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 ...

Sodium nitrite, a common food preservative, is increasingly involved in suicides, particularly among young people. Between ...

Colorado lawmakers heard powerful testimony Tuesday about a bill aimed at saving lives. The measure would regulate a food preservative that is lethal in its concentrated form. The preservative, sodium ...

Sodium nitrite-related suicides are increasing in the UK, especially among young people, prompting calls for regulation and ...

New legislation in Albany would ban retailers like Amazon from selling sodium nitrite, a common meat preservative linked to youth suicides across the country. “It’s basically like the suicide poison ...

Among patients who had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, intravenous sodium nitrite given by paramedics during resuscitation did not significantly improve their chances of being admitted to or ...

A study published in BMJ Public Health highlights a concerning trend of suicide by poisoning using the common food ...

Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images Amazon is facing a lawsuit accusing it of selling so-called suicide kits, brought by the families of two teenagers who bought a deadly chemical on the ...

Very high levels of sodium nitrite have been detected in samples of meat sent for analysis as part of investigations into the death of one person in Poland. The National Veterinary Research Institute ...

Not to rain on your barbecue, but those natural additives popping up in hot dogs may not be any better for you. Food brands in recent years have made a big push toward natural ingredients amid growing ...