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So it seems like there's an obvious omission in this story... what's the deadliest poison?


Botulinum, I'd guess (among natural toxins). A casual Google seems to indicate I'm right.


Yup. 10x more toxic than palytoxin.

And we inject it in ourselves voluntarily.

Humans are such funny creatures.


There is a poisonous dosage of ALL chemicals. H2O among them. The question is, is there a dosage of botulism that has a therapeutic effect?


Botulinum toxin type A is known as "Botox." It has some therapeutic uses, but mostly cosmetic ones.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulinum_toxin


Palytoxin.

EDIT: Oh, the deadliest, not the second deadliest. Botulinum toxin, of course.


That is the second deadliest poison, not the deadliest.




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