Figuratively referring to persons as poison emerged in 1910.
The figurative term "poison-pen letter" gained prominence in 1913 due to a high-profile criminal case in Pennsylvania, U.S.
The term "poison gas" was first used in 1915.
In 1990, there were 120,000 deaths worldwide due to poisoning.
The 2006 poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko using radiological substances highlighted the potential use of such poisons for assassination attempts.
In 2010, poisoning caused about 180,000 deaths. In the United States, there were around 727,500 emergency department visits related to poisoning, accounting for 3.3% of all injury-related visits.
In 2013, there were 3.3 million cases of unintentional human poisonings, resulting in 98,000 deaths worldwide.
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