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37: Loving Toxicity, Future Warnings, and Better Burials
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The Skull and Crossbones: The Most Common Symbol for Danger in the World
In the mid 19th century, the skull and crossbones became widely associated with poison. The symbol as we know it dates to the late Middle Ages around 1300 to 1500 AD. It could be found used very widely on tombstones as a memento mori or a reminder of death. In 1970 health officials in Pittsburgh realized that children were ingesting poison at a far higher rate than the national average because they didn't find the skull andCrossbones very scary on poisons.
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