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Last Update: 06/22/2023 10:14 PM

Current Deck: Rutgers::CIHP::L04 Avoidable Toxicological Disasters in History: Prohibition

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{{c1::Triorthocresyl phospate (TOCP}}) was brought about in Alcohol Prohibition and "Ginger Jake paralysis" 

  • {{c1::Jamaican Ginger}} - Jake leg paralysis; Characteristic "Jake walk" inspired blues songs 
  • Contaminated {{c1::bootleg liquor }}
  • At least 50,000 people who drank the Jake developed TOCP poisining 
  • Neurotoxin - Organophosphate-induced delayed europathy (OIDP)
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