Sodium nitrite, a naturally occurring chemical and common meat preservative, is only used medically to treat cyanide poisoning. But if the results of a new animal study hold up under further research ...

DENVER — Young people are increasingly turning to sodium nitrite and nitrate as a method of suicide after buying the products online, according to research presented during the 2025 American Academy ...

A Colorado father, driven by grief, is pushing to make Colorado among the first states in the country to regulate the sale of sodium nitrite. The preservative, used to cure meat, is deadly in its ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... At first, Bruce Brown thought the substance in his son’s room was a performance supplement, like the plastic bottles alongside it. He’d never heard of sodium ...

WA Supreme Court reviews Amazon's liability in suicides linked to sodium nitrite Plaintiffs allege Amazon promoted and sold industrial-strength sodium nitrite Amazon argues misuse of product falls ...

The reversal stems from a February Washington Supreme Court decision in a similar case over sodium nitrite purchases from Amazon.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Kevin A medical examiner report revealed this week that Empire actress Lindsey Pearlman died by suicide in February from ...