/oss/taxonomy/term/6553/all en /oss/article/health-and-nutrition-environment/look-dont-lick <p>We are used to getting warnings. The bisphenol A in canned foods will do you in. So will artificial sweeteners. Sugar too. Those yoga pants you wear? They may be rubbing those nasty perfluoroalkyl substances into your skin. And as if we didn’t have enough to worry about, the National Park Service in the U.S. warns us to refrain from licking the Sonoran desert toad, also known as the Colorado River toad. I think if I met one of these half-foot long warty creatures in the desert, I could overcome the temptation to pick it up and lick it.</p> Wed, 07 Dec 2022 17:00:00 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9314 at /oss