The venom of any chemical, origin, natural or, food, has always been a subject of interest from the media, the Chemical Safety and popular writers. Mankind is hundreds of deadly toxins, many of which were practically applied as a means of murder, genocide, and terrorism. Some of them are presented in this review.
Cyanide.
Well known cyanide is a deadly poison which acts on the central nervous system and heart. Even a small dose, getting into the blood, the binding molecules of iron and blocks the flow of oxygen to the vital organs, resulting in a few minutes death occurs. There are different forms of cyanide such as hydrogen cyanide, which is the most toxic. This gas can kill a person in about 10 minutes. Gas was used during World War I as a chemical weapon, and was banned by the Geneva Convention. Today, cyanide is used as a means of murder, suicide and plot of the book.
Anthrax.
This protagonist event of September 2011, when the message for the people in envelopes received anthrax appeared in the news almost every day. As a result, five people died and 17 suffered from the effects of poison, which caused panic among citizens of the United States. This fear is understandable, since the anthrax spores are easily transmitted through the air. After infection of the respiratory numbness comes and the person starts to choke. 9 out of 10 people die in a week after infection.
Zarin.
Sarin is considered as a means of mass murder, which causes death by suffocation after 60 seconds. Minute of terrible suffering and deaths. Since 1993, this substance cannot be made, but, despite this, in 1995, Japan was committed massive terrorist attack on the subway, as well as in Iraq and Syria, resulting in deaths from 330 - 1800 people.
Amatoksin
Substances found in the most deadly mushrooms in the world. When he enters the bloodstream, it affects the cells of the kidneys and liver, resulting in authorities deny a few days. Amatoksin also affects the heart. If you do not enter a large dose of penicillin, then a person can fall into a coma or die from heart and liver failure.
Strychnine was used as a pesticide to kill pests, but it is also able to kill a person. He was found in Asia, he was kept in special types of wood, but it can also be obtained in the laboratory (the one who managed to do it, received the Nobel Prize). Ingested strychnine may different ways: injection, inhalation, and absorption. Once in the body begins to muscle spasms and convulsions leading to asphyxia. After the injection man dies after half an hour.
Mercury.
Even in school all warned gently dispense with a thermometer. And it's not just so, and because of the heavy metal mercury by name. This extremely toxic metal which penetrates into the body or by inhalation or by skin contact. If skin mercury causes itching, burns, and skin may even peel off. Mercury can cause memory loss, vision, kidney failure and destruction of brain cells. As a result, death occurs.
Tetrodotoxin. Notorious poison that is found in fish fugu, popular among connoisseurs of sushi that are willing to pay a decent price in the hope that the fish is cooked properly. The first symptom appears after only 30 minutes after eating the poisonous fish. First, the person feels as paralyzed mouth, it becomes difficult to swallow. Soon marked in-coordination and speech. Begin seizures, convulsions, as a result a person can fall into a coma and die. Death occurs after about 6 hours, but there are cases of death after 17 minutes. This poison is considered one of the most deadly on the ground.
Ricin.
Is another poison that has become popular as anthrax, in link with distribution it by e-mail? The performer, who just starred in the film "Walking Dead", it was condemned for the crime. Ricin was found in the seeds of the castor bean. Ricin is incredibly deadly poison; it binds a protein in the body that leads to death. He is regarded as a chemical weapons by the US military and members of Al Qaeda.
VX.
The most dangerous nerve gas on the planet in the past pesticide was a perfect target for the military around the world, despite the ban on the use of weapons of mass destruction. Other applications have no gas, except in time of war. Gas is so poisonous that one drop of it get on your pelt, kills the person. When inhaled, the first symptoms of poisoning are similar to the beginning of the flu, and then there is a paralysis of the respiratory system, and cause to death.
Botulinum toxin.
This is the most deadly poison in the world. Cup toxin could kill hundreds of thousands of people, causing illness botulism, a disease that affects the central nervous system. Surprisingly, this poison has important practical applications - from injections of Botox treatments to treat migraine headaches. It is known that some patients after treatments using botulinum toxin died. Of the victims of this poison poisoning 50% die without medical care, and those who survive suffer serious complications for many years. Because of the instability of the state and are readily available in nature, botulinum toxin is the most deadly poison in the world.
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