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It is
one of the most common chemicals in
the world. |
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It has
a reputation that is worse than the
toxicity of the chemical itself, perhaps
due to infamy gained from B-movies of
decades ago. |
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It is
used is more industries that can be
mentioned here, including: pharmaceuticals,
paper, a variety of plastics, gold mining,
dyes (the dye in blue jeans, for example),
electroplating, heat treating, etc.,
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Common
paints and adhesives contain cyanide. |
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Cigarette
smoke contains cyanide. |
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Cyanide
gas is the most toxic form of cyanide. |
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Cyanide
gas outdoors is rapidly dispersed. |
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In it's
normal high ph state, cyanide gas is
not created and is quite safe to breathe
and smell. |
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If you
are exposed to cyanide gas or ingest
cyanide, and you are able to talk about
it later, you will have no long term
or unknown health problems. |
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A
lethal dose of cyanide is contained
in 3.7 pounds of lima beans. |
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A
lethal dose of water is 17 litres consumed
very quickly. |
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A
lethal dose of gasoline is the same
as cyanide. |
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Cyanide
is contained in 110 different plant
families. |
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