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July 26, 2006The Best: Deadly Poisons, Ingested or InhaledFrom Wired:
1. Botulinum (ingested)
(Thanks Mark)It’s hard to rank the lethality of toxins, but experts agree that botulinum – several orders of magnitude deadlier than sarin – is the gold standard. Your nervous system fails and you die in extreme pain. Works miracles on wrinkles, though. 2. Ricin (ingested or inhaled) Made from the lowly castor bean, ricin causes respiratory and organ failure, followed by death within hours. Even chewing a few beans can kill you. 3. Anthrax (inhaled) Cutaneous exposure can kill, but the most deadly, panic-inspiring form of anthrax is inhaled. It starts with flu that doesn’t get better – then your respiratory system collapses. |
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