02253nam 2200349 n 450 991048557680332120230612175043.0(CKB)5590000000503919(NjHacI)995590000000503919(EXLCZ)99559000000050391920230516d2021 uu 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTaming the Poisonous Mercury, Toxicity, and Safety in Tibetan Medical Practice /Barbara GerkeHeidelberg :Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP),2021.1 online resource (388 pages)3-96822-041-2 This rich ethnographic and socio-historical account uncovers how toxicity and safety are expressed transculturally in a globalizing world. For the first time, it unpacks the "pharmaceutical nexus" of mercury in Tibetan medicine (Sowa Rigpa) where, since the thirteenth century, it has mainly been used in the form of tsotel. Tsotel, an organometallic mercury sulfide compound, is added in small amounts to specific medicines to enhance the potency of other ingredients. In concordance with tantric Buddhist ideas, Tibetan medical practitioners confront and tame poisonous substances, and instead of avoiding or expelling them, transform them into potent medicines and elixirs. Recently, the UN Environment Programme's global ban on mercury, the Minamata Convention, has sparked debates on the use of mercury in Asian medicines. As Asian medical traditions increasingly intersect with biomedical science and technology, what is at stake when Tibetan medical practitioners in India and Nepal, researchers, and regulators negotiate mercury's toxicity and safety? Who determines what is "toxic" and what is "safe," and how? What does this mean for the future of traditional Asian medical and pharmaceutical practices?Taming the PoisonousMercuryToxicologyMercuryToxicology.615.925663Gerke Barbara1966-1107919NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910485576803321Taming the Poisonous3373624UNINA01395aam 2200385I 450 991071003360332120151118015326.0GOVPUB-C13-cab20e7d9496094545b9d649a3b85eda(CKB)5470000002475943(OCoLC)929882290(EXLCZ)99547000000247594320151118d1975 ua 0engrdacontentrdamediardacarrierA survey of manufacturers' views on the ETIP procurement experiment volume one /P. Clare GoodmanGaithersburg, MD :U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology,1975.1 online resourceNBSIR ;75-9541975.Contributed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes.Title from PDF title page.Includes bibliographical references.Survey of manufacturers' views on the ETIP procurement experiment Goodman P. Clare1403678Goodman P. Clare1403678United States.National Bureau of Standards.NBSNBSGPOBOOK9910710033603321A survey of manufacturers' views on the ETIP procurement experiment3476799UNINA