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--- deadliest_poisons [2021/05/26 09:44]
rapidplatypus [Cyanide]
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 ===== Nerve Gas =====
-Nerve gas does not need to be inhaled to be effective.. It is absorbed by the skin. Typically, the survivor experiences a kind of long-term neurological injury. VX may be much more potent, despite the fact that the nerve agent was never used in combat. VX activates an enzyme in the nervous system, causing it to fire signals incessantly. Death occurs from the lack of control of body functions, suffocation, and convulsions. [([[https://www.britannica.com/science/nerve-gas|Britannica]])]
+Nerve gas does not need to be inhaled to be effective, as it is absorbed by the skin. Typically, survivors experience some kind of long-term neurological injury. VX may be much more potent, despite the fact that the nerve agent was never used in combat. VX activates an enzyme in the nervous system, causing it to fire signals incessantly. Death occurs from a lack of control of body functions, suffocation and convulsions. [([[https://www.britannica.com/science/nerve-gas|Britannica]])]
 ===== Brodifacoum =====
-Brodifacoum is an effective anticoagulant that induces internal bleeding and death by lowering vitamin K levels in the blood. It kills rats because they eat the poisoned bait, but it also harms humans and pets because simply touching will expose them. It penetrates the skin and lasts for months in the body. [([[https://www.bionet.nz/assets/Uploads/Publications/C7-201108-brodifacoum-print.pdf|Bionet NZ]])]
+Brodifacoum is an effective anticoagulant that induces internal bleeding and death by lowering vitamin K levels in the blood. It kills rats because they eat the poisoned bait, but it also harms humans and pets because simply touching it will expose them. It penetrates the skin and lasts for months in the body. [([[https://www.bionet.nz/assets/Uploads/Publications/C7-201108-brodifacoum-print.pdf|Bionet NZ]])]
 ===== Strychnine =====
-Strychnine is a natural poison that is found in nature that is mostly derived from the seeds of the Strychnos nux-vomica tree. It's a neurotoxin that causes patients to contort and convulse by acting on spinal nerves. It's a poison for gophers and rats that's available on the market. It's unsafe to use, just like Brodifacoum, because it can harm infants, pets, and other accidental victims. [([[https://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/strychnine/basics/facts.asp|CDC]])]
+Strychnine is a natural poison that is mostly derived from the seeds of the Strychnos nux-vomica tree. It's a neurotoxin that acts on spinal nerves and causes patients to contort and convulse. It is used in poison for gophers and rats that's available on the market. It's unsafe to use, just like Brodifacoum, because it can harm infants, pets and other accidental victims. [([[https://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/strychnine/basics/facts.asp|CDC]])]
 ===== Polonium =====
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 ===== White Phosphorus =====
-White phosphorus is extremely poisonous to humans. The first stage of acute oral exposure to elevated levels of white phosphorus in humans is marked by gastrointestinal symptoms; the second stage is symptom-free; and the third stage is characterized by a rapid deterioration in condition with gastrointestinal effects, as well as serious effects on the kidneys, liver, cardiovascular system, and central nervous system. Humans have experienced respiratory tract inflammation and coughing as a result of inhalating the phosphorus. Chronic  exposure to white phosphorus in humans results in necrosis of the jaw, termed "phossy jaw." [([[https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ershdb/emergencyresponsecard_29750025.html|CDC]])]
+White phosphorus is extremely poisonous to humans. The first stage of acute oral exposure to elevated levels of white phosphorus in humans is marked by gastrointestinal symptoms; the second stage is symptom-free; and the third stage is characterized by a rapid deterioration in condition with gastrointestinal effects, as well as serious effects on the kidneys, liver, cardiovascular system and central nervous system. Humans have experienced respiratory tract inflammation and coughing as a result of inhaling white phosphorus. Chronic  exposure to white phosphorus in humans results in necrosis of the jaw, termed "phossy jaw." [([[https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ershdb/emergencyresponsecard_29750025.html|CDC]])]

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