When cold water or air enters your ear and the inner ear changes temperature, it should cause fast, side-to-side eye movements called nystagmus. The test is done in the following way: 1  Before the test, your ear, especially the eardrum, will be checked. 2  This is to make sure it is normal. 3  One ear is tested at a time.
Absinthe is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration and, until recently, was completely banned in the U.S. and most of Europe. The reason for this is that absinthe contains thujone, a toxic chemical found in several edible plants including tarragon, sage, and wormwood.
A later exhibition one year later in England lit a fire under the absinthe controversy, but curiously, absinthe was never banned in the United Kingdom. While artists and intellectuals became known for â and often identified by â their use of absinthe, they also had a hand in shaping public opinion of the drink.