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 E-Mail The Christmas season is associated with preventable harms from cards, tree decorations, and presents, as well as overeating and overdrinking, so do the benefits of Christmas outweigh the harms? In the Christmas issue of The BMJ, Robin Ferner and Jeffrey Aronson dig out some cautionary tales from the archives. They find that Christmas cards can be a potential source of harm. In 1876 a young man developed arsenic poisoning after painting festive cards with the highly toxic Scheele's Green paint. More recently, a woman amputated her finger tip while posting Christmas cards through the...

by Iswarya on  December 17, 2020 at 12:38 PM Christmas season is linked to preventable harms from tree decorations, cards, and presents, as well as overeating and overdrinking. Given the balance of benefits and harms, Christmas may not be cost effective, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal The BMJ. In the Christmas issue, Robin Ferner and Jeffrey Aronson dig out some cautionary tales from the archives. They find that Christmas cards can be a potential source of harm. In 1876 a young man developed arsenic poisoning after painting fest...