What poison is not easily detected?

Thallium is tasteless and odorless and has been used by murderers as a difficult to detect poison. It is found in trace amounts in the earth's crust.

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What poison can't be traced?

Polonium-210 is a metal found in uranium ore, which often shows up as a byproduct of nuclear reactors. It can be processed into a tasteless, odorless compound that dissolves in water, which makes it a good candidate as far as undetectable poisons go.

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Can all poison be detected in blood?

Most poisons can be detected in your blood or urine. Your doctor may order a toxicology screen. This checks for common drugs using a urine or saliva sample.

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What is the rarest toxin?

Strychnine: the notorious but rare poison at the heart of a modern mystery.

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Is Blue death poisonous to humans?

Blue death is extremely poisonous and can be fatal to humans.

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What is the strongest organic poison?

Ricin. Ricin is a highly toxic protein that occurs naturally in the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis. Ricin is poisonous to humans if inhaled, injected or ingested, and a dose the size of a few grains of table salt can kill an adult human. Yikes!

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Which poison causes silent death?

It is called the “silent killer” because it is colorless, odorless, tasteless and non- irritating. If the early signs of CO poisoning are ignored, a person may lose consciousness and be unable to escape the danger. More people die from carbon monoxide exposure than any other kind of poisoning.

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What poison takes 30 minutes?

The symptoms of arsenic poisoning can be acute, or severe and immediate, or chronic, where damage to health is experienced over a longer period. This will often depend on the method of exposure. A person who has swallowed arsenic may show signs and symptoms within 30 minutes.

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What is the deadliest poison available at home?

Items in the kitchen and laundry that can poison include:
  • alcohol.
  • ammonia.
  • baby bottle cleaners.
  • dishwashing and laundry detergents.
  • disinfectants and bleaches.
  • drain cleaners.
  • floor polish.
  • hand sanitiser.

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Can I be poisoned and not know?

A person can be poisoned and not show symptoms for hours, days, or months. Cases of poisoning with a prolonged onset of symptoms are particularly dangerous because there may be a dangerous delay in obtaining medical attention.

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Would I know if I was being poisoned?

feeling and being sick. diarrhoea. stomach pain. drowsiness, dizziness or weakness.

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Can arsenic poison be detected?

The most reliable way to test for recent arsenic exposure is through a urine test. If you had a fish meal or ate fish supplements within a few days of having a urine test, the test may show a high level of arsenic.

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How can I get thallium?

You can be exposed to thallium in air, water, and food. However, the levels of thallium in air and water are very low. The greatest exposure occurs when you eat food, mostly home-grown fruits and green vegetables contaminated by thallium.

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Is ricin detectable in autopsy?

Ricin poisoning is highly unlikely. No widely available test exists to confirm that a person has ricin in their body.

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What is the best instant poison?

1. Botulinum toxin. Scientists differ about the relative toxicities of substances, but they seem to agree that botulinum toxin, produced by anaerobic bacteria, is the most toxic substance known. Its LD50 is tiny – at most 1 nanogram per kilogram can kill a human.

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What is the fastest paralyzing poison?

Tetrodotoxin interferes with the transmission of signals from nerves to muscles by blocking sodium channels. This results in rapid weakening and paralysis of muscles, including those of the respiratory tract, which can lead to respiratory arrest and death.

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What drink is a slow poison?

Young wrote an essay highlighting the medicinal risks of drinking tea which appeared in the Boston Evening Post in October, 1773. He aimed to make the case that tea was really a slow poison.

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What is the scariest poison?

Below are ten of the world's most insidious poisons, some exotic and others frighteningly common.
  • Hydrogen Cyanide.
  • Hydrofluoric Acid.
  • Batrachotoxin.
  • VX Nerve Gas.
  • Agent Orange.
  • Ricin.
  • Arsenic.
  • Lead.

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What is the most common silent killer?

High blood pressure is often called the "silent killer" because most people who have it don't have any symptoms. And that silence can be deadly. High blood pressure can lead to a host of serious problems, including heart attack, heart failure and stroke.

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Is there a poison that stops the heart?

The heart-stopping mechanism of digoxin

When digoxin enters the body, it binds a transport protein called the sodium-potassium pump situated on heart cells. Binding of digoxin blocks the pump, ultimately resulting in heart muscle contraction caused by a complex chain of responses.

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What is world's best poison?

Pål Stenmark regards botulinum toxin – the world's most dangerous poison – as a set of building blocks he can redesign and give new functions.

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What is the king of natural poison?

The acute toxicity of arsenic has been recognized since antiquity. Known as both the “king of poisons” and the “poison of kings,” the element's infamy grew during the Middle Ages as an almost untraceable means of murder.

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Which poison tastes sweet?

Ethylene glycol is a colorless, odorless, sweet-tasting chemical. It is poisonous if swallowed. Ethylene glycol may be swallowed accidentally, or it may be taken deliberately in a suicide attempt or as a substitute for drinking alcohol (ethanol).

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What happens if a human eats ant poison?

The concentration of borax in many ant baits is only 5.4%, so only small amounts of the active ingredients are present. Fipronil, avermectin, and indoxacarb all have the potential to affect the nervous system in humans. Ingestion of large amounts can cause weakness, dizziness, or a comatose state.

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