When lead is ingested by children, it can cause learning disabilities and behavioral problems.
Instead, if infected Daphnia are ingested by waterfowl, it is likely that Caullerya spores (but not Daphnia) could survive the passage through the bird's gut because of a thick and robust spore wall [ 36], and then be excreted into another lake.
Once ingested by a flea, it multiplies until the insect's digestive tract is blocked.
If ingested by your pet, it can cause uncontrollable seizures, bloody vomiting, and diarrhea, and bone marrow suppression.
Rubin-Bejerano et al. [ 26] observed an induction of these pathways after yeast cells were ingested by neutrophils, but it was not present when yeast cells were ingested by human monocytes.
The lead in air surrounding airports can be inhaled directly, or the lead may be ingested by children after it settles into soil or dust (U.S. EPA 2010).
BPA may be ingested by humans as it reportedly leaches from the lining of tin cans into foods, from dental sealants into saliva, and from polycarbonate bottles into their contents.
BPA may be ingested by humans, as it reportedly leaches from the lining of food and soda cans, (Biles et al. 1997; Brotons et al. 1994), polycarbonate bottles (Kang et al. 2006), and dental sealants (Olea et al. 1996).
Although initial isolated reports were of accidental exposure during manufacture or other contamination (ATSDR 2010; U.S. EPA 1993), case reports peaked during the Vietnam War, when RDX was inadvertently ingested by soldiers using it to ignite cooking fires, or intentionally taken as an illicit intoxicant (Stone et al. 1969); such case reports still appear (Kasuske et al. 2009).
Not 20 years ago, most doctors gave you a blank look if you mentioned vulnificus, whether it was ingested by eating raw oysters, or if it entered through a wound.
