Merlin
At 19:03 21/07/98 +0200, HH wrote:
>Andrew Boyd schrieb:
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, HH wrote:
>>
>> > really wellknown after the Italian Seveso catastrophy, are not away from
>> our
>> > environment. They are produced in many cases if plastics, especially PVC,
>> but
>> > also a lot of others, are burned. However, they aren't the most poisonous
>> toxic
>> > ingredients in the world. This is Toxinum Botulinum, which is also
known as
>> > ptomaine. As botulism the result is known in animals and men, but this is
>> so
>> > little (it's measured in nanograms or picograms) that you may survive.
>>
>> Hi Harro, if I rememvber rightly Botulin is the most toxic naturally
>> occuring substance, but that it was rivaled in the overall nastiness
>> stakes by plutonium, which is not naturally occuring except in outback
>> South Australia.
>>
>> Many cases of PCB toxicity exist, the lucky ones only got a nasty case of
>> acne...
>>
>> Cheers, Andrew
>>
>
>No, Plutonium is very toxic, but acute toxicity is larger in Botuline.
>To kill somebody with Plutonium within short time takes a larger dose.
>Nevertheless, a single atom of Plutonium in the air you breath may cause
lung
>cancer! Botuline will kill you within a few days or hours, Plutonium takes
some
>time more, but is safer if you want to kill somebody :-)
>
>Best regards
>
>Harro Hieronimus, Solingen, Germany
>harro.hieronimus at t-online.de
>
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