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- From: moroney@ramblr.enet.dec.com
- Subject: Re: Notch another one up for the Greennazis
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.223347.21488@engage.pko.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:30:03 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.182350.20893@vexcel.com>, dean@vexcel.com (Dean Alaska) writes...
- >>> If Greenpeace wish to make the point that trying to ship large
- >>> amounts of the most toxic substance known,which also happens to be
- >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >>> exceedingly fissionable,is a bit stupid,then their avenues are limited.
-
- >So how is toxicology measured? Is it the speed of death or the amount
- >os a substance nexessary to cause death?
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- For whatever it's worth, I've seen it mentioned many times that the most toxic
- substance (based on the amount needed to kill you) is the toxin produced by
- the botulism organism.
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- Cyanide is very quick, but I don't know if it's the quickest.
-
- -Mike
-