Source: Columbia News
Publication Date: Oct 16, 2026
Medical Toxicologist(s): Adam Blumenberg, MD
Keywords/Topics: toxicology, podcasts

Columbia News: This Columbia Toxicologist’s Podcasts Are Perfect for Spooky Season

“[Adam] Blumenberg is an emergency physician and board-certified medical toxicologist at CUIMC, where he cares for patients who have been poisoned and teaches the next generation of doctors. He also happens to make two podcasts about poison.

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Do you have a favorite Toxic History! episode?

I don't have a single favorite, but the one that comes to mind is the episode called Laboratory X, which is about the Soviet poison laboratory that was involved in political assassinations. The speaker is a pharmacist, Dr. Rachel Gorodetsky, and she's just fantastic.”