Subj : RE: Pandemic
To   : Ian Fitzgerald
From : DaiTengu
Date : Thu Jan 14 2021 02:00 pm

  Re: RE: Pandemic
  By: Ian Fitzgerald to Arelor on Tue Jan 12 2021 09:41 pm

 >> Polyethylene Glycol is a powerful anti-freezer that is used in
 >> thermosolar 
 IF> h
 >> generators. Here in Spain we used to use either that or Ethylene
 >> Glycol. Als used in the cosmetics industry mecause it makes creams
 >> more consistent. 

 >> It is toxic as heck and classified as a dangerous substance. If you
 >> need to dispose of it you need to hire a toxic waste disposal firm.

 IF> That may be true for certain quantities, but polyethylene glycol is also 
 IF> used as an over-the-counter laxative.

 IF> All things are poison, and nothing is without poison, the dosage alone
 IF> makes it so a thing is not a poison.
 IF> -Paracelsus

 That's why poisons are often measured based on LD50 (The amount of a material, when given all at once causes the death of 1/2 of the group of test subjects)

The LD50 of water is 6 Liters. Caffeine is around 150-200mg per kg of body mass. (75-100 cups of coffee for an average adult).

Alcohol is ... strangely difficult to find an accurate amount for. a BAC of 0.4% appears to be the general consensus, which would be about 12 shots of 80 proof liquor for a 150lb man. 

After figuring that out, I really think I should have purchased more lottery tickets when I was younger...

DaiTengu

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