 EST

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• A spokeswoman says Jaycee Dugard and her family will decide when and if a film will be made about her story. She calls Shane Ryan's proposed film Abducted Girl, An American Sex Slave, "exploitative, hurtful, and breathtakingly unkind." • More »

A Happy Death

Sadie Stein — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:30:00 EDT

Scientists have discovered the cause of the macabre "grinning corpses" found preserved in Sardinia: the hemlock water-dropwort plant, possessed of a Botox-like effect, which ancient Phoenician colonists "administered to elderly [What? -Ed] and criminals before ritualistically killing them." [LiveScience] More »

The Poison Pen

Anna Holmes — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:10:00 EDT

[Charikar, Afghanistan; May 11. Image via Getty]

Diabeedus

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:45:00 EDT

Bret Michaels's autobiography Roses & Thorns—out on June 23—will detail his childhood, DUIs, and reinvention from rocker to reality star. His nails look as pretty as his eyeliner in this cover photo. [People] More »

Just Desserts

Maria — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:20:00 EST

Parents of students on the dance team at Andress High School in El Paso, TX allege that students from a rival team gave their girls baked goods laced with rat poison and bleach. (Exchanging gifts and pranks before football games is a tradition among Texas dance/cheerleading teams.) [UPI] More »

Amy Attempts To See Blake Incarcerated, Misses Visiting Hours

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EDT

Amy Winehouse arrived at Pentonville prison for a visit with the hubs wearing a puffy heart-shaped pin that read "Blake." Unfortunately, she was turned away, because she was late and visiting hours were over. These tears dry on their own. [The Sun]

Is Your Lipstick Poisoning You?

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EDT

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics which tested 33 brand-name lipsticks, including brands like Cover Girl, L'Oreal, and Christian Dior, is reporting that "61% had detectable lead levels of 0.03 to 0.65 parts per million (ppm)." A third of the lipsticks tested had levels higher than 0.1 ppm — the FDA safety limit for lead in candy. Although lipstick is not candy, the group says it is easily and often ingested, and pregnant women are vulnerable to lead exposure since "lead has been linked to infertility and miscarriage." According to Dr. Mark Mitchell, president of the Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice,

"Lead builds up in the body over time and lead-containing lipstick applied several times a day, every day, can add up to significant exposure levels. The latest studies show there is no safe level of lead exposure."

Meet Your New Favorite Reality Hos

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:20:57 EDT

VH1 is serving up another celebrity dating show—Rock of Love. It's just like Flavor of Love, but instead of a contestant pool made up of trashy bitches just trying to get on TV, we're given a contestant pool of trashy bitches just trying to get on Poison front man Bret Michaels. They're like really into him, which makes this show so fucking good. But you don't have to wait for the Sunday night premiere—you can watch the whole first episode on the VSpot right now. Why bother working for these last few hours of the week? Instead, feast your eyes on a, ahem, mature woman named Rodeo; not one, but TWO chicks named Brandi; and Tiffany, a creature who is a cross between Jerri Blank and Geri Halliwell circa 1997 and whose catchphrase is "Don't threaten me with a good time." But if you can't take the time to watch the whole episode right now, watch this clip after the jump of a drunken Tiffany the first night in the house. More »