o Symptoms may appear within hours and can lead to seizures, paralysis, and death. Symptoms of rat poisoning may vary depending on the type of poison ingested. Common signs include ...

With some funding from the D.C. Department of Energy and Environment, City Wildlife launched a study to check for rat poisoning in species not intended as targets that might take the bait directly ...

but food poisoning and recall incidents occasionally make headlines. Last year, more than 100,000 packets of sliced bread were recalled after parts of a rat were discovered inside two bags.