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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., 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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